re: Ohio St receives notice of allegations from the NCAA

Posted on 4/25/11 at 10:11 am to TouchdownTN

Posted by finallyfastohio

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Posted on 4/25/11 at 10:11 am to TouchdownTN

It was kids selling their own property I would have brushed it aside as well

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Posted by TouchdownTN

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Posted on 4/25/11 at 10:15 am to finallyfastohio

And Pearl had a BBQ, with his current team and a couple of highschool juniors.

The coverup is the major violation.

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I would have brushed it aside as well

Right, because acknowledging the violation instantly dashes any hopes of making a BCS championship game.

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Posted by Quidam65

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Posted on 4/25/11 at 10:21 am to finallyfastohio

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It was kids selling their own property

That's the one thing I don't get. And I'm surprised no one has challenged it in court.

If I am the outright owner of an item, don't I have the right to do with it as I please? And then use the proceeds for any legitimate purpose, even if someone may consider it "waste"?

Did the NCAA push the matter because these kids blew their proceeds on bling, knowing the general public would probably side with them?

What if, instead of taking the money and blowing it on bling, one of the kids had sold his jersey and paid back rent to keep momma from being evicted? Would the NCAA have dared come down on him then? Or would the backlash from the public be so great that they would have backed off?

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