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Yahoo, Tattoos, and tOSU (1-year bowl ban, 82 scholly limit for 3 years)

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Maybe someone in corporate IT (I know we have some around here, or at least some that know a lot more than I do) can answer this related question. Would there be a system in place that could be used to scan email archives for key words if you are doing typical _______ housekeeping (fill in the blank with "compliance" in the case of tOSU)? That can be the only way I can think of that they would have found that individual email.
 
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Bill Cunningham on 700wlw radio stated on air he has heard from school sources that Tressel was asked by the FBI not to say anything. If this pans out, a whole shitload of Tressel-bashers had fucking better get used to the taste of crow...
 
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MililaniBuckeye;1887155; said:
Bill Cunningham on 700wlw radio stated on air he has heard from school sources that Tressel was asked by the FBI not to say anything. If this pans out, a whole shitload of Tressel-bashers had fucking better get used to the taste of crow...
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Please, please, please, please let this be true.
 
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Bucky Katt;1887152; said:
I know it's messed up, but I'd rather find out that JT DID pass the e-mails on and somebody else effed it up, even if it means seeing OSU hit with a "Failure to monitor" or even *knock on wood* the dreaded "lack of institutional control".

No, I don't have idol worship issues....why do you ask?
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I'm thinking this is what happened. There seems to be signs pointing to Tressel taking the hit for someone else, or to something else going on here.

There's a good possibility that we will believe anything to preserve our image of Tressel though.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;1887155; said:
Bill Cunningham on 700wlw radio stated on air he has heard from school sources that Tressel was asked by the FBI not to say anything. If this pans out, a whole [Mark May]load of Tressel-bashers had [censored]ing better get used to the taste of crow...
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I hate to play devil's advocate, because I'd like for nothing more than this to be true. However, if that were really the case, I'd guess that OSU wouldn't have suspended or fined JT at all. When addressing the media in the wake of the Yahoo report, they would have brought up the whole FBI point or, instead, simply said something along the lines of being in correspondence with the NCAA regarding the matter. The fine/suspension simply don't make sense if he has that kind of excuse.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;1887155; said:
Bill Cunningham on 700wlw radio stated on air he has heard from school sources that Tressel was asked by the FBI not to say anything. If this pans out, a whole [Mark May]load of Tressel-bashers had [censored]ing better get used to the taste of crow...
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That would be great.

But how would the FBI know that Tressel was getting inside information from Cicero?
 
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MililaniBuckeye;1887155; said:
Bill Cunningham on 700wlw radio stated on air he has heard from school sources that Tressel was asked by the FBI not to say anything. If this pans out, a whole shitload of Tressel-bashers had fucking better get used to the taste of crow...
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As much as I really really really really really really REALLY want this to be true, I think its a bad report. If that was truly the case, why would there be a punishment as of right now? They could simply say that there are mitigating factors relating to federal reasons and they are in talks with the NCAA. It would have likely brought even harsher response from the media, but the self-imposed sanctions don't make sense if that is the case.

Unless, yet again, JT has still not fully disclosed things...which I guess is something that is possible after this issue, though not likely at all.
 
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Bucklion;1887151; said:
How does that work when the coach knew but the school didn't though? I mean, let's assume for a second that's the case, that JT sat on the info and didn't forward the e-mails or report it to the school. If the school didn't know they were ineligible, would they still have to vacate the season? In that particular scenario, the school would be a victim of the cover up as well.
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All great questions. Good point on the program as victim. But I think the NCAA would just say that Tress was an agent or employee of the program, and so his actions inure to them. Guessing, of course, but it that were not so, then every case would be the school saying "I'm the victim here!!!"

I refer you back to the "I have no idea if the NCAA rules provide for that." statement I made. Not even gonna pretend I know the applicable rules. But I have to think that the group that wrote its own rules stuck lots of stuff in there for them to have flexibility, and that most all rules favor them.
 
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Gatorubet;1887187; said:
All great questions. Good point on the program as victim. But I think the NCAA would just say that Tress was an agent or employee of the program, and so his actions inure to them. Guessing, of course, but it that were not so, then every case would be the school saying "I'm the victim here!!!"

I refer you back to the "I have no idea if the NCAA rules provide for that." statement I made. Not even gonna pretend I know the applicable rules. But I have to think that the group that wrote its own rules stuck lots of stuff in there for them to have flexibility, and that most all rules favor them.
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In looking at that email the school sent to the NCAA - seems that they're setting themselves up with that wording to have the door be able to swing both ways if they need to, should the NCAA come down harshly on them.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;1887155; said:
Bill Cunningham on 700wlw radio stated on air he has heard from school sources that Tressel was asked by the FBI not to say anything. If this pans out, a whole shitload of Tressel-bashers had fucking better get used to the taste of crow...
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I'd like to believe that, but this was said during the Q&A after the press conference: Ozone.video (it's a little past the halfway point)

Q - "Were you asked by a federal authority to keep this in confidence?"

JT - "I was asked by the person that sent it, who was an attorney, yeah."

Q - "Not from a federal authority?"

JT - "Correct. I had no interaction with federal authorities."
 
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BB73;1887197; said:
I'd like to believe that, but this was said during the Q&A after the press conference: Ozone.video (it's a little past the halfway point)

Q - "Were you asked by a federal authority to keep this in confidence?"

JT - "I was asked by the person that sent it, who was an attorney, yeah."

Q - "Not from a federal authority?"

JT - "Correct. I had no interaction with federal authorities."
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[tin-foil hat]Of course that's what he said! Didn't you see the black helicopters flying above campus?[/tin-foil hat] :wink:
 
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