Corn Flakes: Heisman, Crowdfunding And Why Lawyers Suck

Brad Penner-USA TODAY SportsThe Heisman Trophy was awarded over the weekend. It went to Derrick Henry of Alabama. Christian McAffrey of Stanford was second, and Deshaun Watson of Clemson finished third.

There were complaints that only three candidates were invited to the ceremony, but when you look at the voting you get why; Baker Mayfield was a distant fourth. Still, it wouldn't have hurt to have more actual players highlighted would it?

There's a lot of cynicism surrounding the Heisman. It's a great award if one of your guys is a candidate, and a joke award if they're not. It has not helped that ESPN has taken the award and done with it as they have everything else, pounded it into the…