5/7/11 More trouble for OSU

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Jul 15, 2011 3:15 PM
se-alum;831106 wrote:Laughable that it is even news. Shouldn't compliance be monitoring what cars athletes drive? You can only ask a coach to do so much. This goes for every University, not just OSU. Many times the coach is the fall guy. You hire a guy to coach football, and you expect him to have a pulse on the personal lives of not only 100+ players, but also all the recruits? Let's be honest, if you're not committing secondary violations, you're not trying.

The dispatch article points out that compliance was doing their best to hide stuff rather than stop it from happening.
Jul 15, 2011 3:15pm
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Jul 15, 2011 3:17 PM
This is non news.
Jul 15, 2011 3:17pm
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Jul 15, 2011 3:26 PM
Midstate01;831111 wrote:This is non news.

maybe, but it's in USA Today, so it is news....please, let the season begin!!!
Jul 15, 2011 3:26pm
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Jul 15, 2011 5:24 PM
vball10set;831120 wrote:maybe, but it's in USA Today, so it is news....please, let the season begin!!!

Lol
Jul 15, 2011 5:24pm
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Jul 15, 2011 8:31 PM
SportsAndLady;831218 wrote:Lol

LOL
Jul 15, 2011 8:31pm
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Jul 15, 2011 8:34 PM
SportsAndLady;831218 wrote:Lol

Still no friends to play with in Jersey, eh? Weird--very weird
Jul 15, 2011 8:34pm
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Jul 15, 2011 9:02 PM
SportsAndLady;831218 wrote:Lol

dynamite drop in--man you're weird
Jul 15, 2011 9:02pm
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Jul 15, 2011 9:54 PM
vball10set;831327 wrote:dynamite drop in--man you're weird

Lol
Jul 15, 2011 9:54pm
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Jul 15, 2011 11:12 PM
WebFire;831419 wrote:Interesting from 10tv...

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/teninvestigates/stories/2011/07/15/story-ohio-state-university-athlete-car-repair.html?sid=102

Hard to believe they would even touch this in April with all that was going on. It will be interesting to see how this is explained.

I think it's funny how everyone just keeps trying so hard to stretch this out. Like $8 phone calls. Lol gtfo
Jul 15, 2011 11:12pm
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Jul 15, 2011 11:15 PM
I wonder if the NCAA thinks paying for player car repairs with funds meant for other things is funny?
Jul 15, 2011 11:15pm
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Jul 15, 2011 11:18 PM
WebFire;831426 wrote:I wonder if the NCAA thinks paying for player car repairs with funds meant for other things is funny?

I wonder too??? Oh I hope espn has a 1 hour special on it!!!!!!
Jul 15, 2011 11:18pm
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Jul 15, 2011 11:21 PM
WebFire;831426 wrote:I wonder if the NCAA thinks paying for player car repairs with funds meant for other things is funny?

It doesn't say what the list for funds is. Sounds like theirs no REAL guidelines for it either. Just more "I hope I found something" stories.
Jul 15, 2011 11:21pm
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Jul 15, 2011 11:27 PM
It's a discretionary fund provided by the Big Ten. The guidelines are pretty broad.

I'm really getting tired of all this digging and "I may have gotcha" stories.

August can't get here soon enough.
Jul 15, 2011 11:27pm
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Jul 15, 2011 11:45 PM
I'm sure nothing will come of it. I am just sort of surprised they would be doing this while the NCAA is in town. I really doubt player car repairs fall under the acceptable uses for the funds.
Jul 15, 2011 11:45pm
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Jul 16, 2011 9:25 AM
WebFire;831419 wrote:Interesting from 10tv...

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/teninvestigates/stories/2011/07/15/story-ohio-state-university-athlete-car-repair.html?sid=102

Hard to believe they would even touch this in April with all that was going on. It will be interesting to see how this is explained.

It seems like it is the local media who is trying to pile on now. And isn't 10tv owned by the Dispatch?
Jul 16, 2011 9:25am
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Jul 16, 2011 9:44 AM
I'm not saying this will be the case with OSU at all, but this reminds me a lot of the SMU case where all of the Dallas media outlets were TRYING to bring the giant down.
Jul 16, 2011 9:44am
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Jul 16, 2011 9:50 AM
bigkahuna;831592 wrote:I'm not saying this will be the case with OSU at all, but this reminds me a lot of the SMU case where all of the Dallas media outlets were TRYING to bring the giant down.

I understand the national media trying to find a story, because people will read it. But I do not understand the local media doing it.
Jul 16, 2011 9:50am
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Jul 16, 2011 10:08 AM
Simple answer is the local media doesn't want to appear/be labeled as OSU's lapdog...pretty simple really.
Jul 16, 2011 10:08am
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Jul 16, 2011 10:43 AM
Lol. What should the local media do? Cover its ears and act like nothing is happening? If they want to be taken seriously, then they have to report news and dig.
Jul 16, 2011 10:43am
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Jul 16, 2011 12:05 PM
thedynasty1998;831594 wrote:I understand the national media trying to find a story, because people will read it. But I do not understand the local media doing it.

Local media is who got Michigan busted a couple years ago.
Jul 16, 2011 12:05pm
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Jul 16, 2011 12:19 PM
This is a face saving effort by the local media. They've been upstaged by some of the national folks (although I'd argue the stuff the national media has "found" isn't worth crap) so they feel compelled to make themselves "relevant" again.

It's a futile effort, I think. The stuff that's being "found" is more than likely stuff the NCAA has already looked at and had no problem with. The whole employee evaluation story is only about piling on the "JT was out of control" meme the national media has tried to sell. But if you get beyond the headlines, you see he got dinged a couple times and then mostly got rave reviews. Of course, people won't remember that, they'll remember the headline stuff.

I'd love to see any other top 20 program (sorry UM :-) ) go through the anal probe OSU has been put through these past six months. I'd bet most of them wouldn't stand up very well to the scrutiny.

Oh well...come on August!
Jul 16, 2011 12:19pm
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Jul 16, 2011 1:00 PM
ytownfootball;831602 wrote:Simple answer is the local media doesn't want to appear/be labeled as OSU's lapdog...pretty simple really.

But that's what they have always been.
Jul 16, 2011 1:00pm
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Jul 16, 2011 11:30 PM
WebFire;831657 wrote:Local media is who got Michigan busted a couple years ago.

That's what my previous post was about. It seems like it's the local media that ends up doing the most damage.
Jul 16, 2011 11:30pm