[Husker] Tressel Suspended

[Rod Wellman]

In one of the articles I read on the matter, it was mentioned that Tressel was "scared" to tell anyone and that the lawyer who emailed him the info told him to keep quite.  Mitigating circumstances seem to include the fact that a drug dealer was involved somehow in the "tatoos for free" incidents.  Tressel may have actually been scared for his safety.

This is going to get very interesting, indeed.

Rod W.
Sioux City, Ia.


On Mar 9, 2011, at 3:28 PM, Nick Chevance wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 2:51 PM,  <stephen.d.bruce at bt.com> wrote:
>> I may have missed someone posting this - didn't recall seeing it.
>> 
>> Jim Tressel was suspended for the first two games this year and fined $250K by Ohio State for failing to report an email received in April 2010 advising of players selling memorabilia and being implicated in a drug case.  The NCAA will now do their own investigation and determine if the self-imposed penalties by Ohio State will be sufficient.
> 
> I think the important point here is that NCAA still has an
> investigation to do; this two-game suspension was an Ohio
> State-imposed penalty.  I've heard more than one sports commentator
> say that this could lead to his resignation.  The salient points are
> that Tressel was made aware in April of 2010 that players had sold
> material; his most recent comments say something to the effect that he
> didn't know who he should contact, so he didn't contact anyone.  When
> the issue arose this last November/December through the Attorney
> General on a totally unrelated issue, Tressel said then that he had
> just been made aware of the players actions.  Now, it appears that
> Tressel knew about it, and didn't report it, in April, 7 months
> earlier.  So, 1) he was made aware of a violation and didn't report
> it, and 2) he lied about knowing about it in November.  This appears
> to be a clear violation of his contract, and of the NCAA rules
> regarding these matters.
> 
> Things may not be over for Mr. Tressel.
> 
> Now, I'm not wishing ill on Tressel or the Ohio State University.  I
> have nothing against them.  But recently, the NCAA have been
> criticized for being too lenient on violators (Reggie Bush and Cam
> Newton's father), and it will be interesting if the NCAA wants to give
> what may appear to be preferential treatment for a high-profile and
> successful program.
> 
> Nick
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