Thaddeus Gibson Says OSU players knew selling items was against rule
Just on ESPN; a couple of columnist spoke with Thaddeus Gibson and Gibson says the coaches told the players clearly that they could not sell items when he was a player at Ohio State. Important about this is that Gibbson was a linebacker at OSU from 2007 to 2009, and according to OSU's AD Gene Smith OSU did not tell players during this period that they could sell items. Considering Gibson has no reason to lie, I call BS on Gene Smith. Good for Gibson for being honest. One more reason to hate Ohio State and sweater-scum.
December 29th, 2010 at 1:01 AM ^
Don't tempt him. I'm just impressed he finally learned that the abbreviations for MSU and OSU do not include dollar signs.
December 29th, 2010 at 1:25 AM ^
Are far, far better at their jobs than any columists who work on college football in this state. (I exclude the fine reporter -- she is not a columnist -- Angelique Chengelis of the Detroit News.)
December 28th, 2010 at 11:35 PM ^
This is a sad day for the Big Ten and The Game in general. I hope everyone involved learns something from this.
December 29th, 2010 at 8:36 AM ^
Of course they knew it was illegal. The only people who thought otherwise was the NCAA. If the NCAA keeps this up they are in serious danger of becoming obsolete. Just another crack that people/corporations like Cuban and Nike can crawl into in order to change the status quo.
Really, how hard would it be to go to the top 5 / 6 divisions and consolidate it down to 4 mega conferences, do a conference playoff game and then do an 8 game playoff (4 winners plus 4 at large) and make a billion dollars to split between 64 teams (not 115)
December 29th, 2010 at 8:42 AM ^
Destruction of tradition
Locking underperforming teams out
Etc.
December 29th, 2010 at 10:09 AM ^
Gibson clarifies remarks on Ohio State. He was referencing extra benefits not specifically selling items. It's all here:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=nfp-20101228_thaddeus_g…
He's back-peddling as fast as he can.
December 29th, 2010 at 6:18 PM ^
I think every college scholarship athlete in the country should sell a rule breaking item on Ebay, then see what the NC2A does about it. No games in any sport for a 5 game period, pure chaos.