Writerbuckeye;817514 wrote:The fact that ESPN is just now joining the fray tells you all you need to know about the intelligence and quality of their "investigative journalism" department (unit or whatever). Pathetic.
I hope all those players and others she contacts tell her to go back to Bristol and make something up, just like the SI reporter did. It'll be better reading.
As for your discussion above about why JT left when he did (and Pryor), I think it's pretty simple: the Board of Trustees were hoping by letting JT go the frequency and intensity of media stories would lessen. It has, to a degree. But obviously both SI and ESPN are still digging (probably the Dispatch, too).
Honestly, I think they overreacted to what was going on and the constant drumbeat of columns (mostly) and stories was simply too much for their nerves. It was like a game of chicken and the trustees flinched.
As for Pryor...I think he probably knew if he stayed and had to answer questions, the remainder of his eligibility would be gone, anyway. There's little doubt in my mind that he took enough other benefits to get him suspended for the remainder of his career. So why stick around and put yourself through that when you can try to go the supplemental route and get paid in the process?
Bottom line: I think unless something else in the way of proof shows up between now and August when the NCAA comes back, OSU is looking at vacating the past season and the penalties they've already instituted. I don't see any loss of scholarships, bans or anything else. If that's going to happen, the NCAA will have to rework their letter of allegations and put in failure to monitor or loss of control, neither of which is included in the original allegations.
Once again IF it turns out that nothing more is proven, then the Board made a mistake getting rid of Tressel the way they did. He could have been suspended for the season and come back, and I don't believe it would have hurt OSU in any way, shape or form so far as its national reputation goes -- mostly since the hack jobs of SI and others so far have pretty much tarnished it to the point that people think OSU is constantly cheating, anyway. May as well keep your Hall of Fame coach if that's the case.
That is logical, but the NCAA is far from logical.
I think the fact that OSU has not self enforced any more penalties is the best evidence that they are pretty comfortable with where things are. OSU always has been pro-active is in self reporting, and penalizing itself. If there was this massive scandal out there demanding loss of scholarships/bowl ban then why is OSU not getting out in front of it?
SportsAndLady;817814 wrote:^^ Writer, you're spot on and I couldn't have said it better myself.
SportsAndLady;817814 wrote:^lol
Writerbuckeye;818777 wrote:Not sure what part you're laughing at...but given your views on all this, the fact you ARE laughing makes me comfortable with what I wrote.