[Comparative Advantage]

Impoverished OSU football player struggling to make it on a football scholarship (free tuition, books) and $1600 per month stipend for living expenses. He also gets "loaner" vehicles. too.

[griswold3]

very disappointing to this buckeye fan

[Hotlanta Mike]

Peanuts compared to Cam Newton...

“Earlier this month, ESPN.com and other news outlets reported that John Bond, a former Mississippi State quarterback, said he was approached by a former teammate on behalf of Cecil Newton, who was seeking $180,000 in exchange for sending his son there.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/sports/ncaafootball/24newton.html

[NittanyLion]

Pryor should just claim that his dad got the cars without his knowledge. That’s apparently a perfectly acceptable excuse now.

[sean327]

This infraction will also be dealt with lightly by the NCAA.
There has been a pattern over the last 5-6 years of the NCAA punishing BCS AQ schools less harshly than non AQ schools. Case in point, New Mexico had a graduate assistant coach that helped 1 player cheat on exams. UNM found out about it, terminated the grad asst, kicked the player out of school and fined the entire coaching staff. The NCAA came in and and imposed 5 years of reduced scholarships for the football team that will not end until next season.
USC on the other hand bought a friggin house for Reggie Bush’s family, gave them cash and vehicles, and all USC got was one year of reduced scholarships, and 1 year of no post season games.
Auburn’s Cam Newton claims he knew nothing of his father shopping his services around for money to Mississippi St, Auburn, and Florida. The NCAA barely investigated the matter, and Newton went on to win the Hiesman, and Auburn will play Oregon in the BCS Champoinship game.
It goes on and on. BCS schools get a pass while non-BCS schools get hammered for little things that they self report.

[brownsfan]

I’ve shifted my interest from pro sports to college sports. With this kind of crap, maybe sports is just a waste of time.

On further reflection... Ohio sports is a waste of time!

[Frantzie]

Suckers who watch the pro-Obama NCAA thug sports deserve what they get.

[Hardastarboard]

NCAA - No Colleges are Amateurs Anymore

[shalom aleichem]

Go off to college in a clunker and park it on a dealer’s lot and use a “loaner” the rest of the time. Sounds like someone is skirting the rules.

[buckalfa]

I am almost ashamed to say that I am an alum of TO$U. Moral equivalency aside, if Tressell, Smith the AD, and Gee the Pres, had any integrity, the Tat 5 would be kicked off of the team immediately. Then Gee should fire the coach and AD. Winning at the cost of integrity is wrong. Bring back Earl Bruce and his seven and eight win seasons. At least those wins would be earned, not cheated for.

[Captain Peter Blood]

In the cases of the Ohio State players and Cam Newton of Auburn the NCAA has sold it's soul for money and TV ratings.
Once upon a time the NCAA would have done what would be necessary, Suspend all of these players and mete out the appropriate punishment.
Sadly it's all sordid and the NCAA has compromised itself now and in the future.

[Daisyjane69]

I am tired of the NCAA recruiting high school athletes in the poorest neighborhoods of this country, looking the other way with the respect to their grades.

And after these kids give their time (that could be used for a job) to the athletic program, the NCAA acts “shocked” that these same kids would trade on the only thing of value they have...their name, in order to hustle up some money for things that most other students can afford. Yes, like tattoos.

The NCAA needs to stand up, and put its big boy pants on and quit treating these kids like indentured servants.

Other “performers” at schools are not treated this way. Whether they are actors, musicians, singers etc. No restrictions on their money-making activities exist. They are allowed to sign for autographs and pictures all day long...for cash. Side gigs. Paid interviews, and more, etc. With NO repercussions from the university.

Don’t get me started....