OSU Buckeyes in HOT water...

[psprowler]

So what exactly did the kids do? Sold stuff that was given to them by the NCAA in exchange for some tattoos?

[mhall]

So what exactly did the kids do? Sold stuff that was given to them by the NCAA in exchange for some tattoos?

I agree it's a STUPID rule but a rule none the less, one that Sweater boy and his players supposively knew......''IMPLICITILY'', LOL.

[psprowler]

Rules are rules indeed. My gut tells me that Tressel is an ok guy. I'm sure we all do things (myself included) that are questionable by some folks' standards. In fact you might even get arrested if caught. But the good that you do in life FAR OUTWEIGHS the bad choices/decisions. I look myself in the mirror and know that I'm an ok dude, I'm sure sweater vest does the same. Tressel will have plenty left in his "moral savings account", even after this major withdrawal.

My opinion.

[mhall]

Rules are rules indeed. My gut tells me that Tressel is an ok guy. I'm sure we all do things (myself included) that are questionable by some folks' standards. In fact you might even get arrested if caught. But the good that you do in life FAR OUTWEIGHS the bad choices/decisions. I look myself in the mirror and know that I'm an ok dude, I'm sure sweater vest does the same. Tressel will have plenty left in his "moral savings account", even after this major withdrawal.

My opinion.

Alot of truth in your words, I'm no Saint my man...... not by a long shot. I hear what you are saying...

[elnutsmalljaws]

I think every major college basketball and football program CHEATS, to what degree is the question. Maybe the kids did not know that selling their things for money and tattoos was against the rules or not. But Tressel ABSOLUTELY knew it was against the rules and sat on it for 8 months until it came out and even then never came clean. He sat on it for another 3 months and now he got busted. He had almost a year to come clean and tell the truth but chose not to. College Sports is all about wins and losses, BOTTOM LINE. Not about graduation rates and helping teenagers become model citizens while receiving an education. Like I have said before and will say again, they are ATHLETES that happen to be STUDENTS. The term "Student Athlete" is a myth. There will be a real Santa Claus, Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny before there are real Studen Athletes playing big time college sports. If Tressel will sit on an email that would possibly suspend his starting QB plus 4 other major players on his team, what other smaller infraction would he sit on. If he won't report this what else won't he report?