How did Ohio State get off easy the first time? Because they were never penalized. Players were selling tickets/memorabilia as far back as 2002, yet nothing was ever done. Clarett had use of a fleet of motor vehicles and was given summer jobs of watering the artificial turf, yet the NCAA did nothing.
How can you be penalized if the NCAA camps out on the campus, gives the program a rectal exam, and doesn't see enough substance to even deliver a notice of allegations?
Your specious claim that Clarett repeatedly "lied" would be similar to someone who still doubts Jose Canseco's steroid claims AFTER all this evidence has come to light.
I'm not claiming Clarett lied, but rather I'm telling you what the NCAA concluded from their 2003-04 investigation. Clarett himself has even admitted as such.
How did he repeatedly cover up violations? He never self-reported any of the violations, as mandated by the NCAA. You REALLY need to brush up on your NCAA rules and regulations if you are going to continue to comment on issues such as these.
Maurice Clarett.
The memorabilia for cash scam was in place shortly after Tressel's arrival. 28 former players have been found to have participated, and undoubtedly there are several dozen more.
Troy Smith taking cash from boosters.
You do realize that the only thing Tressel was proven to have knowledge of was Pryor, Posey, Adams, Herron, and Soloman Thomas being involved in the memorabilia for cash scam, correct? Sounds like your the one that needs to do some reading on the actual Ohio State-NCAA reports.
If he didn't know about those other instances, then how could he possibly have reported them?
Ohio State's basketball program was even dirtier than its football program. The most recent spate of football rule-breaking at Ohio State overlapped with probation remaining from when the men's basketball program committed major violations under then-coach Jim O'Brien in 2004.
Do you have any idea of what you are talking about?
Don't see how this is relevant when my post addresses the scope of the current investigations. Ohio State's was a single-sport investigation, while USC's was a multi-sport investigation concerning similar offenses in different sports.
Just an FYI though, Ohio State was not on probation from the basketball rule-breaking when this stuff all went down. That probation was in effect from March of 2006 through March of 2009.
