When is it no longer artistic license?

That swooshing sound is Ernie Davis rolling over in his grave. Multiple times. The new Ernie Davis statue unveiled this week at his alma mater Syracuse is, um, stretching(?) the idea of artistic license. As was widely reported, the bronze of the first black Heisman trophy winner depicts the collegiate football legend wearing Nike cleats.

And a Nike jersey.

And a modern-era helmet.

Ernie Davis died in 1963.

The twist? Bruno Lucchesi was commissioned to create the statue to replace another statue of Davis by Rochester artist Sharon Locke unveiled several weeks ago because the university decided that her work "didn't come out the way we expected."