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Ohio State Athletic Program Violations

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[FONT=&quot]May 24, 2012[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Additional Information Regarding Ohio State[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]To clarify information and to be transparent with regard to information reported this morning about Ohio State athletics, no Ohio State athletics program is facing any major NCAA issues. [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]There are 12 secondary NCAA issues being processed by the athletics compliance office. These are similar to those released last week. All are secondary in nature and consistent with the department?s culture of self-reporting all issues.[/FONT]
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- [FONT=&quot]Football ? The compliance office approved the use of mini basketballs during a football winter conditioning workout. [/FONT]
- [FONT=&quot]Men?s Gymnastics ? The practice activities of a gymnastics alum were publicized.[/FONT]
- [FONT=&quot]Institutional ? Two baseball prospective student-athletes arrived on campus for official visits before being placed on the request list.[/FONT]
- [FONT=&quot]Institutional ? Athletics financial aid agreements were issued to three prospective student-athletes without being signed by the financial aid director.[/FONT]
- [FONT=&quot]Football ? A former assistant football coach had an inadvertent contact or ?bump? with a prospective student-athlete.[/FONT]
- [FONT=&quot]Field Hockey ? A former assistant coach sent an email to a prospective student-athlete believing that she was a 2013 high school graduate.[/FONT]
- [FONT=&quot]Men?s Tennis ? A high school football coach and friend of the tennis program?s head coach stopped by the tennis training facility unannounced with an assistant coach and four prospective student-athletes during a dead period.[/FONT]
- [FONT=&quot]Baseball ? A prospective student-athlete in grade 12 registered and showed up for an Ohio State camp for participants in grades 9-11 even though he was told he was not eligible to compete at the camp. A t-shirt was given to the individual to defuse the situation when he got upset that he couldn?t compete.[/FONT]
- [FONT=&quot]Baseball ? A prospective student-athlete received a complimentary admission to a home baseball game during a dead period. [/FONT]
- [FONT=&quot]Women?s Hockey ? A former assistant coach inadvertently sent an email to a 2014 prospective student-athlete when the prospect was mistakenly entered into the recruiting data base by the previous coaching staff as a 2013 graduate.[/FONT]
- [FONT=&quot]Football ? The program understood the aunt of a prospective student-athlete was his legal guardian and provided food and lodging expenses to her for the official visit.[/FONT]
- [FONT=&quot]Football ? An assistant coach inadvertently posted on the Facebook wall of a 2013 prospective student-athlete, believing at the time he was using the email inbox function of Facebook.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]In an effort to administer an athletics program consistent with the values of the NCAA and the university, we have consistently led the Big Ten Conference in self-reports as we have the largest number of sports and student-athletes. Ohio State has 36 varsity sports, while the average number of sports offered by the remaining 11 Big Ten institutions is 22. In addition, athletics staff and coaches at Ohio State have embraced the culture of identifying (as required under NCAA rules) even the smallest violation, investigating the matter and educating those involved.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Comment from Big Ten Conference Associate Commissioner, Compliance, Chad Hawley to Ohio State?s compliance office: [/FONT][FONT=&quot]?We are not concerned about the quantity of violations. Division I athletics is a highly regulated environment with a self-reporting requirement. When it is clear that a violation has occurred, we expect our institutions to report the violation. Ohio State has a well-established practice of operating in this way.?[/FONT]


DAN WALLENBERG
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[FONT=&quot]Baseball ? A prospective student-athlete in grade 12 registered and showed up for an Ohio State camp for participants in grades 9-11 even though he was told he was not eligible to compete at the camp. A t-shirt was given to the individual to defuse the situation when he got upset that he couldn?t compete[/FONT]
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That's it! The NCAA has got us now! Looks like tOSU will be NAIA next year. Why is the NCAA around again?
 
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Poe McKnoe;2158806; said:
:lol: I hope normal size basketballs were allowed by the NCAA, but that there is a rule preventing miniature basketballs.
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Turns out scUM/RichRod got nailed for the mini basketballs as well:

http://vpcomm.umich.edu/pa/key/documents/Exhibit9.PDF

"Additionally, the enforcement staff believes that when quarterbacks, running backs and receivers Worked together as a group using taped towels and mini basketballs to simulate a football, offensive alignments were set up and activities beyond conditioning occurred, which is also contrary to 17.1.6.2.4."
 
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These violations are no different than the original 46. Sure, I wish there were fewer, but this isn't a fucking crisis.

What is a fucking crisis are the fucking words that come out of GS's mouth. Could he have taken 12 meaningless secondary violations and possibly made them sound worse? Is he purposefully trying to hurt this university?

And while we're on it, what about the timing of announcing that football players were going to get ipads....while the secondary violations are fresh in the news cycle. Now, I'm against giving them but ultimately really don't give two shits so long as it's legal. But WHY would this need to be announced now? Perception and image do matter for highly public institutions. There is something called public relations, and there are very good reasons that some people get paid a shitload of money to do it well. After everything that's happened the last year and a half, how could the AD's office be so utterly tone deaf as to announce it right now?

It's plain fucking incompetence rooted deeply in a peculiar type of arrogance....one firm in the belief that things don't need to be double checked or given a second thought or run by outside p.r. people because I'm infallible. And the only way that it's going to end is not by being chastened through public humiliation and scandal. That obviously has no effect. The only way that it's going to end is by removing Gene Smith.
 
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The need for a better PR department is what is needed....

Anybody worth half a penny should be able to relay the items of the last week in such a way that it would be a non story....

there are major violations and real "minors", I don't think any of these even reach the level of a minor violation.... lol
 
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- Men's Tennis ? A high school football coach and friend of the tennis program's head coach stopped by the tennis training facility unannounced with an assistant coach and four prospective student-athletes during a dead period.
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So let me get this straight, a random HS coach showing up with students in tow, completely unannounced, is our fault and a violation on our part? I mean, I guess if they accommodated the group, fine. But if them merely stepping foot at the training facility unannounced and unknown to the athletic staff constitutes a violation...way to go NCAA! :lol:
 
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Maybe it's time to tell the Plain Dealer and Dispatch that if they want full access to Buckeye sports, they need understand there will be consequences for digging up piddling [Mark May] and making it a headline to sell papers.
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scarletmike;2158925; said:
So let me get this straight, a random HS coach showing up with students in tow, completely unannounced, is our fault and a violation on our part? I mean, I guess if they accommodated the group, fine. But if them merely stepping foot at the training facility unannounced and unknown to the athletic staff constitutes a violation...way to go NCAA! :lol:
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It's obvious to me that Gene has failed again. It's not just him however as the university has a serious security problem....time to build a wall around campus, and call in homeland security.

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As this has gotten way out of hand.

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