Stupid sportswriters

[Misanthrope]

How do these morons get these jobs?

Mike Lopresti is just totally baffled by the NCAA's announcement of only one no-no in our football program:

So let's see if we have this right.
The central figure in a national football championship charged in print that a program was operating in blatant disregard of the rules.

The main governing body investigated and said it could not verify any of those charges.

So that means the school buried the bodies and covered up the tracks. Or the governing body is impotent to investigate serious violations against one of its most visible members. Or Clarett engaged in massive slander.

And everyone is supposed to just shrug and wave goodbye to that and get on with either making the Bronco depth chart or trying to beat Michigan again?

In a word, yes.

Am I the only one smelling the implication that if Maurice Clarett truly lied, why isn't OSU suing him for "slander"? That's the only conclusion I can draw from this dope.

Apparently, he actually thinks it would be in Ohio State's best interest to drag Clarett into court - rehash all of the past - and sue him for a part of his 3rd round signing bonus?

I guess the fact that Clarett was suspended for lying 17 times during the initial investigation into this mess is irrelevant. I guess it's impossible to conclude that a known liar might have "engaged in massive slander", yet again.

What a dumbass!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...weredquestions

[Bucklion]

Mike Lopresti is a fart that didn't get squeezed hard enough. I wouldn't worry about anything he says about anything.

[Oh8ch]

The central figure in a national football championship charged in print

Gotta love that statement. Since someone in the print media was willing to print MCs charges the fact that they were printed becomes the evidence to support their truth. This carries more weight than an NCAA investigation. If ESPN the Fagazine is wrong there must be an NCAA cover-up.

Lopresti is a fag.

Quick everyone, print this post - that will make it true.

[Misanthrope]

Originally Posted by Bucklion

Mike Lopresti is a fart that didn't get squeezed hard enough. I wouldn't worry about anything he says about anything.

Trust me, I not worrying about him. I'm simply mocking his stupidity.

[jlb1705]

Just because OSU wouldn't sue for slander, that doesn't mean that Clarett didn't engage in it. Suing for slander and winning would do more damage to the university and the football program than doing nothing and moving on. Ass.

[jimotis4heisman]

http://www2.ncaa.org/media_and_event...arettohst.html

[Jaxbuck]

So that means the school buried the bodies and covered up the tracks.

If it were that easy why couldn't we do it for the Mens and Womens BBall teams?

Or the governing body is impotent to investigate serious violations against one of its most visible members.

Ask anyone in the SEC if the NCAA is "impotent to investigate" high profile schools

Or Clarett engaged in massive slander.

Only been charged with it 17 times by the NCAA and a couple of more by the local cops.

Well I'm not a smart man, but if I had to bet the house I'm taking option C.

[BB73]

And where is the mention that MoC offered to recant his charges at one point if it would help his situation with tOSU? That's a significant part of the 'story' to me.

[methomps]

Originally Posted by Oh8ch

Gotta love that statement. Since someone in the print media was willing to print MCs charges the fact that they were printed becomes the evidence to support their truth. This carries more weight than an NCAA investigation. If ESPN the Fagazine is wrong there must be an NCAA cover-up.

Lopresti is a fag.

Quick everyone, print this post - that will make it true.

I don't think that is what he is saying. I think he is saying that they weren't some off-hand comments that can be ignored. Having them in print doesn't make them any more or less true, just more permenant and more of a reason to take MoC to court.

Note: I'm not advocating taking MoC to court, so leave me out of that part of the discussion. I'm just offering my take on what the writer was saying.

[RedDawg]

From Ivan Maisel on ESPN this morning...

3. Ohio State football escapes an NCAA investigation with only the $500 in quarterback Troy Smith's pocket to answer for, which means that Jim Tressel knows how to win with defense whether it's November or May.

Another sportswriter crying in his soup, unable to admit that rumor and speculation do not equal fact or truth.

[LloydSev]

I would laugh if the NCAA just goes "OK enough is enough," and puts some kind of stipulation on ESPN.

[FKAGobucks877]

*steps on soapbox*

Hey guys, I know this is kind of a hot issue right now, but remember we do have a separate forum for this stuff. This thread is fine, but if we're going to go on a bitch session about all the cockbreaths in the media that are talking smack about OSU, let's do it in the appropriate forum, and leave this one to football.

*steps off soapbox*