OSU self reports 40+ minor violations
Stupid reports, though I find it funny that OSU apparently has a pandemic of accidental dials to potential recruits. The calls lasted less than a minute, but they had enough of them.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10531337/urban-meyer-vio…
February 28th, 2014 at 11:41 AM ^
Saving Buckeye Jobs since 2001.
February 28th, 2014 at 11:51 AM ^
Always have been, always will be.
February 28th, 2014 at 11:53 AM ^
Urban Liar or Urban Truth-stretcher?
You decide!
February 28th, 2014 at 11:53 AM ^
February 28th, 2014 at 8:20 PM ^
It means that OSU can tell everyone how "honest" they are and conveniently ignore all of the booster payments to recruits and current players.
February 28th, 2014 at 11:54 AM ^
A 2 minute long butt dial?
February 28th, 2014 at 11:54 AM ^
February 28th, 2014 at 12:39 PM ^
February 28th, 2014 at 5:58 PM ^
I'm forever done with the term "major violations" when it comes to the NCAA.
February 28th, 2014 at 11:57 AM ^
Buckeyes way of saying, "Look at what's in my right hand, but for the love of God dont look at whats behind my back."
February 28th, 2014 at 11:58 AM ^
February 28th, 2014 at 11:58 AM ^
I'm throwing the Bullshit flag.
"Six out of the seven calls were for one minute or less and the other was a two minute call or less," the school reported, according to The Plain Dealer. "The coaches were unaware that the calls had taken place until the recruiting software flagged the calls in April of 2013. The inadvertent calls were not made through the recruiting software application on the coaches' phones and therefore, the coaches were unaware that the calls had occurred until the Compliance Office cross referenced the coaches' phone bills with the recruiting information in the software.
"Notably, the review did not find evidence of attempts to evade the phone call legislation by receiving an immediate return call from a recruit."
Me:
I has Smart Phone/I's is over fourty/never had butt dial.
February 28th, 2014 at 12:50 PM ^
BINGO
Butt dials don't occur with smart phones.
February 28th, 2014 at 1:18 PM ^
Devil's advocate here: My mother in law has what some consider a "smart phone" and has butt dialed me no less than 5 times over the past year. Now, this is just to point out that a very dumb person can butt dial from a smart phone. That said, 7 calls over the course of a season? Were there equally as many butt dials to other contacts besides recruits? Doubtful.
My guess is, "*Ring-ring*-Hey, (high school recruit #19) go call this number, XXX-XXX-XXXX (probably a Trac-phone) from your neighbor's house. I know a guy who does some sick ink around the greater Columbus area. Let's chat about it...*Click*"
February 28th, 2014 at 1:56 PM ^
February 28th, 2014 at 2:03 PM ^
But the screen should be off when in the pocket of wherever the phone is being stored when not in use. If there is a butt dial with a smart phone, it's because some yo-yo didn't turn the screen off, which should be nature to do so.
February 28th, 2014 at 2:06 PM ^
Ewww, mother-in-law's butt.
February 28th, 2014 at 3:14 PM ^
The inadvertent calls were not made through the recruiting software application on the coaches' phones and therefore, the coaches were unaware that the calls had occurred
"Therefore"??? The coaches' brains are hardwired to the recruiting software application so they aren't capable of being aware of anything that doesn't go through it?
February 28th, 2014 at 12:06 PM ^
The Lantern (OSU's paper) ran a story last week when the count was not quite as high, but it is enough to provide some insight into the world of "the minor violation", if you are interested - LINK. They basically run an odd range from a coach using smokeless tobacco at an event to athletes participating in voluntary workouts while not enrolled at OSU to a rash of impermissible phone calls, as noted in the ESPN article.
Gene Smith, of course, has something to say about the number:
“On an annual basis, we have about 40 (violations),” Smith said. “It ranges in that area we’re sitting at. In that 40 range is where we always hang."
February 28th, 2014 at 12:11 PM ^
for hanging with a bad crowd.
February 28th, 2014 at 12:09 PM ^
Do we have to TATTOO the rules on these Buckeye coaches for handy reference?
February 28th, 2014 at 12:14 PM ^
Compliance Staff:
February 28th, 2014 at 2:30 PM ^
And they certainly don't work for tOSU.
I demand satisfaction!
February 28th, 2014 at 12:17 PM ^
What the hell? Don't they have an NCAA manual down there?
February 28th, 2014 at 12:22 PM ^
It's better to report violations as opposed to saying that there's no violations because NCAA will worry that you have something to hide.
I'm sure Michigan report tons of minor violations every year but it's not reported by the news outlet. OSU is no different than any other schools.
February 28th, 2014 at 12:41 PM ^
+1. Figured this would be as good a time as any to poke my avatar in.
February 28th, 2014 at 12:27 PM ^
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February 28th, 2014 at 12:43 PM ^
You have a collect call from "HadABaby, It'sABoy!" Will you accept the charges? Awesome commercial.
February 28th, 2014 at 1:00 PM ^
I can't decide to file this article under "Lies, Damn Lies, and the Lying Liars who do nothing but Lie", or "Shit that comes as completely no surprise to me".
Both seem pretty appropo.
February 28th, 2014 at 12:41 PM ^
They dial the recruit, Hey this is coach so and so call me back
Minor violation no body cares, see the call was less than a minute.....
February 28th, 2014 at 2:05 PM ^
Pizza time!
Oh wait NCAA don't give a darn.
February 28th, 2014 at 12:47 PM ^
Well they, like many coaches, do shit they're not supposed to but know they are secondary violations, which usually don't amount to anything. I think what the NCAA should start doing is counting the secondary violations and if a school makes so many, it should turn into a major violation. Something has to be done about the amount of secondary violations; not just for Ohio, but all schools. What's the point in having these rules for things deemed as secondary violations if nothing comes out of them?
February 28th, 2014 at 1:18 PM ^
to call your recruit on your university supplied phone and have him call you back on a cheap throw-away phone you bought at wal-mart?
February 28th, 2014 at 1:39 PM ^
WalMart Buckeyes!
February 28th, 2014 at 2:30 PM ^
February 28th, 2014 at 2:06 PM ^
unreal.
February 28th, 2014 at 3:13 PM ^
Any thing about tattoos in those 40 violations? Gold pants?
February 28th, 2014 at 3:40 PM ^
And doesnt report the major ones
February 28th, 2014 at 4:37 PM ^
February 28th, 2014 at 5:18 PM ^
Other than the short answer of "it's the NCAA, duh." I don't see how you could have a system where the sames school consistently reports 40+ minor violations and there is no cumulative affect leading to punishment.
It's like investing money. Would you rather invest one dollar a day for 1,000 days or wait three years to invest $1000 dollars? In OSU's case, they do both.
February 28th, 2014 at 5:25 PM ^
that is on Probation get away with violating the rules without repercussion.
The very defintion of probation would preclude this.
Probation: Probation is a period of supervision over an offender.
February 28th, 2014 at 5:39 PM ^
i'm guessing that most schools have at least some minor violations every year, even our beloved school. any mgoblogger out there have an idea of the parameters of ours or, say, the 'average' D-1 school's problems in this regard?
February 28th, 2014 at 6:00 PM ^
There were days where I would have really gotten worked up about stuff like this. Those days are over.
It's time for an whole paradigm shift on NCAA athletics.
February 28th, 2014 at 8:56 PM ^
If it's 40 "minor" violations than the word minor shouldn't apply, it's a big joke.
We get sited for over-practicing and other schools are running rampant with a slap on the wrist.
NCAA is a big fat joke!