Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said suspending coach Jim Tressel two games (against Akron and Toledo) would hit the “sweet spot” and appease the NCAA for months of lying, cover-ups and playing ineligible players by the coach. School president Gordon Gee joked that he never considered dismissing Tressel before adding, “I’m just hopeful that the coach doesn’t dismiss me.”
At a March 8 press conference they also both provided cover as Tressel lied again. Tressel claimed that in April 2010 he didn’t turn over information that players were dealing memorabilia to a tattoo parlor owner under a federal drug trafficking investigation due to “confidentiality” concerns.
Tressel’s email account showed that excuse was bogus, he had forwarded the information to people outside the school. Smith and Gee either knew the story was untrue, or should have.
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