krambman;703519 wrote:An AP reporter in Columbus just caught up with Gordon Gee and he said that the University reported a possible violation to the NCAA as soon as they found out about it and then waited on word from the NCAA how best to handle it before making it a statement.

This makes it sounds like they will confirm the story tonight.

krambman;703519 wrote:An AP reporter in Columbus just caught up with Gordon Gee and he said that the University reported a possible violation to the NCAA as soon as they found out about it and then waited on word from the NCAA how best to handle it before making it a statement.

This makes it sounds like they will confirm the story tonight.

BigWoof31;1885219; wrote:Ahhh, understood. I'll hang back then. And let the good folks at BP be my inside sources.



A Co-worker told me to go to JJ Huddle for decent information, but he seems like a little bit of an idiot, so I'll stay away from there.

jwinslow;1885220; wrote:Unless you're itching for a '14 year old slapfight about high school sports' I'd steer clear of there.

Jaxbuck;1885223; wrote:Your co-worker is a lot of an idiot.

krambman;703529 wrote:I have a feeling that things will be handled this way tonight:

Smith: Jim Tressel was tipped off to possible violations in April and passed this information onto the Compliance Department. They spoke with the players that were implicated and with the tattoo parlor in question, and at the time there was no evidence that any wrongdoing had happened. Then in December when the FBI became involved the truth came out and punishment was assessed.

Gee: Jim Tressel is our football coach, he will remain our football coach, he has the full support of the university.

Tressel: Reiterates what Smith said, apologizes for not being more thorough, then fields some questions from the media and in typical Tressel fasion doesn't really say anything.

OneBuckeye;703517 wrote:Lets hope

Wooball;703531 wrote:If that is true, there is no violation correct?

We have reported a violation, a perceived violation, that we were having discussions with them (the NCAA) about the best way to handle it. We reported that immediately when we found it.

We're hearing Tressel will admit wrongdoing tonight, sanctions and suspension possible.

Our sources tell us Tressel told team this morning to stand firm. Didn't get into specifics, but also did not mention stepping down.

se-alum;703559 wrote:If Tress does admit wrongdoing, as much as I hate to say it, he should probably step down.

OneBuckeye;703562 wrote:It depends on the cirucumstances and how/who told him about it and what he did/didn't do.

FatHobbit;703571 wrote:I'm waiting for details before I have any opinion about what Tressel should do.

OneBuckeye;703575 wrote:http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2011/03/08/0308-osu-to-hold-news-conference-tonight.html

Dispatch article with the new quotes from Gee.

elbuckeye28;703579 wrote:I think it's important that Gee said "perceived violation." When all of the tattoo information came out, they did not use words like perceived. Instead they came out and said they were going to discussing violations.

krambman;703581 wrote:That could be because in December that had talked with the NCAA, determined violations had occurred, and had settled on punishment. Since this was broken by Yahoo! and not by the university there may not have been adequate time yet to determine if it was indeed an actual violation and what the proper course of action/punishment should be.

OneBuckeye;703583 wrote:The "perceived" may tell you something about how the violations were reported to Tressel last spring and why he may have dismissed them. Just because you get a tip from someone about people screw up doesn't mean it went beyond internal offices of OSU because they didn't find the culprits at that time.

elbuckeye28;703587 wrote:That could very well be true, but you would think he would say "possible violation" instead. I know it's just semantics, but "perceived violation" gives off the impression that one would think it's a violation but reality is not consistent with perception in this case.

The 58-year-old Tressel's contract, which pays him an estimated $3.5 million per season, requires that he report any — the word "any" is underlined in the contract — possible rules or legal infractions immediately.