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The NCAA today stunned Ohio State University’s football program by
banning
it from postseason play after the 2012 season, multiple sources told The
Dispatch.
The penalty means Ohio State automatically is out of the running for any
bowl, or a Big Ten or national championship next year, just as newly
appointed head coach Urban Meyer is wooing recruits to the Buckeyes.
Athletic Director Gene Smith said previously that while Ohio State has
been
declared a repeat violator that failed to properly monitor its football
program, a bowl ban would be out of line with penalties handed to
universities with similar violations.
In its ruling to be made public this afternoon, the NCAA Committee of
Infractions will levy the bowl ban and two other penalties on top of the
ones the university already imposed on itself, the sources said. The
NCAA
will:
* Strip four more football scholarships over the next three years on top
of
Ohio State’s prior forfeiture of five scholarships over that span.
* Add an additional year of probation to OSU’s self-imposed two-year
probation for the football program, meaning any violations through the
2013
season could draw harsher-than-normal penalties.
The NCAA also will hand a show-cause penalty to former head coach Jim
Tressel for failing to report that some team members improperly sold
memorabilia and for allowing ineligible players to compete throughout
the
2010 season.
The show-cause penalty against Tressel signifies he is a serious
offender
and means that any NCAA school that hires him could be subject to
sanctions
for appointing him as football coach absent a showing it should escape
penalties.
Meyer took the job as Ohio State’s 24th head coach on Nov. 28, and did
so,
he said, with his eyes open about what could come from the NCAA, but
feeling
good about the prospects.
"I just did a lot of research” before he took the job, Meyer said on
Monday
. “I contacted people outside of Ohio State before I accepted the
position,
some trusted people I have within the NCAA and other people that dealt
directly with the NCAA.”
He has been asked about possible penalties as he has recruited prospects
and
their families, Meyer said.
The coach said he has told them there were no promises about the NCAA
case,
“but that there has been extremely positive feedback, and that we’re
going
to find out soon,” Meyer said.
The NCAA levied its second-most-severe charge — failure to monitor — on
Nov. 3, finding that Ohio State failed to keep an eye on a booster who
gave
players cash for a charity appearance and overpaid others for part-time
work.
In hopes of appeasing the NCAA and warding off tougher sanctions, Ohio
State
offered up punishments that included the loss of five football
scholarships
over three years. The NCAA tacked on the loss of four more scholarships
today.
The university could choose how many of those scholarships won’t be
handed
out in any of the three years.
The university also previously placed itself on probation for two years;
vacated the 2010 season, including the Ben Ten and Sugar Bowl titles;
and
forfeited its $338,811 share of Sugar Bowl proceeds.
The NCAA ruling follows a season in which Tressel was forced out, former
quarterback Terrelle Pryor departed for the pros rather than face
ongoing
NCAA questions, and starters such as running back Daniel “Boom” Herron
and
receiver DeVier Posey missed chunks of the season to suspensions.
The scandals that led to Ohio State’s downfall on and off the field
arose
months apart, fueling a pending move to create a centralized compliance
office in which athletic overseers no longer will report to athletic
director Gene Smith.
In a series of emails beginning April 2, 2010, Tressel learned from
Columbus
lawyer Chris Cicero, a former walk-on player for the Buckeyes, that
Pryor
and other players had sold gear, memorabilia awards to a tattoo-parlor
owner.
Rather than report the players’ receipt of improper benefits, Tressel
vaguely warned his players to watch their conduct and kept his silence.
He
later said he did not come forward because he feared for his players’
safety and did not want to compromise an FBI investigation of drug
dealing
by the now-convicted Rife.
On Dec. 7, 2010, the U.S. attorney’s office informed OSU that
memorabilia
from football players, including Big Ten championship rings, had been
seized
during its investigation of Rife. Tressel still did not reveal what he
knew.
OSU suspended Pryor, Herron, Posey and two other players for the first
five
games of the 2011 season, but they were allowed to play in the Sugar
Bowl.
On Jan. 13, OSU officials uncovered Tressel’s email exchanges with
Cicero,
prompting the Ohio State and NCAA investigation of the memorabilia sales
and
Tressel’s history of untruthfulness.
On March 8, Ohio State announced that Tressel would be suspended for the
first two games of the 2011 season and fined $250,000 for violating NCAA
rules.
President E. Gordon Gee and Smith stood behind Tressel, saying neither
they
nor other OSU officials were aware of the player memorabilia sales, a
stance
with which the NCAA agreed.
At a news conference, Gee was asked if he had considered firing Tressel.
“
Are you kidding? I’m just hopeful the coach doesn’t dismiss me,” Gee
quipped, a line for which he later apologized.
Tressel’s suspension was later extended to the first five games of the
season to match that of his players.
On May 29, with Ohio State’s reputation taking a national beating, Smith
met with Tressel and asked him to resign. Tressel did so the next day
and
Luke Fickell was named interim coach.
Ohio State had its hearing before the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions on
Aug. 12 in Indianapolis amid indications that more revelations could be
forthcoming.
Just before the season opener against Akron, the NCAA suspended running
back
Jordan Hall and cornerbacks Travis Howard and Corey “Pittsburgh” Brown
for accepting $200 in cash at a Cleveland-area charity event from OSU
booster Bobby DiGeronimo.
Later, the NCAA extended the suspensions of Herron for one game and
Posey
for five games after it ruled they were among five players who were
overpaid
or paid for hours not worked while employed part-time by DiGeronimo’s
company.
The players’ dealings with DiGeronimo prompted the failure-to-monitor
charge from the NCAA and led Gee to admonish Smith for failing to keep
tabs
on DiGeronimo despite longtime concerns over his dealings with players.
Gee,
however, remains a firm supporter of Smith.
DiGeronimo accused Ohio State of attempting to deflect blame off the
school
and onto him, saying Smith and Tressel were lying about their dealings
with
him. DiGeronimo has been disassociated from OSU athletics.
The Buckeyes finished their season with a 6-6 record. Fickell will coach
the
team as it faces Florida, Meyers’ former team, in the Gator Bowl in
Jacksonville, Fla., on Jan. 2.
Dispatch reporters Bill Rabinowitz and Tim May contributed to this
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: The NCAA today stunned Ohio State University’s football program by
: banning
: it from postseason play after the 2012 season, multiple sources told The
: Dispatch.
: The penalty means Ohio State automatically is out of the running for any
: bowl, or a Big Ten or national championship next year, just as newly
: appointed head coach Urban Meyer is wooing recruits to the Buckeyes.
: Athletic Director Gene Smith said previously that while Ohio State has
: been
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