NCAA Football '11-'12

[katmai]

Appaling!

Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was informed that several Buckeyes players were selling memorabilia more than eight months before the school claims it was made aware of the scheme, a two-month Yahoo! Sports investigation has found.

Tressel received information that players were selling items to Edward Rife – the owner of Fine Line Ink Tattoos in Columbus – as early as April 2010, according to a source. However, neither Ohio State nor the NCAA investigated the transactions or the players' relationship with Rife until December 2010, when the school claims it was informed of the situation by the local United States Attorney's office.

Ohio State director of compliance Doug Archie declined immediate comment when reached Monday by Yahoo! Sports. Tressel and athletic director Gene Smith were unavailable for comment. The NCAA declined comment.

Tressel in Trouble?

[MadImmortalMan]

We already knew this.

[katmai]

We already knew this.

No, they didn't MiM. The point of article is saying Tressel knew 8 months before it came out.

Just like an OSU fan to suck at reading Comp.

[MadImmortalMan]

We already knew this.

No, they didn't MiM. The point of article is saying Tressel knew 8 months before it came out.

Just like an OSU fan to suck at reading Comp.

The original stories said the school knew pretty far ahead of time. I assumed that meant Tressel knew even if they didn't explicitly say so.

[katmai]

That makes the school look even worse then.

[Ed Anger]

Fucking Terrelle Pryor. Might have been the schools's biggest recruiting mistake next to Maurice.

Braxton Miller to start in '11! RELOAD!

[Ed Anger]

Report: Tressel faces penalties, won't be fired
March 8, 2011 4:29 PM | No Comments | UPDATED STORY
The Columbus Dispatch reports: Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel has not resigned and has not been fired, sources in the school's athletic department confirmed. They said Tressel will keep his job but faces possible sanctions and/or fines for commiting an NCAA rules violation.

Tressel will appear at a 6 p.m. (Chicago time) news conference Tuesday along with school president E. Gordon Gee and athletic director Gene Smith.

Yahoo! Sports reported Monday that Tressel knew of allegations of improper benefits to Terrelle Pryor and five other players as early as April 2010 -- at least seven months before the university found out from a U.S. Attorney.

/puts on sweater vest

[katmai]

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State president Gordon Gee has suspended coach Jim Tressel for the first two games of the 2011 season and also fined the Buckeyes coach $250,000 for failing to immediately disclose knowledge about his players' involvement in a memorabilia scheme with a Columbus businessman.

Yahoo! Sports reported Monday that Tressel had received information that players were selling items to Edward Rife – the owner of Fine Line Ink Tattoos in Columbus – as early as April 2010. When announcing Tressel's punishment Tuesday, Ohio State officials said Tressel failed to bring that information to their attention.

[Ed Anger]

This might re-ignite the old rumor that Urban Meyer might replace Sweater Vest sometime in the next few years.

[MadImmortalMan]

This might re-ignite the old rumor that Urban Meyer might replace Sweater Vest sometime in the next few years.

Oh god no.

[Ed Anger]

This might re-ignite the old rumor that Urban Meyer might replace Sweater Vest sometime in the next few years.

Oh god no.

I might be able to tolerate that. As long as they keep winning.

[Ed Anger]

Damn Scott Walker has Seedy so distracted, he can't even drop in here and give us a Ohio State sweatervest insult.

[PDH]

I wish Wyoming had a team that won and got into trouble

[lustindarkness]

I just hope Auburn can buy another good season.

[CountDeMoney]

This might re-ignite the old rumor that Urban Meyer might replace Sweater Vest sometime in the next few years.

Oh god no.

Ditto.  It would ruin his winning percentage.