I saw this link to a Dispatch article on a blogger's page. A few highlights of note:
Interesting ...Since 2000, Ohio State has reported to the NCAA more than 375 violations -- the most of any of the 69 Football Bowl Subdivision schools that provided documents to The Dispatch through public-records requests.
I wonder who that might be? Perhaps with a last name that rhymes with cryer?The NCAA enforcement staff arrived on Ohio State's campus on July 30 after receiving an anonymous tip that the courting of a recruit in 2007 went too far.
Ohio State records say this about the violation involving a student athlete, "SA" for short: "See full report, which includes both a response to the NCAA Enforcement inquiry as well as a violation report. Report includes analysis of two issues: recruitment of current SA (name blacked out) and the relationship with (name blacked out) and former student athletes working at institutional camps."
It took two more public-records requests to obtain additional information from Ohio State. From those heavily edited records, this much also is known about the athlete: The recruit arrived in town sometime during the 2007 football season with three friends and went to a game.
The football player received a special, discounted hotel rate and free food while visiting Ohio State.
On Aug. 21, OSU declared the athlete ineligible and filed a violation report with the NCAA. He never missed a game, though. He paid back $158 for his extra benefits, and the NCAA restored his eligibility.
He was a freshman at Ohio State last year.
He was recruited by quarterbacks coach Joe Daniels.
Good read. We all know a WHOLE lot of illegitimate stuff goes on behind the scenes in college football recruiting. I honestly have to wish that all of this would be reported more in detail, maybe even including players' names. It would keep the players and the administrations more honest.
A couple of more examples from the Dispatch of preserving anonymity when it seems unneeded:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/ed ... ml?sid=101
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/lo ... ml?sid=101We asked the eight Ohio schools eligible for the Bowl Championship Series for the list of people who flew on university airplanes to away football games. These records are used by the NCAA to determine whether boosters (people who give money to the university and whose actions are scrutinized) fly with the team.
Kent State University sent the entire list, with no names removed. Three schools blackened out the names of students. Four removed the names of students and some nonstudents.
One state, three different responses to the same request for information -- none of which involves a student's education.
Coincidentally, all three articles I posted were from yesterday's Dispatch. I gotta wonder if there's going to be more like this in the future. If so, I'll keep reading - at least somebody is making a good effort to show how ridiculous this behind the scenes stuff is.The school's report: President E. Gordon Gee bought dinner for a football player, his girlfriend, his brother and his sister-in-law. NCAA rules forbid athletes' families from receiving free meals. The football player couldn't play in a game until his brother repaid the cost of their dinner, $204. He did.
Information withheld by Ohio State: all names except for Gee's
