SIAP: Pryor Admits that Sarniak gave him money after he enrolled at OSU

this makes the NCAA's decision not to level a charge of lack of control/failure to monitor even more puzzling.  Of course the NCAA has left the door open somewhat with their letter saying they are still investigating, but it makes you wonder why they just did not put off the August hearing and expand those charges with this other information.

Man this kid will do anything to get into the NFL.  Does this mean he was ineligible form the start?

All that telling and you still ain't eligible for the draft

Wait, so technically isn't Pryor ineligible as of the first moment he received illegal benefits?

Meaning that nearly all of Pryor's career would need to be vacated, similar to what USC had to do with Bush?

I know vacated wins don't mean much in the grand scheme of things, but it would have to sting buckeye fans to have to pretend like the last 3 seasons never happened. 

Is it possible that the NCAA will require OSU to vacate those wins when the verdict finally comes down?

Since you cannot prove a negative--like a faiure to monitor--it seems to me that OSU has the burden of proving that they were adequately monitoring the situation---especially given the fact that Tressel's previous AD told him he did not adequately report NCAA violations.

So where is the proof that Smith was adequately monitoring Tressel?  Did Smith talk to TP and Sarniak regularly? 

DId Smith ask Tressel about his communications with Sarniak?   If so, he should have known at an early stage that Tressel was continuing to spend hours phoning and text messaging Sarniak--even after the NCAA indicated that Sarniak's relationship with TP and the university needed to change.  Smith could claim that Tressel lied to him, but where is the proof that Smith even asked? 

Smith kept no written records of the JT evaluations.

Finally, given the frequency of Tressel's comuniations with Sarniak, isn't it also likely also that Tressel knew all too well about the continuing improper relationship between Sarniak and TP?  Why didn't both Tressel and Smith cut off ties with Sarniak?  Why did Sarniak continue to get free tickets from players?  Or were those tickets not really free but paid to players who sought improper benefits?

with how long the alleged "booster" has known the individual? Something similar to the Ed Martin thing - how Jalen and Chris and some other players were able to get "smaller" amounts of money because he had been a long time acquantaince. (of course, when he gave cwebb and others large amounts of money that flew out the door, but, Jalen admitted to getting small spending cash and no harm was done to him)

Of course, i want all this to go as terribly as possible for Ohio, just playing devil's advocate i guess. 

He was considered by Pryor -- and maybe by OSU and the NCAA -- to be a longtime benefactor of Pryor's, almost a parental figure. Or a generous "uncle." If he's not an OSU booster and is considered a family friend then he is allowed to give Pryor gifts.

The NCAA knew about the gifts and, to allay any concerns, OSU apparently asked Sarniak not to continue giving Pryor money.

This seems like a non-issue to me. The signature-selling, if it took place -- was way more serious.

Am I mixing up my scandals or was there a rumor that "real" OSU boosters were sending Sarniak "business" for placing Pryor at OSU. If Sarniak was in turn paying Pryor and they say he isn't a booster, I guess he's just a money launderer

was passed to Pryor? If Pryor is the only source of information, multiply by 10.

to see if there was anyone in Ohio or Pennsylvania who DID NOT pay Pryor.

Mark Emmert is not going to punish his mentor, Gordon Gee, any more severely than he is forced to.  He really needs to be removed from the process for a conflict of interest.

Pryor had acknowledged that confidant Ted Sarniak had provided him and his mother with cash after he enrolled at Ohio State over and beyond the memorabilia scandal that created the five-game suspension.

Apparently my Sports Mgmt & Comm degree does not allow me to decipher this long ass sentence.  Does that sentence means that he received cash that amounted to more money than the memorabilia for tats scandal?  Or did they mean he talked about Sarniak and the memorabilia for tats?  Online editing is an epic place in tons of places so I'm often left confused.

it will be able to nail OSU twice, thus allowing them to impose stiffer penalties.

They nailed USC on much weaker evidenc and slowplayed them to bigger penalties.