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发帖数: 764 | 1 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)—Ohio State President Gordon Gee said Wednesday he
expects university athletics director Gene Smith to stay on despite head
football coach Jim Tressel’s resignation and a growing number of alleged
NCAA violations by the football program.
Gee also told Columbus-area reporters there is “a legitimate question”
about how some confirmed violations happened and that Ohio State’s athletic
compliance system should be fixed if it’s not working.
Tressel was forced to step aside Monday in the midst of an NCAA
investigation involving players’ sales of game memorabilia.
COLUMBUS, OH - FILE: Head Coach Jim Tressel speaks to the media during a
press conference before the start of Spring practices at the Woody Hayes
Athletic Center at The Ohio State University on March 30, 2011 in Columbus,
Ohio. It was reported that Ohio State says football coach Jim Tressel has
resigned amid a NCAA investigation on May 30, 2011. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/
Getty Images)
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Both Gee and Smith heaped praise on Tressel during a March news conference
called after it was revealed Tressel had known about the sales for months
but never alerted university authorities. Gee said at the time that Tressel
’s job was safe.
On Wednesday, Gee said, “Gene Smith’s job is safe.”
The brief comments were Gee’s first since the university announced Tressel
’s resignation Monday.
Gee spoke outside the university’s Wexner Center for the Arts, named for
Harry L. Wexner, the father of Les Wexner, the billionaire chairman of the
OSU board of trustees.
Les Wexner, chairman and founder of Limited Brands and a major donor to the
center and university, has so far declined to comment about the scandal.
Other university trustees have referred comment to Wexner or Gee.
Gee said he couldn’t say much at the moment on the advice of the university
’s attorneys. But he did acknowledge events in recent months drew attention
to how the university monitors athletes’ compliance with NCAA rules.
“It raises a legitimate question of how did some of these things happen,”
Gee said. “If it’s not working, then we make it work.”
Gee called the situation “an intense national scandal” and said it felt at
times as if he were in the midst of a tsunami.
Tressel’s 10-year reign as coach of the Buckeyes ended in disgrace Monday
as he was forced to step down for breaking NCAA rules.
He knew players received cash and tattoos for autographs, championship rings
and equipment and did not tell anyone at Ohio State or the NCAA what he
knew for more than nine months. NCAA rules—and Tressel’s contract—specify
that he must disclose any and all information about possible violations.
Gee’s handling of the crisis has been criticized by fans and alumni since
the memorabilia sales were first revealed in December. Several emails to Gee
’s office at the time said it was hypocritical for the university to
suspend five players for five games this upcoming season but allow them to
play in January’s Sugar Bowl.
Gee didn’t help his cause with a joke he made at the March 8 news
conference when asked by a reporter if he had considered firing Tressel.
“No, are you kidding?” Gee said. “Let me just be very clear: I’m just
hopeful the coach doesn’t dismiss me.” |
b**j
发帖数: 20742 | 2 gee真是愚昧，怎么又张嘴乱放了。ncaa没下定论前应该什么都不说
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【在 H*****r 的大作中提到】
: COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)—Ohio State President Gordon Gee said Wednesday he
: expects university athletics director Gene Smith to stay on despite head
: football coach Jim Tressel’s resignation and a growing number of alleged
: NCAA violations by the football program.
: Gee also told Columbus-area reporters there is “a legitimate question”
: about how some confirmed violations happened and that Ohio State’s athletic
: compliance system should be fixed if it’s not working.
: Tressel was forced to step aside Monday in the midst of an NCAA
: investigation involving players’ sales of game memorabilia.
: COLUMBUS, OH - FILE: Head Coach Jim Tressel speaks to the media during a
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H*****r
发帖数: 764 | 3 now I think JT is just a scapegoat....I speculate Smith knew it much earlier
that what he claimed and gave JT his support by not doing a full
investigation. then forcing JT to resign after things got uncovered...
【在 b**j 的大作中提到】
: gee真是愚昧，怎么又张嘴乱放了。ncaa没下定论前应该什么都不说
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: athletic
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b**j
发帖数: 20742 | 4 gene smith当然知道。email什么都上报给他的啊。
earlier
【在 H*****r 的大作中提到】
: now I think JT is just a scapegoat....I speculate Smith knew it much earlier
: that what he claimed and gave JT his support by not doing a full
: investigation. then forcing JT to resign after things got uncovered...
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H*****r
发帖数: 764 | 5 he knew earlier and he shut his eyes when JT covered things up...
【在 b**j 的大作中提到】
: gene smith当然知道。email什么都上报给他的啊。
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: earlier
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b**j
发帖数: 20742 | 6 那倒不至于。JT怎么可能没暴露的时候就主动告诉AD?
【在 H*****r 的大作中提到】
: he knew earlier and he shut his eyes when JT covered things up...
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H*****r
发帖数: 764 | 7 hard to say..JT might have sacrificed himself to save Smth's job
【在 b**j 的大作中提到】
: 那倒不至于。JT怎么可能没暴露的时候就主动告诉AD?
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b**j
发帖数: 20742 | 8 那也是暴露以后了。暴露前我相信没人知道。
【在 H*****r 的大作中提到】
: hard to say..JT might have sacrificed himself to save Smth's job
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