Yahoo, Tattoos, and tOSU (1-year bowl ban, 82 scholly limit for 3 years)

[jlb1705]

How many emails do you think Tressel received in an average day?

What are the chances he read them all?

Why does that matter?

 

[PipeHog]

I feel bad for the fans of OSU.

I'm the first to get tired of all of the pre-season OSU hype every year. I can't help it, I'm a SEC fan. I will be the first to admit that a strong OSU is good for college football. Coach Tressell's image before TAT-Gate was good for college football.

I'm not going to say anything degrading about coach T. I believe he tried to control a situation that was impossible. I want to believe he felt he had it under control. I also believe the compliance department was asleep on the job. Did he actually keep info from them?

I have followed this story very close, I can't get enough.

The thing I would be worried about, if I was a OSU fan.
From the outside looking in, there is no doubt Tressell was the big swinging **** on campus. It looks like the blame will get pinned on him and TP gone wild.

The thing is I keep thinking about that comment Gee made " I hope coach Tressell does not dismiss me". That was a stupid thing to say. I hope nobody took him to serious.

 

[Pheasant]

Why does that matter?

Because I quoted the wrong post?

CPD is reporting that Ohio State (particularly Jim Tressel) was alerted regarding Talbot as early as 2007.

My point was, I wonder if Tressel even read the email.

I suppose that doesn't really matter either, especially considering Tressel is no longer employed by tOSU. I guess I'm just sick of new "revelations" and want something to blame it on. Tressel not reading his email is an easy scapegoat.

 

[Poe McKnoe]

How many emails do you think Tressel received in an average day?

What are the chances he read them all?

That symbolizes reaching....

 

[Gatorubet]

I suppose that doesn't really matter either, especially considering Tressel is no longer employed by tOSU. I guess I'm just sick of new "revelations" and want something to blame it on. Tressel not reading his email is an easy scapegoat.

 

[ulukinatme]

OSU should totally hire Willingham

In all seriousness, Ty is a decent human being that does a great job as a mentor and about as classy as they come...but he can't be arsed to recruit and spend extra time preparing if it means giving up his golf swing.

 

[ant80]

Another article.

COLUMBUS, Ohio ? Ohio State can't say it was surprised to hear the name Dennis Talbott this week in reports claiming he paid former quarterback Terrelle Pryor thousands of dollars for signing memorabilia.

The Plain Dealer has learned that on at least two occasions, Ohio State was warned about Talbott and his relationship with OSU football players, long before ESPN's report Tuesday that Talbott had given Pryor between $20,000 and $40,000.

cont...

This article states that the ohio state athletics department knew about Talbott from 2007 and did not act. Again, I got this from a scUM forum.

 

[BUCKYLE]

That means we are due for good news.

Good news?

I just saved a shitload of money on my car insurance by not paying it!

 

[Coqui]

Me too, but I cant even remotely place all the blame on him. It was tOSU job to monitor and discipline him and they failed, miserably.

Approximately 125 athletes on a football team. You really want to have 125 employees who's only job is to follow each athlete wherever they go and monitor them?

I don't know how you can't blame the athlete at all. First the athlete is 100% responsible for starting it. They can choose easy money or stay legit.

Now it's the compliance fault for not catching/handling repeat offenses.

But to say it's OSU's fault entirely basically means you think OSU encouraged them to break NCAA regulations.

 

[Onebuckfan]

How many emails do you think Tressel received in an average day?

What are the chances he read them all?

He at the least read one to many..

 

[redstatebuckeye]

Unfortunately, the head coach is ultimately responsible for his team (e.g., wins, losses, NCAA violations). It appears that Tressel ran a program that allowed these violations to continue. Did Pryor stop playing golf (if the story is true) -- it appears that he did, but does that fix the NCAA problem? No -- you have to report it and you need to eliminate problems (e.g., the photographer) from the program. He did not.

We can all think that the rules are silly, but they are the rules and if you don't play by them you can get burned. Handling things internally is only part of the solution. I don't think Tressel did a good job of handling them internally. Now everyone else has to pay for his mess.

I don't know what Tressel does in his spare time but by all accounts he tries to help these kids and the community. That said, there was more that he was obligated to do and he did not do it.

 

[Romanowski]

Good news?

I just saved a [Mark May]load of money on my car insurance by not paying it!

And here I thought the good news was you told me you don't have that burning sensation everytime you pee anymore...

 

[Elephant]

Unfortunately, the head coach is ultimately responsible for his team (e.g., wins, losses, NCAA violations). It appears that Tressel ran a program that allowed these violations to continue. Did Pryor stop playing golf (if the story is true) -- it appears that he did, but does that fix the NCAA problem? No -- you have to report it and you need to eliminate problems (e.g., the photographer) from the program. He did not.

We can all think that the rules are silly, but they are the rules and if you don't play by them you can get burned. Handling things internally is only part of the solution. I don't think Tressel did a good job of handling them internally. Now everyone else has to pay for his mess.

I don't know what Tressel does in his spare time but by all accounts he tries to help these kids and the community. That said, there was more that he was obligated to do and he did not do it.

Thanks Dad

 

[Pheasant]

That symbolizes reaching....

Reaching is allowed between midnight and 5 am

 

[Pheasant]

Unfortunately, the head coach is ultimately responsible for his team (e.g., wins, losses, NCAA violations). It appears that Tressel ran a program that allowed these violations to continue. Did Pryor stop playing golf (if the story is true) -- it appears that he did, but does that fix the NCAA problem? No -- you have to report it and you need to eliminate problems (e.g., the photographer) from the program. He did not.

We can all think that the rules are silly, but they are the rules and if you don't play by them you can get burned. Handling things internally is only part of the solution. I don't think Tressel did a good job of handling them internally. Now everyone else has to pay for his mess.

I don't know what Tressel does in his spare time but by all accounts he tries to help these kids and the community. That said, there was more that he was obligated to do and he did not do it.

Congratulations on your over-simplified explanation. Gene Smith bears no burden for this mess, right? If Tressel was able to hide all these issues from the compliance department and Smith for 3 years then Smith and the compliance department completely failed to perform their basic job functions. If they knew about this stuff you get the same conclusion. This means the mess you're referring to isn't Tressel's alone. He may share the blame, but it's a minority share.