Here we go again, maybe, another college coaching scandal, oh goody, I can't wait for this one to play out. It's just what college athletics need, more controversy. Like most of the other scandals that have taken place in college athletes, this one has taken months to develop, hey, like my old man said, "if your going to do it, do it right."
This time it's the Ohio State Buckeye football coach, Jim Tressel, accused of withholding information and lying to N.C.A.A. investigators to keep players on the field who had accepted improper benefits from the owner of a tattoo parlor. Are you kidding, these guys must have been bench warmers, who the hell would go through the pain of a tattoo, risk possible infection, so that their "peps" could check some sort of body art, or to impress the ladies. Ya I'm sure that these guys were nothing more then bench warmers, dummy tackle holders, needing that extra help, "tattoos" with the female of the species.
The N.C.A.A. issued a 13 page indictment regarding Tressel's behavior, alleging that he had allowed "ineligible players to participate in intercollegiate athletics." Also alleged by the N.C.A.A. was that the coach did not fill out a compliance form in September 2010, lying when he said that he "had no knowledge of any N.C.A.A. violations by any of his players.
Tressel was informed by E-mail that a federal agency had raided tattoo shop owner, Eddie Rife, discovering a multitude of signed Ohio State football memorabilia including jerseys, pants and cleats. Tressel was tipped off to the possible trouble by a former Ohio State walk-on player turned lawyer. Instead of informing the athletic department, or the college president, the N.C.A.A. or the college legal department, he forwarded the E-mail to a friend in Pennsylvania who was involved with one of the Buckeye players.
Come to find out, the players weren't bench warmers, like I was, but starters and stars on the team. The players were handed 5 games suspensions in 2011, but not their last game of the 2010 season, the Sugar Bowl, profit won out over a life lesson for the players.
The case against the players is closed, but the action against coach Tressel is just heating up. I wonder how he will fare during the coming months and the investigation that is ongoing, well he beat the odds, will he join others that used their bad practices as nothing more then a stepping stone to further coaching jobs, will he file suit against Ohio State, the N.C.A.A. the team trainer, or the water boy? Only time will tell, but I thought you might enjoy some of the bad actors who did get caught and where they are today.
MIKE LEACH, (Texas Tech football coach)
Leach was a successful coach at Tech, winning 8 games in 8 straight seasons, had an exciting "air-raid" offense and put butts in the seats. His problem wasn't tattoo parlors, illegal gifts or special grades for his players, it was how he felt he could handle some of his players.
Leach locked a wide receiver in his locker because the player suffered a concussion in a late season game. I've been locked in a locker and although it's not the worst thing that ever happened to me, it's right up there. When the the coach was asked to apologize by his institution, he refused, pretty much sealing his fate
Right then and there, coach Leach and I part company, he's an idiot and I'm not, I would have done anything to keep my million dollar job, even kiss boots, or whatever. Apparently Leach felt somewhat like me, he's attempting to protect his job, he is taking his case all the way to the Texas Supreme Court.
RICK NEUHEISEL, (Colorado football coach)
To hell with small change, Colorado Buffalo football coach Rick Neuheisel doesn't play around, he committed 53 violations, costing him his position in the mile high state, or maybe Neuheisel was high, I can't remember.
His next stop was the University of Washington were he lead the Huskies to a Rose Bowel win over the Big Ten's rep, Purdue. It appeared that all was right with Ricky Boy until it was discovered that he had recruited players before the legal date approved by the N.C.A.A.
However, Neuheisel continued living the charmed life until an innocent bet on a college basketball game cost him his job in 2003. Reason, he lied about the bet to the N.C.A.A. But wait, Ricky didn't think that the investigation into his illegal activity was (legal), he sued both the University of Washington and the N.C.A.A. and won. Ya that's right this coach, the leader of young men, the very same guy who charges money to make speeches won a settlement of $4.5 million dollars.
I don't blame Ricky Boy, I'm envious, I want a job on his staff, he's coaching at U.C.L.A. where the chicks are tanned and the weather is always warm and sunny.
MARK MANGINO, (Kansas football coach)
If there is a poster child for what you look like after you've been hit with the ugly stick, this guy has a new job. Mangino at University of Kansas had to have had a track record before he ever landed at Kansas, you can't act like a jerk and not have that follow you around. Maybe he just intimidated everybody, I wish you could see his picture....actually I don't.
Physical abuse, verbal attacks were just the tip of the ice burg with 'ol Marko, he regularly busted out at players in rants that would do a drill Sargent proud. His bug eyed fat jowled face with blood veins sticking out all over must have been a scary sight.
Mangino was not a physical spaceman, could never be confused with a health freak and was flat out ugly. He got none of the breaks that good looking coaches seem to get.....he got canned. As one assistant coach said, "I'm shocked it took the university this long."
C. VIVIAN STRINGER, (Women's basketball coach, Rutgers)
Never let it be said that women can't be just as silly as men with regards to coaching college sports. The draw of winning is just as important to women as men, men just get more of the publicity. Ms. Stringer had her heart set on Shalica Hume for her 2002 club. Basketball savvy, a nice touch around the bucket and leadership qualities, she was a perfect fit for the Owls basketball program. Sounds like a great choice to me, right.....wrong.
Turns out that Shalica had been tossed out of two colleges for criminal conduct and her time as an Owl was short lived when she was banned from the team and the university when she was convicted of assault for stabbing, binding and torturing her roommate. Can I get a ticket to an Owl's game!
These people simply lost sight of the facts that the rest of us have to follow, you have to follow the rules, even when you don't agree.
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