It is all much ado about nothing: another ESPN attempt to make a blockbuster anti-Ohio State story out of nothing.
A crooked booster tried to buy his way into the program, corrupted a young kid who should have known better, got caught, was punished by the school, end of story. Andy Geiger and Jim Tressel had no involvement and handled the situation exactly as they should have.
The crooked businessman wasn't even an Ohio state grad; in fact, he was reported by an alumus who worked in the same company and found out what was going on. Honest boosters can help any college football program by helping police the low-lifes that can destroy the credibility of the university, its players and its coaches.
It is all much ado about nothing: another ESPN attempt to make a blockbuster anti-Ohio State story out of nothing.
A crooked booster tried to buy his way into the program, corrupted a young kid who should have known better, got caught, was punished by the school, end of story. Andy Geiger and Jim Tressel had no involvement and handled the situation exactly as they should have.
The crooked businessman wasn't even an Ohio state grad; in fact, he was reported by an alumus who worked in the same company and found out what was going on. Honest boosters can help any college football program by helping police the low-lifes that can destroy the credibility of the university, its players and its coaches.
this businessman wasn't a grad from purdue, was he?
Yeah, Purdue and businessman are oxymorons! We've had our share of these type of problems with the basketball program (remember Chris Webber and the Fab 5?) but the football program is clean! So far.........
Our Football and Basketball programs are clean too. Ever heard of a "dirty" program that was losing? I think I may get an MBA from USCarolina just so that I can have a 50-50 chance of seeing a winning program from my alma mater.
Im more intrested in looking into claretts allegations now, thats for sure
yeah thats for sure. they may not have any connection, but when a booster gives money to a "role player," it gets im interested on whats happening with the stars. clarett was a star.
Despite the repeated admonitions of the coaching staff to players that they should not accept money from boosters, and despite the provided examples of what happens to violators of NCAA rules, some kids are going to succumb to temptation--or greed--and take gifts or money from a misguided booster who wants to "help" a poor kid or who wants to feel close to a storied program. The entire university or the entire athletic program shouldn't be trashed because of the misdeeds of a couple of stupid kids.
Andy Geiger has seen his fine reputation as an athletic director sullied by these repeated, baseless accusations of institutional corruption. The only corruption here is that of a couple of players and boosters who chose to violate the rules, and then when caught, sought to blame others for their own mistakes.
January 6th, 2005, 02:30 AM
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