NCAA all but promises Ohio State it can play on TV, and in postseason, in 2011.

[oldschooler]

[size="5"][b]Ohio State won't be hit with failure to monitor[/b]
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Posted on: July 22, 2011 4:34 pm

[i]Posted by [url="http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/view/24156338/1?mcctag=Tom%20Fornelli"][color="#3b5998"]Tom Fornelli[/color][/url][/i]

[b]Ohio State[/b] got some good news on Friday when the NCAA announced that it had not found any new violations to charge Ohio State with, and would not be hitting the school with a "failure to monitor" charge. [url="http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2011/07/22/ncaa-ohio-state-violations.html?sid=101"][color="#3b5998"]From the report in the [i]Columbus Dispatch[/i][/color][/url]:[indent][i]The NCAA has notified Ohio State University that it will not face charges of failing to appropriately monitor its football team as part of a memorabilia-sales scandal that brought down former Coach[b] Jim Tressel[/b].[/i]

[i]The NCAA has not uncovered any new, unreported violations during its investigation and agrees with Ohio State that Tressel was the only university official aware of violations by his players and that he failed to report them.[/i]

[i]"Other than (two redacted player names) and (Ted) Sarniak, there is no indication that Tressel provided or discussed the information he received ... with anyone else, particularly athletics administrators," the NCAA reported in an enforcement staff case summary.[/i][/indent]The entire case summary [url="http://www.osu.edu/news/ncaadocs/pdf/case_summary.pdf"][color="#3b5998"]can be read here[/color][/url].

What does this mean for Ohio State? Well, no school has ever received a postseason or television ban without being hit with the "failure to monitor" charge, and the odds of Ohio State facing such a punishment are now essentially non-existent. This also means that the blame for the entire situation will continue to lie solely at Jim Tressel's feet, and since he's already stepped down as head coach at Ohio State, the rest of the school's athletic department can sleep soundly tonight and in the future.

This news all comes after a report was released by a Columbus-area television station earlier on Friday afternoon saying[url="http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/24156338/30786373"][color="#3b5998"] that Tressel had told the NCAA he informed others at Ohio State about the transgressions of his players in December of 2010[/color][/url]. A full month before Ohio State claims it came upon any information regarding the case.

[url="http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/24156338/30786856"][color="#3b5998"]Ohio State "categorically" denied the report[/color][/url], and with this latest announcement from the NCAA, it seems the NCAA felt the same way.




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[|Elflocko|]

Paging Urban Meyer...

[Jason]

[quote name='Elflocko' timestamp='1311369564' post='1002563']
Paging Urban Meyer...
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I'm pretty sure Urban has said he doesn't want the job. Fickell should get a fair shot.

[Jason]

Good news.

[|Elflocko|]

[quote name='Jason' timestamp='1311376520' post='1002592']
I'm pretty sure Urban has said he doesn't want the job. Fickell should get a fair shot.
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I honestly have no idea. Just thought I'd the haters...

[BigDawgBengal]

After OSU fired Tressel and forfeited all their wins from last year, there was no need for the NCAA to punish them any more.

[Bengals1181]

[quote name='Jason' timestamp='1311376520' post='1002592']
I'm pretty sure Urban has said he doesn't want the job. Fickell should get a fair shot.
[/quote]


Urban only said he didn't want the job (or any job) for 2011.



I think they'll hand it to him in 2012 unless Fickell really does a knockout job.

[Who Dey Forever]

[quote name='Jason' timestamp='1311376520' post='1002592']
I'm pretty sure Urban has said he doesn't want the job. Fickell should get a fair shot.
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He would wanna see the consequences with the punishment. If it's nothing too harsh , he will be here unless Fickell impresses.

[Jason]

I'm still a twitter newbie, but according to Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports, who apparently has a source inside the NCAA, he tweets:

"Ohio State meeting over in a brisk 3.5 hours. Like I said this morning, Bucks in clear, NCAA charged them w little"