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Hall, Brown, Howard Suspended

  • purple_rein
    Front page of Dispatch.com
    Three Ohio State football players will be suspended from Saturday’s season-opener with Akron for receiving impermissible benefits at a charity events, a school spokesman confirmed for The Dispatch this afternoon.

    The three are running back Jordan Hall, cornerback Travis Howard and defensive back Corey Brown. Hall and Howard were expected to make their first collegiate starts. Brown is a backup at safety.
  • Mulva
    Looks like it will be the Carlos Hyde show on Saturday.
  • jordo212000
    Dumb. When did these violations occur? Hopefully not recently
  • Benny The Jet
    How dumb can you be? With ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the stuff that's gone on, you think they'd get it?
  • Little Danny
    I've said before, with all the scrutiny OSU has faced players will have no wiggle room when it comes even to the most minor of infractions. The same happens in other lines of business. If you work at a McDonald's and health inspector finds violations at your store, you better believe the next 30 days of so everyone will have to wash their hands 100x throughout the day. The first guy who forgets gets fired.
  • stroups
    Great, grand, wonderful :@
  • Writerbuckeye
    Fucking idiots.
  • stroups
    There are rumors out there that they received a gift bag from a breast cancer awareness charity event and it was just a bunch of random trinkets and shit. Since they are implying its "less than $300" i'm guessing that it means they will be back for the next game.
  • Writerbuckeye
    stroups;879687 wrote:There are rumors out there that they received a gift bag from a breast cancer awareness charity event and it was just a bunch of random trinkets and ****. Since they are implying its "less than $300" i'm guessing that it means they will be back for the next game.
    Okay, if this is true, then why the suspension? Presumably, anyone who attended the charity event would have gotten the same item, right? My understanding of NCAA rules is that they ding players for getting stuff not available to the average student. I'm guessing the average student could have gone to this event and received stuff, too.

    Honestly, the NCAA rules on this are ridiculous.
  • mucalum49
    Writerbuckeye;879693 wrote:Okay, if this is true, then why the suspension? Presumably, anyone who attended the charity event would have gotten the same item, right? My understanding of NCAA rules is that they ding players for getting stuff not available to the average student. I'm guessing the average student could have gone to this event and received stuff, too.

    Honestly, the NCAA rules on this are ridiculous.
    Dude, I remember reading onetime that an NCAA athlete was getting married and had to make sure he was able to get wedding gifts.. They are ridiculous.
  • vball10set
    here's the article

    http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2011/09/01/ohio-state-players-suspended.html
    Three Ohio State football players will be suspended from Saturday's season-opener with Akron for receiving impermissible benefits at a charity event, a school spokesman confirmed for The Dispatch this afternoon.

    The three are running back Jordan Hall, cornerback Travis Howard and defensive back Corey Brown. Hall and Howard were expected to make their first collegiate starts. Brown is a backup at safety.

    The spokesman said the benefits totaled less than $300 each. He refused to specify any other details about the case. But he added that Ohio State plans to make an immediate appeal to the NCAA for reinstatement after the opener.
  • dlazz
    stroups;879687 wrote:There are rumors out there that they received a gift bag from a breast cancer awareness charity event and it was just a bunch of random trinkets and shit.
    But did they trade the breast cancer trinkets for tattoos?
  • Iliketurtles
    Good thing I put 100 on Akron at +34 lol

    But about the players yeah sooo dumb but I guess that is THE great University of Ohio State education for you.
  • Y-Town Steelhound
    Dumb, Dumb, Dumb
  • vball10set
    Iliketurtles;879720 wrote:Good thing I put 100 on Akron at +34 lol

    But about the players yeah sooo dumb but I guess that is THE great University of Ohio State education for you.
    lol--coming from you, this statment makes OSU look good--I guess it's all in how something is said, and who's saying it ;)
  • LJ
    The NCAA is dumb.
  • se-alum
    Iliketurtles;879720 wrote:Good thing I put 100 on Akron at +34 lol

    But about the players yeah sooo dumb but I guess that is THE great University of Ohio State education for you.
    Those guys being out isn't going to change the fact that OSU will most likely cover the spread.
  • Pick6
    I dont believe they will beat Akron by more than 34, jmo
  • Ty Webb
    I say OSU wins by 21
  • thedynasty1998
    OSU is just being extra careful. Under normal circumstances this is nothing but a minor violation. But with OSU under the watchful eye of the NCAA and a game against Akron why not go ahead and sit them.
  • xKoToVxSyNdRoMe
    Screw the NCAA I can't fault the players at all. How would they even imagine a gift basket at a breast cancer benefit would be against the rules. Investigation or not that is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard.
  • wildcats20
    Writerbuckeye;879693 wrote:Okay, if this is true, then why the suspension? Presumably, anyone who attended the charity event would have gotten the same item, right? My understanding of NCAA rules is that they ding players for getting stuff not available to the average student. I'm guessing the average student could have gone to this event and received stuff, too.

    Honestly, the NCAA rules on this are ridiculous.
    They still can not receive any gift worth over a certain amount of money. I believe that amount is(or was at one point) $100.
  • stroups
    Let's not forget this "gift basket" thing is just a rumor right now.
  • LJ
    stroups;879873 wrote:Let's not forget this "gift basket" thing is just a rumor right now.
    Hell, it could be $75 worth of stuff and $50 worth of dinner or something stupid like that.

    Honestly, in most years past they probably would have made them just pay for it and gone on with business and usual
  • Scarlet_Buckeye
    xKoToVxSyNdRoMe;879857 wrote:Screw the NCAA I can't fault the players at all. How would they even imagine a gift basket at a breast cancer benefit would be against the rules. Investigation or not that is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard.
    What were three college athletes doing at a breast cancer event tho? That's the weird thing in this equation. Were there some Hooters-like chicks providing free examinations to all of their breasts? There's something fishy here.