"The BMV did not address whether any NCAA rules were broken -- that is outside the department's purview -- but in its summary report said that only one of the used cars was sold at a loss."

BMV records show nothing funny with any purchase prices, this would strongly suggest no real special deals were made, this will satisfy those requirements. As for where did these guys get the money, I've said numerous times that out of state scholarships paid with Allowable NCAA maximums is a good deal to many kids, we just can't afford the maximums. Hell Ohio just took away the Administrative Assistants to all of the non-major sports, different world.

That's absolutely the way O$U Compliance works...They were just looking for a way to say "no problem here...ceasing investigation".  None of this touches on any of Pryor's "loaners".  I've spoken to a lot of Alumni and many will tell you they see players driving around in brand new SUV's, etc all the time...Been going on for decades.

Piney...It doesn't make one bit of difference if any of this car stuff sticks.  Tressel's blatant lies and the Administrations lackadaisical methods are going to land them USC levels of punishment.  In years past, chucking your Coach under the bus probably would have been enough (even if everyone and their Brother know's Smith knew too) but that's not gonna buy a get out of jail free card anymore.

The committee on infractions is part of the public too.  They've seen the pressers just like we have and they know the tail is wagging the dog at A&M.    They also know their organization (as well as College football in general) is at a cross roads.  Red & Pewter glasses only work for the lemmings...The hammer is coming. 

Yeah, and the headline story on the front page was SB5, so what's your point?

My point is that I happen to find it offensive that the Dispatch should be using this scandal to try to make a buck for itself.  I've never seen an ad that highlighted their political reporting - just sayin'.

The Dispatch runs self-promoting adds like that all the time, politics, criminal cases, sports. Hey, they are a business, and their job is to sell paperS, in an increasingly tough mode of information.

Al: Sad thing is with SB5 the Governor could have accomplished a lot of these reforms without his ram-rod, heavy handed tatics. May bite him in the buttocks when all said and done. SB5 effects a broad section of the public, which will increase its chance of going down.

Should read "bust public employee unions," which IMHO should never have been allowed in the first place.  Ferguson law should never have been replaced in the 1960s.  Big mistake. 

The last few posts in this thread should be a reminder that we - everyone of us - should cherish freedom of the press.

I will long remember my first visit to Yantai in 1996.  Yantai?  Look at a map of China.  You will see a peninsula that juts way the heck out into the Yellow Sea.  At the very tip is Yantai, a city of two or so million. 

Before arriving I had asked that a meeting be arranged for me with the editor-in-chief of The Yantai Daily.  On greeting each other, we exchanged business cards.  The one he handed me was printed in English.  On the obverse, below his name, was his title: Editor-In-Chief.  In keeping with accepted Chinese custom, I then turned his card over.  On the reverse, below his name, was his other title: Party General Chairman. 

Given what we know about Tressel's penchant for "looking the other way" while at YSU and later at OSU, these now public records don't come as much of a surprise.

They do, though, lead to these questions: 

* Do these now public records provide the NCAA with more ammunition at the August 12 hearing?

* Does OSU now dis-invite Tressel to attend the hearing?

* Will Fickell continue maintaining he knew nothing about these violations?

Q. 1 Yes - much more ammunition in the sentencing.  While "priors" or"pryors" as the case may be may not admissible during a case, they certainly are an influence in the sentencing.  Just as a judge takes them into account (but may not admit it) so too well the NCAA when dealing with OSU (not Tressel...OSU)

Q. 2  They chose their bed partner ( a person Gee admitted was the most powerful person on campus), can't change now.

Q. 3 He probably has too  - and who knows - maybe he is innocent.  Fortunate for him, the NCAA doesn't care about him.