First, legal disclaimer- I'm a Michigan fan. Even though I was born and raised in Ohio.
I think it's absolutely hilarious that Ohio State thinks they can slap themselves on the wrist and make this whole thing, along with the NCAA, just go away.
I could be wrong, but I think the idea of sanctions or punishment is that it's actually supposed to penalize you in the future, not just take a couple trophies out of the old trophy case and call it even. Just ask USC how sanctions work.
As a rule of thumb, the NCAA usually uses something like a two to one rule, where the penalty going forward is double the advantage gained. If you won one bowl game illegally, you have a two year ban on bowl appearances. If one player was involved, you lose two scholarships in the future. Everything OSU has proposed may hurt their pride, but it doesn't penalize their future.
If the NCAA is going to be fair and consistent, it needs to deal with OSU the same way they dealt with USC. Anything less would be grossly unfair to a lot of other schools that have paid the price- most for offenses far less egregious.
Jim Tressel dotted the "i" on liar, but he had a lot of help, including his bosses at the university. Since the problem was far more widespread at OSU than SC, the punishment should be proportionately more severe.
If they don't throw the book at Ohio State, something is severly afoul here. USC gets the worst punishment since the SMU 'death penalty', and that was for one player. Ohio State had several players involved, the coach knew about it and lied to NCAA investigators about it, so we'll see if the NCAA has the balls to impose proper sanctions. Probably not.
Ohio State is so furious at Tressel that they are now calling his "resignation" a "retirement." They're so upset at him that they're waiving his $250,000 fine, a fine that the school president said "would be paid, no matter what." And they are also going to pay his salary for one more month, about $54,000. I haven't seen this kind of tap-dancing since the last time I watched Ralph Sloan and the Tennessee Travelers.
First, legal disclaimer- I'm a Michigan fan. Even though I was born and raised in Ohio.
I think it's absolutely hilarious that Ohio State thinks they can slap themselves on the wrist and make this whole thing, along with the NCAA, just go away.
I could be wrong, but I think the idea of sanctions or punishment is that it's actually supposed to penalize you in the future, not just take a couple trophies out of the old trophy case and call it even. Just ask USC how sanctions work.
As a rule of thumb, the NCAA usually uses something like a two to one rule, where the penalty going forward is double the advantage gained. If you won one bowl game illegally, you have a two year ban on bowl appearances. If one player was involved, you lose two scholarships in the future. Everything OSU has proposed may hurt their pride, but it doesn't penalize their future.
If the NCAA is going to be fair and consistent, it needs to deal with OSU the same way they dealt with USC. Anything less would be grossly unfair to a lot of other schools that have paid the price- most for offenses far less egregious.
Jim Tressel dotted the "i" on liar, but he had a lot of help, including his bosses at the university. Since the problem was far more widespread at OSU than SC, the punishment should be proportionately more severe.
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