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

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Gatorubet;1946104; said:
I mean, BP is visited by thousands of people who are potentially perverted, murderer, rapist, kitty abusers. Potentially. Actually, only Thump is.
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A little boy comes home from school and asks his dad the difference between potentially and actually. His old man says "go ask your mom and big sister if they would sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars." Confused the boy goes and asks.

Mom's response; "I'd do it for a hell of a lot less than that but yes I would sleep with him."

Sister says the same, she'd do it anyway the money is a bonus.

The boy dutifully reports the responses back to his old man who then says, "See now potentially your Mom and sister are millionaires, actually they are just a couple of cheap sluts."

The boy goes forth wiser.
 
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Thats a great article; put's it all in perspective.

I don't know how good this 2011 team is going to be...but I really hope they can shock the world of NCAA football this year.

Alweays a Buckeye fan; but I have never wanted a team to be successful more than this year~!
 
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...state-ncaa-response.ap/index.html?eref=sircrc

Ohio State is on track to submit its reply by Friday to NCAA charges of major violations that led to coach Jim Tressel's forced resignation and the departure of star quarterback Terrelle Pryor.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- With the hours dwindling until the deadline for Ohio State's response to NCAA allegations of improper benefits and a cover up in the football program, athletic director Gene Smith said Thursday that he's disappointed by "where we are" even as he's encouraged by the work of the school's compliance department.
Ohio State is on track to submit its reply by Friday to NCAA charges of major violations that led to coach Jim Tressel's forced resignation and the departure of star quarterback Terrelle Pryor.

In a congratulatory letter recently sent to all Ohio State athletic administrators, coaches and staff, Smith attempted to raise the morale of a department which has been battered by the scandal. The letter highlighted that the university had a record 523 scholar-athletes, there were 329 academic All-Big Ten honorees, the football team's 985 on the NCAA's Academic Progress Report was No. 1 of the teams in the final Top 25 and that Ohio State won national championships in men's volleyball and synchronized swimming in addition to 10 Big Ten titles.
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Impressive feat on the 985.
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Changes in compliance office's efforts-
Specifically, Smith and other Ohio State officials said they are working on plans to:
Get better documentation of car purchases. To ensure that athletes are not getting inappropriate deals, dealers or players would provide records detailing transactions. Currently, athletes report how they obtained cars, but they don't provide any supporting documentation.
Set a time limit on "loaner cars." The university would limit how long a student-athlete can borrow a car from a dealer or individual. Currently, Ohio State does not set a limit.
Audit vehicles several times a year. Ohio State would check parking lots used by athletes to ensure their cars are registered with the university. Unregistered cars would be ticketed.
Check everyone who receives game passes from football or men's basketball players. At the beginning of the school year, students would be required to provide a list of anyone who might receive passes to games. The compliance department would talk to each person to determine his or her relationship to the student. Currently, Ohio State does random checks.
Examine students' budgets. A new software program will help officials guide students on how to manage their money. Ohio State officials say the main goal is to educate students, some of whom have never had a checking account before college, but the software also could help generate red flags about students who are living beyond their means.
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In other words- do the things that they were working on based on the earlier recommendations, and also do background checks on tickets and "educate" students regarding expense management (actually, something a ton of students could use more help with).

This was also interesting...
Ohio State's compliance department says much of its focus is on educating students and coaches about NCAA rules to avoid violations. But they say a big focus now is to address the people outside of Ohio State.
"The people who are trying to get close to (students) for unscrupulous reasons are pretty talented and skilled at what they do ... so their ability to persuade and influence is pretty doggone good. ... That to me is one of our biggest weaknesses and where our focus is," Smith said.
To get the outside community involved, for instance, the university plans to work with car dealers who agree to provide records about sales. Athletes interested in buying cars could check the university's list of participating dealers to simplify the effort to follow NCAA rules. Students who buy elsewhere would be required to provide the records themselves.
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...in part, because they were already working with dealers, which resulted in the "one dealer sold a lot of Buckeyes cars!!1!l1!l" crisis. If there's "a list", then how do you avoid that?

But what I'm most interested in is the education of the "people outside of Ohio State"- like many of them will care. Most of the things being investigated aren't "Whoopsie!! Didn't know that!!!", but actual attempts on the part of both parties to disregard NCAA and OSU guidelines.

Or, in the words of Ray Small- ""They explain the rules to you, but as a kid you're not really listening to all of them rules. You go out and you just, people show you so much love, you don't even think about the rules. You're just like ?Ah man, it's cool.'"

And all the "education" in the world isn't going to solve that.
 
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MaliBuckeye;1950173; said:
But what I'm most interested in is the education of the "people outside of Ohio State"- like many of them will care. Most of the things being investigated aren't "Whoopsie!! Didn't know that!!!", but actual attempts on the part of both parties to disregard NCAA and OSU guidelines.

Or, in the words of Ray Small- ""They explain the rules to you, but as a kid you're not really listening to all of them rules. You go out and you just, people show you so much love, you don't even think about the rules. You're just like ?Ah man, it's cool.'"

And all the "education" in the world isn't going to solve that.
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That is a sad, absolutely true fact in any major program with nutty jock sniffing boosters and alumni... and rock star status, spoiled 4 and 5 star athletes - often from poor backgrounds.
 
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The compliance department has staffed the 2 new positions, so it did grow from 6 to 8 before the submission of today's report to the NCAA.

The report is supposed to be made public on Monday.
 
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Gatorubet;1950154; said:
Impressive feat on the 985.
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Cynics will say it's not hard to post a 985 APR when you're providing tutors to football players to get them past their golf and AIDS awareness classes.

I don't know which will haunt Ohio State longer, the Clarett saga, Tattoo-gate, or the 1998 SI Katzenmoyer cover.
 
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Dryden;1950318; said:
Cynics will say it's not hard to post a 985 APR when you're providing tutors to football players to get them past their golf and AIDS awareness classes.

I don't know which will haunt Ohio State longer, the Clarett saga, Tattoo-gate, or the 1998 SI Katzenmoyer cover.
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...getting ape raped in the 2006 Fiesta Bowl.
 
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Dryden;1950318; said:
Cynics will say it's not hard to post a 985 APR when you're providing tutors to football players to get them past their golf and AIDS awareness classes.

I don't know which will haunt Ohio State longer, the Clarett saga, Tattoo-gate, or the 1998 SI Katzenmoyer cover.
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True cynics know that stuff goes on at every school. In the meantime, most schools can't manage a 985 APR in spite of that.
 
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