A Sports Illustrated investigation released on Monday night alleged that since 2002, at least 28 Ohio State football players traded or sold their memorabilia. Sources told the magazine that players have been trading memorabilia, including items bearing former coach Jim Tressel's signature, since at least his second season at Ohio State. Tressel resigned on Monday morning amid an NCAA investigation into the coach's conduct.
The magazine reported that Tressel violated NCAA bylaw 10.1, unethical conduct, three times. The first when he failed to act when he was tipped off in April 2010 about six of his players selling their memorabilia for tattoos. The second was when he signed his standard form of compliance that declared that he knew of no violations. The third violation was in December when he was not forthcoming with school officials about his knowledge in the investigation.
Jim Tressel's resignation was likely triggered by the impending publication of a Sports Illustrated article on Ohio State and violations of NCAA rules taking place under Jim Tressel's supervision. While no one outside of SI has gotten a look at the article, one thing is certain: George Dohrmann is the writer, and that means nothing good for Ohio State even with Tressel's resignation this morning.
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