Buckeye bowl ban; Georgia's Richt in trouble for his generosity; Rangers' winning bid; UNC bowl suspension
December 21, 2011
Tressel's transgressions will cost Buckeyes in 2012
The NCAA announced on Tuesday that The Ohio State Buckeyes football program will not be allowed to play in a bowl game following the 2012 season. The NCAA found that former Buckeye coach Jim Tressel "engaged in unethical conduct for not reporting NCAA rule violations". Additionally, the Buckeyes will have to make due with 82 football scholarships instead of 85 over the next three seasons. Though many of the penalties in this matter were self-imposed by Ohio State, the bowl ban was not part of the Buckeyes' self-imposed punishment. Athletic Director Gene Smith was caught off guard with the bowl ban, Smith did not expect the NCAA not to take away a bowl game in 2012. It would have made sense for Smith to decline a bowl bid this year following a 6-6 season in order to protect the 2012 season with new Buckeye coach Urban Meyer.
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For the NCAA perspective, click on this link.
No good deed goes unpunished
Georgia football coach Mark Richt is in trouble for his generosity. Richt feeling some members of his football staff weren't being compensated enough, decided to supplement their income out of his own pocket. This supplemental income to some of his coaches broke NCAA rules on supplemental pay. Richt's transgression was considered a secondary violation by the NCAA. The only punishment Richt received though, was a letter of transgression from the school and additional rules education.
Texas Rangers acquire rights to Yu Darvish
The Texas Rangers bid of $51.7 million was good enough to earn the team the right to negotiate with Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish. Darvish is considered the best pitcher in Japanese baseball. The Rangers bid of $51.7 million exceeded the $51.1 million the Boston Red Sox paid for the right to negotiate with Daisuke Matsuzaka in 2006.
Tar Heels leading receiver ineligible for bowl game
No this is not a repeat story from last year. The University of North Carolina football program has been out of the negative headlines for at least a few weeks, and now here comes another transgression. Dwight Jones, UNC's leading receiver allowed his name and likeness to be used in conjunction with a club's New Year's Eve party in his hometown of Burlington, North Carolina. This of course is an NCAA rules violation and Jones has been declared ineligible for the school's bowl game. UNC is asking the NCAA to reinstate Jones for the bowl game. By now UNC should have quite a bit of experience in dialing up the NCAA and asking for a player's reinstatement.
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