Sigh
You're supposed to be a man of God. A man of integrity.
There is no integrity in what you have expressed. There is no repentance, no admission of wrong.
And there is the issue of what you did.
You concealed truth. You did not honor your contract.
You were supposed to report this... and didn't.
"Tressel's contract, which pays him an estimated $3.5 million per season, requires that he report any -- the word "any" is underlined in the contract -- possible rules or legal infractions immediately."
And when questioned, you said you were protecting the players. Really? How?
The truth is you thought you could get away with it.
And you did!
Crap.
What a lousy system the NCAA is.
After a week when BYU took a stand and kicked off a player for violating the honor code... Ohio st looked the other way.
Tressel seems like a stand-up guy.
And so, we don't want to lump in with Butch Davis or John Calipari. But he is a cheater.
His teams have been filled with cheaters.
But the NCAA likes that Ohio St makes money.
Jim Treseel won't miss the money he is fined.
The team won't miss him or the players suspended.
Ohio St, well, they just let Tressel and the players get away with it.
i guess if you win, it doesn't matter if you cheat or don't honor your contract.
Why can't he just admit he made a mistake?
for more
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6191585
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=6195223
From his character-based books to his conservative sweater vests, Tressel wanted us to believe that he's a straight shooter who follows the rules.
On Tuesday night, we learned Tressel isn't any different from a lot of coaches in college football. He's apparently more concerned about winning games and championships than following rules and doing things the right way.
In fact, Tressel might be even worse than other coaches who are corrupting college athletics. He won't admit he's wrong even after he has been caught.
Facing the biggest crisis of his career, Tressel never once apologized for knowingly breaking NCAA rules during a news conference on the Ohio State campus on Tuesday night. Worse, Tressel never owned up to not telling his bosses or NCAA investigators that he was aware that at least two of his players might have accepted improper benefits from the owner of a tattoo parlor in Columbus, Ohio.
When Tressel was asked if he was worried the scandal would tarnish his reputation, he said he's always been his biggest critic.
"I don't think less of myself at this moment," Tressel said.
How's that for looking in the mirror?
