When was jim tressel fired

A day investigation by Ohio State resulted in the self-imposed five-game penalties and the players repaying the money they gained to charity.

The NCAA allowed the players to play in the Sugar Bowl, a move many observers said showed the national governing body put the money interests of the bowl ahead of routine punishment in other similar cases. Tressel had learned that Pryor and wide receiver DeVier Posey were involved in the memorabilia deals when he received an email from Cicero, a former Ohio State walk-on and letterman in the s, back in April It was not until Ohio State began to work on an appeal of the five-game suspensions for the players that investigators came across the emails between Cicero and Tressel.

The coach then finally admitted that he knew of what has been called Tattoo-Gate by local media. He would have been fired anyway," said Aaron Kniffin, a car salesman who sold about 50 cars to Ohio State players and their relatives, transactions that are under scrutiny by a state agency and school officials.

At a March 8 news conference, Tressel said he chose not to tell anyone because he was bound by confidentiality to not expose the federal drug trafficking investigation. Yet he had forwarded the very first email he received from Cicero to Ted Sarniak, a businessman and "mentor" of Pryor. I've learned that I probably needed to go to the top legal counsel person at the university and get some help," Tressel said.

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Luke Fickell will be the coach for the season. He already had been selected to be the interim coach while Tressel served a five-game suspension. Ohio State spokesman Jim Lynch said he was unaware of any buyout or severance package.

He added that Tressel had returned from vacation Sunday night and met with athletic director Gene Smith, who then met with staff.

We were constantly under attack, and so when I sat down with him that Sunday night and had that conversation, there was no hesitation on his part when I asked him for his resignation. Cicero warned Tressel that Rife dealt drugs. Heeding that warning, Tressel kept quiet. Rife pleaded guilty on June 28 to charges of selling marijuana and laundering drug money. When university officials discovered the email chain between Tressel and Cicero, OSU suspended Tressel for two games for his failure to pass along his knowledge to the appropriate university figureheads.

Gordon Gee or anyone in the OSU compliance department. At the time, those concerns trumped any thought he had relating to possible NCAA rules violations.