When Coach Groce or Jim Schaus or Rod McDavis or their counterparts across the country have to sit out a year before working at another NCAA institution, I'll agree with you.
He showed up. He didn't like it. He left before the school year started and enrolled elsewhere. Let him play and get on with his life.
He showed up, he had out of state tuition paid by the athletic department, he had housing and meals paid by the athletic department, he got a Pell check check for living expenses that comes out of Ohio coffers. He did not like it. What is the penalty and what is his fiduciary obligation?
If Groce or Shauz or any of those broke their contract, in most cases there is a clause in there that handles that situation and the monetary loss suffered by Ohio. WHether or not the next institution picks that up is moot as long as Ohio gets it's due.
No mystery . It is quid pro quo and Joe did not provide anything to the U in return for the monetary gain and credits, housing, food and spending money he received.