The Heisman Folks Ask You To STFU
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Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports just revealed he was one of 50 out of the 928 Heisman voters who received a letter telling him if he, or any other sportswriter, reveals their Heisman vote, they will lose their voting privileges. Along with this warning was a printed out column of his, with the names he mentioned highlighted “with a yellow marker like I had cheated in class.” When contacted by phone, trustee Richard Kalikow said “We don’t want any announcements going out before the television announcement,” which points the finger at ESPN. In his public letter of resignation from voting, Dodd also made this point: a tenured sportswriter could lose his vote, but an incarcerated O.J. Simpson would not.
To read Dodd’s public letter, go to CBS Sports.
