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

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NFBuck;1931244; said:
If this is the case, I think this slides more towards criminal prosecution than ncaa compliance issue...as it should. Unless, of course, compliance knew of it and covered it up. At this point, who the hell knows. I stopped reading the crap long ago and I'm just waiting for the final verdict so we can move forward.
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Just feels like the pieces of the puzzle are finally coming to light. tOSU 100% filed a police report into stolen equipment several years ago, including Terrelle Pryor's cleats. It now seems much more likely he sold the cleats, and then he lied about his cleats whereabouts, or there was a cover-up.

That would be a pretty good reason for Tressel to keep quiet in regards to memorabilia for tats...if Tress recognized the ensuing shitstorm due to missing equipment from the locker-room.
 
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billmac91;1931247; said:
That would be a pretty good reason for Tressel to keep quiet in regards to memorabilia for tats...if Tress recognized the ensuing shitstorm due to missing equipment from the locker-room.
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That makes what he did much worse, IMO. That indicates a pattern...covering for him in that case is just foolish and goes beyond looking out for his welfare.
 
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Again, as I pointed out elsewhere, since Nike essentially gives this stuff to tOSU, what would be the value for the purposes of establishing class of crime (felony vs. misdemeanor)? I don't doubt that members of the track team sell extra pairs of training shoes they receive in order to make a little coin. Is that theft? Or is it just an NCAA violation? (It certainly is at least the latter, even though it happens everywhere.)

I don't think this is quite so clear-cut a situation as many people here seem to think.
 
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MaxBuck;1931259; said:
Probably so, but again - if what we're evaluating is common practice in D1 athletics, shouldn't the light be shone on the NCAA as a whole rather than just on the Buckeyes?
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Well, I don't subscribe to the whole "everybody does it" defense, so to me...no. Buckeyes got caught, so Buckeyes have to pay the piper. They're making it pretty easy too...a coach got caught lying, a star player driving around in multiple new cars, etc...
 
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NFBuck;1931190; said:
Just my guess, but I'm thinking they'd want a succession plan in place. They screwed the pooch with the Tressel affair, don't think they want a repeat with the AD.
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The "succession plan" has an office right across the road in the Fawcett Center. At least, that's the course of action that I hope they'll take.
 
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I think the time for talking is over respond to the NCAA only..some Media outlets in Chicago feel that the responses given in December at the Press Conference were "arrogant'" and almost invited the media to find anything more than what was reported then...and it came back to get tOSU...
 
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