Pryor, 4 Other Buckeyes Suspended Next Season

[boisesuns]

TOSU suspended Tressel for 2 games.

They are really going to miss the coach for the first two games against Akron and Toldeo.....

Hey wait, little sisters of of poor!

 

[Russ Smith]

ESPN has a PDF of emails, redacted, between Tressel and the guy who spilled the beans.

Insane, the guy gave him players names, the tattoo guys' name, crimes he'd been convicted of including case numbers etc. Each time Tressel says thanks I'll get on it ASAP. And he did nothing.

 

[Southpaw]

Tressell and OSU have self imposed 5 games on him. What a freaking joke.


Dez Bryant lied to the NCAA and was suspended for a whole season. I would think that a head coach , lying to the NCAA, would warrant at least the same sanction. Toss in the AD, Gene Smith, with the same. Hard to believe that Tressell is the only one guilty in this event. Ohio State will never get the death penalty, but exorcising their coach and AD will send one helluva message.

BTW, I expect Bruce Pearl, from Tennessee, to get the same sanction from the NCAA, and considering the Kiffin affair, their AD might get hammered also.

 

[Russ Smith]

Tressell and OSU have self imposed 5 games on him. What a freaking joke.


Dez Bryant lied to the NCAA and was suspended for a whole season. I would think that a head coach , lying to the NCAA, would warrant at least the same sanction. Toss in the AD, Gene Smith, with the same. Hard to believe that Tressell is the only one guilty in this event. Ohio State will never get the death penalty, but exorcising their coach and AD will send one helluva message.

BTW, I expect Bruce Pearl, from Tennessee, to get the same sanction from the NCAA, and considering the Kiffin affair, their AD might get hammered also.

I am hoping the NCAA levies more sanctions. on ESPN today they were saying they thought he should be suspended the full year including practices because football is so much about preparation before the game and even those 5 games he's allowed to run practices.

 

[Southpaw]

I am hoping the NCAA levies more sanctions. on ESPN today they were saying they thought he should be suspended the full year including practices because football is so much about preparation before the game and even those 5 games he's allowed to run practices.

Maybe they think they are negotiating terms. I'd guess he gets canned (retires) before he gets suspended. Who would coach the team if he gets suspended for a year and then plans to come back? That would be really weird.

 

[Southpaw]

Oooops. He is so busted.

NCAA alleges Jim Tressel not honest



COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In a sharply worded rebuke of Ohio State's Jim Tressel, the NCAA on Monday accused the 10-year coach of withholding information and lying to keep Buckeyes players on the field who had accepted improper benefits from the owner of a tattoo parlor.

In a "notice of allegations" sent to the school, the NCAA said Monday that the violations relating to the coach are considered "potential major violations."


Ohio State was not cited for the most serious of institutional breaches since Tressel hid information from his superiors for more than nine months. The university has 90 days to respond to the ruling body of college sports' request for information before a scheduled date before the NCAA's committee on infractions on Aug. 12 in Indianapolis.

In a 13-page indictment of Tressel's behavior, the NCAA alleged that Tressel had "permitted football student-athletes to participate in intercollegiate athletics while ineligible." It also said he "failed to deport himself ... [with] honesty and integrity" and said he was lying when he filled out a compliance form in September which said he had no knowledge of any NCAA violations by any of his players..........


http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6424573

 

[Russ Smith]

I still don't get how they can not hit TOSU with lack of institutional control? Given the situation there in the past how can it be possible that a coach can "hide the situation for 9 months" and that's not a lack of IC?

If Tressel lied to his superiors for 9 months and did so violating all forms of IC they had in place, why is he still the head coach today? You can't have it both ways you can't say it's a rogue coach not the school, and then have the school stand behind that rogue coach.

 

[Southpaw]

I still don't get how they can not hit TOSU with lack of institutional control? Given the situation there in the past how can it be possible that a coach can "hide the situation for 9 months" and that's not a lack of IC?

If Tressel lied to his superiors for 9 months and did so violating all forms of IC they had in place, why is he still the head coach today? You can't have it both ways you can't say it's a rogue coach not the school, and then have the school stand behind that rogue coach.

I have the same question. By definition, the scenario seems to fit. This stuff was going on and the AD's office and compliance director had no idea. That is lack of institutional control.

 

[Russ Smith]

http://content.usatoday.com/communi...011/05/boise-state-football-ncaa-violations/1

So the entire sum of what Boise State gave against the rules to players probably equals what one TOSU player got.

