Fidmeister;703850 wrote:Take it a step further then. There are plenty of Cooper-era players in the NFL. Imagine if they decided to drop 250 large on a pair of gold pants. I'm sure they mean that much in sentimental value to them.

Or if random rich fan who isn't a booster drops 150 grand on a Big Ten title ring because it's worth that much to him?

That's an incredibly slippery slope.

Don't want selling the pants/rings to be an extra bennie, give them to every student on campus. Then, it's nothing special for being on the football team. Problem solved.

Or just recruit more players who understand it's a bad thing to violate NCAA rules they were warned about.

centralbucksfan;703869 wrote:This coming from a fan of Izzo, who had to sit out a game this past year? And MSU football under Williams? Give me a break...

Fidmeister;703850 wrote:Take it a step further then. There are plenty of Cooper-era players in the NFL. Imagine if they decided to drop 250 large on a pair of gold pants. I'm sure they mean that much in sentimental value to them.

Or if random rich fan who isn't a booster drops 150 grand on a Big Ten title ring because it's worth that much to him?

That's an incredibly slippery slope.

Don't want selling the pants/rings to be an extra bennie, give them to every student on campus. Then, it's nothing special for being on the football team. Problem solved.

Or just recruit more players who understand it's a bad thing to violate NCAA rules they were warned about.

Zoltan;703866 wrote:The good things is OSU seems to have found the email before Yahoo got it. OSU self reported that JT should have caught this during the investigation, but the Yahoo report is making it public before the appeal is over.

There is nothing new here to OSU, but they are being forced to address before they planned.

Writerbuckeye;703876 wrote:Well shit, let's just make up a scenario where just about ANYTHING that's now okay for players to do is blown up because a player decides to take the big bucks.

It can happen anytime, anywhere by anyone. You can't possibly control everything that goes on.

The NCAA should stick to policing things that give a CLEAR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE to one team over another -- like over signing. Instead, they continuously get involved in piddly crap like this.

To make my case even clearer -- this particular rule wasn't even in effect 10 years ago (or thereabouts). The NCAA is always paranoid that players will get ANYTHING that a regular college player doesn't have or have access to. Which is pathetically stupid, because all college scholarship players already have access to lots of stuff a regular student doesn't.

Yet they keep using that as their benchmark for making these silly rules.

wes_mantooth;703722 wrote:If Tressel was to step down, I wonder if we could get Charlie Sheen? He is available.

bo shemmy3337;703801 wrote:Also the only thing I see happening would be the kids who are already suspended being removed from the team and maybe tress gets a warning. I would let the kids go just because this is clearly not going away until they are gone IMO.

dwccrew;703882 wrote:Undefeated every year. All he does is win every second.



Why would the players be removed from the team? They have already been punished for what they did, these allegations are directed at Tressel and have nothing to do with the players. You're smarter than that, at least I think you are.

bo shemmy3337;703888 wrote:I would let them go just to get this all out of the way before the season and so no one has to hear about it all year. Just think what the only topic will be after week 5.

bo shemmy3337;703888 wrote:I would let them go just to get this all out of the way before the season and so no one has to hear about it all year. Just think what the only topic will be after week 5.

wildcats20;703889 wrote:And you don't think it would be the story of the season if they let the players go?? Come on now.

Writerbuckeye;703876 wrote:Well shit, let's just make up a scenario where just about ANYTHING that's now okay for players to do is blown up because a player decides to take the big bucks.

It can happen anytime, anywhere by anyone. You can't possibly control everything that goes on.

The NCAA should stick to policing things that give a CLEAR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE to one team over another -- like over signing. Instead, they continuously get involved in piddly crap like this.

To make my case even clearer -- this particular rule wasn't even in effect 10 years ago (or thereabouts). The NCAA is always paranoid that players will get ANYTHING that a regular college player doesn't have or have access to. Which is pathetically stupid, because all college scholarship players already have access to lots of stuff a regular student doesn't.

Yet they keep using that as their benchmark for making these silly rules.

imex99;703899 wrote:ok this is from my source
Here it goes:

Tressel is informed in April - Hence the compliance meetings and no further sales of items.

Tressel informs the University compliance office.
Compliance office visits Tattoo parlor.

Feds step in and say you can't say anything - this is an active investigation of the Tattoo parlor owner.

OSU keeps their mouth shut at the direction of the Feds

Feds finish investigation in December. OSU immediately announces what they know.

Quick disposition of punishments and players allowed to play.

Tressel and OSU knew. Unable to say anything because of Feds. Fits timelines.

Quick disposition of punishments and players allowed to play.



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Fidmeister;703903 wrote:And a two-game suspension would be a joke. Doubt they need him for Akron and Toledo.

It has weight if it's the first to Big 10+2 games. Then he'd miss Nebraska. That would make a difference.

Fidmeister;703909 wrote:If they knew in April, would have been simple to suspend these guys for a violation of team rules. That way, you can say it's anything and never reveal what it was.