OT - OSU tattoo press conference at noon

i really hope half the team gets suspended and they get waxed by Mallett in the bowl game; however, i have this weird feeling they're gonna get off with just a slap on the wrist. it would be just like the ncaa to try and minimize the damages so they can make as much money off this BCS game as possible. still trying to figure out which organization is more corrupt: ncaa or fifa?

Let me save you the trouble of watching the video.

Jim Tressel - "We asked all parties involved and everyone has pinky swore that there were no major violations.  One player did receive $5 in benefits which he has repaid.  We will be reporting to the NCAA in 'minor violation 2010 #78'"

OSU AD - "Whatever Jim says"

Suspended forever... Just a hunch

But seriously, I see nothing coming from this. If OSU was having a down year than yes they would be punished hard, but since they are a golden boy for the NCAA it'll be nothing more than a slap on the wrist...

Guarantee they admit they did wrong, and have already paid the tattoo joint for the tattoo's.  How did they get the money?  Well that is protected by Ferpa....

This is only interesting if they parade everyone out there to show off the tats. Unfortunately, the odds of that are zero.

For everyone that wants to get offended about OMG TO$U, this really isn't a big deal. Even the very public incident where Tennessee players were getting freebies at a bar--discovered when they beat up a cop, resulted in only the guys who beat up the cop getting suspended.

if your waiting for the NCAA to do the right thing...OSU and Jim Tressel have been

breaking NCAA rules since the get go.....

I don't think they were just signing cocktail napkins.  Reports are that they were signing OSU garb, which belonged to the University.  All of their gear is supplied by the University, and needs to be returned when they are done, including shoes, gloves, jersey's, all of it.  To sign a pair of cleats, and trade them away is theft, and from what I have heard, they have recovered some of these items, with players signatures and numbers on them.  We'll see what the NCAA chooses to do.  Didn't Alabama get clipped pretty hard for 'Bookgate?

Jim Tressel...." We have conducted an internal investigation in the matter of the tats and have found that Cam Newtons father did purposely sell his son to the highest bidder.......ah......ah....I rest my case".

I just don't see this as anything to get fired up about. I mean tattoos for autographs? Really? "Pitchforks for all my friends!"

Gonna go on and on for 2 hours about the history of tattoos and how they have developed over the years.  Explain that this is a minor blip on the radar of OSU football, and everything, rest assured, is corrected.  After that, he will invite the media for coffee and donuts and free candy canes.

because if we're gonna do some LOLOSULOL i'd at least like to not have an epic title error

also

for 2 games. Not Tressel just his vest.

Just breaking from Twitter:

@elevenwarriorsEleven Warriors

5 football student-athletes from OSU must sit out the first five games of the 2011 season for selling awards, gifts and university apparel

 

 

@elevenwarriorsEleven Warriors

Adams, Herron, Posey, Pryor and Sol Thomas must repay $ and benefits ranging in value from $1,000 to $2,500. (to charity)

Verified from another source as well: http://twitter.com/marcushartman

I wonder if leaving early for the NFL is on pryors mind now?

Plz thanks