 

[Southpaw]

The hits just keep on coming. Never trust a cheater to keep a secret. Tressell will be undone by his own.


entire story here

Updated: May 26, 2011, 12:19 PM ET
Ohio St.'s Ray Small says he sold rings



COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Former Ohio State wide receiver Ray Small told the school's student newspaper that he sold Big Ten championship rings and other memorabilia for cash and got special car deals as an athlete during his playing days.

The Lantern reported that Small, who played for the Buckeyes from 2006 to 2010, said "everyone was doing it" on the team.....


...."We had four Big Ten rings. There was enough to go around," Small said.

He added that despite Ohio State's large and proactive NCAA compliance department, most of the student-athletes "don't even think about (NCAA) rules."

Small said he used the money he got to cover his typical costs of living.

"We have apartments, car notes," he said. "So you got things like that and you look around and you're like, 'Well I got (four) of them, I can sell one or two and get some money to pay this rent.' "

He said the biggest advantages came from car dealerships.

"It was definitely the deals on the cars. I don't see why it's a big deal," said Small.

“ They explain the rules to you, but as a kid you're not really listening ... people show you so much love, you don't even think about the rules. You're just like 'Ah man, it's cool.' You take it, and next thing you know the NCAA is down your back.
” -- Ex-Ohio State WR Ray Small

Ohio State is investigating more than 50 transactions between Ohio State athletes and their families and two Columbus auto dealerships.

"They have a lot (of dirt) on everybody," Small said, "cause everybody was doing it."....



..... Small said players went to see Edward Rife at Fine Line Ink tattoo parlor because Rife was an Ohio State fan and gave big discounts. It was the U.S. Attorney's investigation of Rife on federal drug-trafficking charges that led to Ohio State officials finding out about the improper benefits.

Small said the players would have been foolish to turn down the discounted tattoos.

"If you go in and try to get a tattoo, and somebody is like, 'Do you want 50 percent off this tattoo?' You're going to say, 'Heck yeah,' " Small said.

Tressel continually suspended or benched Small during his playing days at Ohio State. One of the team's fastest players, he was seen as the heir apparent to Ted Ginn Jr. after the wide receiver and kick returner went to the NFL. But Small's career was marked by his stay in Tressel's doghouse.

"They explain the rules to you, but as a kid you're not really listening to all of them rules," Small said. "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.' You take it, and next thing you know the NCAA is down your back."

Another former Ohio State player interviewed by The Lantern, defensive back Malcolm Jenkins, said Ohio State told players about NCAA rules, and if the rules were broken, it was the players' fault....


....Former Buckeyes basketball player Mark Titus wrote Tuesday on his blog that the perks within the football program are far from a secret.

"Any OSU student in the past five years could tell you that a lot of the football players drive nice cars," Titus wrote. "You'd have to be blind to not notice it."

Small said there was no shortage of people trying to help Ohio State athletes.

"Everywhere you go, while you're in the process of playing at Ohio State," Small said, "you're going to get a deal every which way."....

 

[Russ Smith]

Funny I posted that on the Big 10 pay for play thread too.

It's absolutely mind boggling now if the NCAA doesn't cite them for lack of IC.

At this point either all these stories are lies or TOSU had the Wild Wild West going on and the coaches didn't know which implies no IC.

 

[Southpaw]

Funny I posted that on the Big 10 pay for play thread too.

It's absolutely mind boggling now if the NCAA doesn't cite them for lack of IC.

At this point either all these stories are lies or TOSU had the Wild Wild West going on and the coaches didn't know which implies no IC.

All evidence points to OSU being the Wild Wild West for quite some time, if not forever.

Maybe Cooper was run out because he wouldn't look the other way and they hired Tressell because he was trained for tunnel vision myopia at Youngstown State. He plays dumb very well. He gets players because they know what the package deal is before they get there. But don't worry, they will be ranked in the pre season top 10 next season.

 

[Southpaw]

I wonder if this is where the Buckeyes got their weed, that is if they were even using? Not exactly enterprising and brilliant criminal activity.

Updated: May 27, 2011, 10:47 AM ET
Man connected to Buckeyes charged

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Federal prosecutors have charged the tattoo parlor owner who bought Ohio State football memorabilia with drug trafficking and money laundering.

Documents filed in U.S. District Court in Columbus on Friday indicate Edward Rife will plead guilty to the charges and cooperate with authorities.

An attorney previously told Ohio State coach Jim Tressel that at least two current players sold signed Ohio State memorabilia to Rife, who ran a local tattoo parlor.

Documents show Rife will plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 200 pounds of marijuana, and one count of money laundering.

Five players, including star quarterback Terrelle Pryor, have been suspended for the first five games this fall for accepting improper benefits from Rife totaling between $12,000 and $15,000.