[NU Sports] Buckeyes in Hot Water with NCAA (Again)?

[Evans Schoeman]

I watched ESPN News, which included part of the press conference.  Maybe I'm 
tired, but I found Tressel's comments to be incomprehensible.  No idea what he 
was talking about.

Gene Smith came across as defiant, although he took pains to thank everyone in 
the universe.  I loved it when he referred to Tressel's "body of work".  
Translation:  he wins games.

To be honest, I have always liked Tressel and think that he's generally a 
stand-up guy, so I'm disappointed in this.  I find the "self reporting" penalty 
of a two game suspension to be a weak slap on the wrist and a disgrace.  I think 
that the NCAA will be under some pressure to expand this.

I think that Gene Smith should take some heat for the way that he is managing 
this.  He's trying to sound like a good, law-abiding AD, while his primary 
objective is to cover his and tOSU's butt.  You're right:  it does smell bad.






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From: "Beamsley, Jeff" <Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com>
To: Evans Schoeman <eschoeman at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: neonrye at aol.com; nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Sent: Tue, March 8, 2011 6:18:42 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Buckeyes in Hot Water with NCAA (Again)?

This is BS. He is not this naive. He knew exactly what he was doing. My sense is 
that he is taking the fall for at least the AD. This REALLY smells bad. 


Jeff 

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 8, 2011, at 5:39 PM, "Evans Schoeman" <eschoeman at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Unless the report about Tressel's knowledge is totally untrue, it's hard to see 
>
> how Tressel can survive.  His contract clearly states that he must notify the 
> university as soon as he has knowledge of any violations ("any" is apparently 
> underlined in the contract).
> 
> It will be interesting to see how tOSU handles this.
> 
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> From: "neonrye at aol.com" <neonrye at aol.com>
> To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Sent: Tue, March 8, 2011 3:56:07 PM
> Subject: [NU Sports] Buckeyes in Hot Water with NCAA (Again)?
> 
> 
> It appears that St. Tressel may have known about the violations of NCAA Rules 
> involving Pryor and his mates--and not told the University, as he was 
> contractually bound to do, as per this ESPN online report:  
> http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6194133
> 
> They are holding Press Conference at 7 p.m.  Stay tuned for "As The Buckeye 
> (Worm) Turns".  
> 
> 
> Paul Levinson
> 
> The
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