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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
This (O'Brien lawsuit & NCAA sanctions) is turning out to be the "never ending story". :(
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ABJ
O'Brien can return to coaching in March One year knocked off punishment
Published on Friday, Feb 01, 2008
From Beacon Journal wire services
Jim O'Brien, fired by Ohio State and essentially banned from coaching by the NCAA for paying a recruit, can return to the college sidelines after an appeal changed his punishment.
An NCAA ruling on March 10, 2006, all but prevented any colleges from hiring O'Brien until May 2009.
But in a decision released Thursday, an appeals committee changed the start date of the sanctions against the coach, making him free to return to coaching effective March 10.
''I am pleased that my 31/2-year battle with the NCAA has finally come to an end and resulted in victory,'' O'Brien said in a release issued through his Columbus attorneys. ''I have felt all along that the penalty imposed upon me by the (NCAA's) Committee on Infractions was both excessive and unjust. . . . If I choose to coach again, I can do so without restriction.''
O'Brien has dabbled in broadcasting since his dismissal.
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O'Brien can return to coaching in March One year knocked off punishment
Published on Friday, Feb 01, 2008
From Beacon Journal wire services
Jim O'Brien, fired by Ohio State and essentially banned from coaching by the NCAA for paying a recruit, can return to the college sidelines after an appeal changed his punishment.
An NCAA ruling on March 10, 2006, all but prevented any colleges from hiring O'Brien until May 2009.
But in a decision released Thursday, an appeals committee changed the start date of the sanctions against the coach, making him free to return to coaching effective March 10.
''I am pleased that my 31/2-year battle with the NCAA has finally come to an end and resulted in victory,'' O'Brien said in a release issued through his Columbus attorneys. ''I have felt all along that the penalty imposed upon me by the (NCAA's) Committee on Infractions was both excessive and unjust. . . . If I choose to coach again, I can do so without restriction.''
O'Brien has dabbled in broadcasting since his dismissal.
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Victory? Well, at last, he's free to coach. Who would hire him? Well, surely there is someone out there...
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DDN
O'Brien saga over; OSU will pay millions
High court declines to hear Ohio State's appeal of the former basketball coach's lawsuit about his firing.
By Rusty Miller
Associated Press
Thursday, February 21, 2008
COLUMBUS ? During his 22 years as a college head coach, friends, players and adversaries always remarked about how dedicated Jim O'Brien was to the game of basketball. Now he's not so sure.
"Coaching has been what I've done; it's been a major part of my life ? and it was kind of snatched away from me," he said Wednesday, Feb. 20. "I'm still trying to put all the pieces together and I'm trying to really get a good grasp of what it is that I want to do. It's hard to all of a sudden say you have no interest in college basketball."
The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear Ohio State's appeal of a lawsuit O'Brien filed against the university after he was fired in the wake of his revelation that he had given $6,000 to a recruit. Ohio State lost the case in which O'Brien stands to gain $2.7 million to $3 million from the university.
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O'Brien saga over; OSU will pay millions
High court declines to hear Ohio State's appeal of the former basketball coach's lawsuit about his firing.
By Rusty Miller
Associated Press
Thursday, February 21, 2008
COLUMBUS ? During his 22 years as a college head coach, friends, players and adversaries always remarked about how dedicated Jim O'Brien was to the game of basketball. Now he's not so sure.
"Coaching has been what I've done; it's been a major part of my life ? and it was kind of snatched away from me," he said Wednesday, Feb. 20. "I'm still trying to put all the pieces together and I'm trying to really get a good grasp of what it is that I want to do. It's hard to all of a sudden say you have no interest in college basketball."
The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear Ohio State's appeal of a lawsuit O'Brien filed against the university after he was fired in the wake of his revelation that he had given $6,000 to a recruit. Ohio State lost the case in which O'Brien stands to gain $2.7 million to $3 million from the university.
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CPD
OSU will pay fired coach
Thursday, February 21, 2008
From staff and wire reports
Having lost its final appeal, Ohio State will pay former coach Jim O'Brien almost $3 million for wrongfully firing him. The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear Ohio State's appeal of the coach's lawsuit against the university.
O'Brien, the men's basketball coach at Ohio State from 1998 until 2004, was fired after he told then-athletic director Andy Geiger that he had given a $6,000 loan to a prospective recruit.
Such loans are a violation of NCAA rules. O'Brien sued the university for wrongfully firing him and won $2.2 million plus interest in the Ohio Court of Claims in 2006.
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OSU will pay fired coach
Thursday, February 21, 2008
From staff and wire reports
Having lost its final appeal, Ohio State will pay former coach Jim O'Brien almost $3 million for wrongfully firing him. The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear Ohio State's appeal of the coach's lawsuit against the university.
O'Brien, the men's basketball coach at Ohio State from 1998 until 2004, was fired after he told then-athletic director Andy Geiger that he had given a $6,000 loan to a prospective recruit.
Such loans are a violation of NCAA rules. O'Brien sued the university for wrongfully firing him and won $2.2 million plus interest in the Ohio Court of Claims in 2006.
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Blade
High court declines to hear Ohio State appeal of O'Brien's lawsuit
ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS ? Ohio State soon will write a seven-figure check to former coach Jim O'Brien. The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear Ohio State's appeal of the fired coach's lawsuit against the university, signaling an end to a lengthy court battle.
"With this ruling, the university has exhausted all of its available appeals and the case will conclude," Ohio State spokesman Jim Lynch said in a statement. "The outcome of this case is disappointing news."
O'Brien, the men's basketball coach at Ohio State from 1998 until 2004, was fired after he told then-athletic director Andy Geiger that he had given a $6,000 loan to a prospective recruit. Such loans are a violation of NCAA rules.
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High court declines to hear Ohio State appeal of O'Brien's lawsuit
ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS ? Ohio State soon will write a seven-figure check to former coach Jim O'Brien. The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear Ohio State's appeal of the fired coach's lawsuit against the university, signaling an end to a lengthy court battle.
"With this ruling, the university has exhausted all of its available appeals and the case will conclude," Ohio State spokesman Jim Lynch said in a statement. "The outcome of this case is disappointing news."
O'Brien, the men's basketball coach at Ohio State from 1998 until 2004, was fired after he told then-athletic director Andy Geiger that he had given a $6,000 loan to a prospective recruit. Such loans are a violation of NCAA rules.
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Dispatch
Rob Oller commentary: Trust me, there's plenty 'not' to write about here
Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:29 AM
By Rob Oller
This column is not about Jim O'Brien, who once slipped $6,000 to an Ohio State recruit. It is not about the former OSU men's basketball coach, who didn't come clean about the $6,000 until it was about to go public, five years later.
It is not about the Obie who says he gave the $6,000 to Yugoslav recruit Aleksandar Radojevic in 1999 for humanitarian reasons.
And it most definitely is not about the O'Brien who won his lawsuit against Ohio State in the gray areas, which turned his former employer scarlet.
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Rob Oller commentary: Trust me, there's plenty 'not' to write about here
Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:29 AM
By Rob Oller
This column is not about Jim O'Brien, who once slipped $6,000 to an Ohio State recruit. It is not about the former OSU men's basketball coach, who didn't come clean about the $6,000 until it was about to go public, five years later.
It is not about the Obie who says he gave the $6,000 to Yugoslav recruit Aleksandar Radojevic in 1999 for humanitarian reasons.
And it most definitely is not about the O'Brien who won his lawsuit against Ohio State in the gray areas, which turned his former employer scarlet.
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