catfan28, if these are the real facts, it's even more upsetting than I thought. A guy shouldn't lose his job over an error in submitting roster information. Boy, there should be heads rolling all over the place in the AD's department if that was the case. I'm somewhat indignant over the way this went down, assuming again, that your facts are accurate.

Well, at least Jim Schaus is standing behind his people...way behind.

The Ozone account, as I've been told, was an outside account. And I'm not editing this post as I was requested to do with an earlier one.

The only reason I can imagine that the NCAA would require a roster of OZone members is if it was used somehow for attendance purposes, like their membership counted as a season ticket and thus counted in attendance for all games. Otherwise that information is irrelevant to them. It would have more likely come up on an internal audit.

I've seen restitution ordered for something as simple as using public funds for gratuity at a restaurant, even when the meal itself was legitimately reimbursed. It's feasible that, say, Ozone money was used to pay for pizza, which is fine, but the tip to the delivery driver isn't. Without the dollar figure or the context, the fact that restitution is ordered is impossible to weigh.

According to the article,the restitution amount was $6000.00.
That's a lot of tips.

The only thing I could think of was that O.U. hired an outside firm to conduct an audit and this was the cost.

I guess it would help if I actually read the article...

He decided to resign on his own. It's safe to say most of us would too if this sort of circumstance came out of the nowhere.

The restitution was to pay for the "time" internal audit and OUPD put into investigation. That probably could have been fought harder, but he just wanted to get it over with and move on. The family isn't hurting for money...so that wasn't a huge deal.

.....or speaking to him.

You'd be surprised about what the NCAA cares about. According to Schaus and company they cared about the now defunct GWC. They are concerned about any group that they consider an "outside booster organization." Since, as I understand it, the Ozone is not run by the university but is technically an independent student booster organization, I believe the NCAA would want to monitor it. I've been told that the NCAA's paperwork for D-1 programs rivals the IRS in complexity and incomprehensibility.

I've been in contact recently with several people very close to this situation, and I believe Drake acted very honorably in every thing he did. I think he's leaving with his good name intact, and I would not rule out that he could get another job at OHIO at some time in the future when this whole episode is put in proper perspective. I'm confident that an objective analysis of this situation a few years down the road will look a lot different than it does today. Things are often seen more clearly in retrospect than in the heat of the moment. Again, Drake acted honorably and in the best interests of OHIO. He is still and will always be an OHIO man!

LOVE the Drake!

I'll say it again and again and again why the ragging on the GWC is about continues to baffle me. I had nothing but respect and admiration for such a group of loyal, hardworking,supportive volunteers that provided exceptional value and service to OHIO athletics.