Have to take that report with a grain of salt. That lawyer has to paint a picture of hardship to gain Draft entry as the 5 game suspension and Pryor quitting school on his own is not a qualifier for the Supplemental. And we all know how shady some of these lawyers can be.

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Moved to the Tressel bracelet thread at the polite request of The Love...

Don't want to rain on his parade...   

Also, I want to distinguish between dishonest and incompetent.

I do not view Hocutt as a dishonest individual. He's probably not at all. Frankly, I would bet he's pretty ethical and by the book.

What I witnessed from Day 1 was a guy in over his head at a FBS Athletic Department. Basically a former college Linebacker tasked with managing day to day operations of an entity he had no business managing.

Again, I'm not saying he was dishonest. I'm saying he was incompetent in his position and it greatly compromised our Athletic Department and Programs. I only mention integrity in my initial post b/c I believe his sole role was to raise money at any cost. Turning a blind eye to situations such as these would constitute doing his job. Again, not a dishonest guy, but completely  under-qualified to correct a situation like that at the U.

Love, I agree that Hocutt is "probably" not dishonest. Incompetent maybe but that speaks as well to the powers to be that hired him in the first place at OHIO. I also have to give the guy some credit though. To have catapulted himself to the U from OU, based on his very "limited" body of work here and then to be able to transitioned himself out of the U to Lubbock speaks fairly highly of his own "selling" skills, even if his AD skills left something to be desired. Landing prestigious AD jobs at The U and Texas Tech arent' to be scoffed at, Kirby must have some very impressive interviewing talents.

That Al Golden is suddenly coming to the realization that maybe The U isn't such a "golden" opportunity is amusing. It's reported that Al has said The U should have disclosed this matter to him before his hire and that's probably fair. Wouldn't it also have been prudent on Al's part, knowing the U's history, to have asked his future employers IF they had knowledge of ANY possible NCAA infractions or investigations that he should concern himself with? Seems Al could have gotten a contract written in his favor that IF the U failed to disclose such matters to him that he could have gotten himself set up with a "Golden Parachute" out and looked for opportunities at more pristine pastures.

This whole matter again re-inforces my belief that it is complete and utter folly that we think we can compete with the OSU's and THE U's in the world of BigBoyFootball. In all my many travels to Athens, I've yet to see even ONE Yacht on the Hocking!  

Did you happen to catch the interviews that ESPN had on with a couple of former players? Rolle pretty much dismissed the guy. Sometimes this stuff just makes you scratch your head.

http://www.cbssports.com/#!/nfl/story/15448454/nfl-union-mull-punishments-for-college-rule-breakers

Was an interesting Yahoo article today about how the writer believed the culprit of this and all other scandals are really the officials in the NCAA.   Talked about the need for donations and the money and gifts administration officials get from TV, sponsors, and bowl games have tainted officials.  Even mentioned how while at Miami Kirby got a free 4-day Caribbean Cruise courtesy of the corrupt Fiesta Bowl.

Sports Illustrated article says the Miami should face the death penalty.  The interesting part of this story is that it was written in 1995!  http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1006688/1/index.htm

I associate that more with the budget issues and pressures from athletics-hating individuals within the university than I do the AD.