Clarett claims he got cash and cars while at OSU

I didn't really trash him, I just said he wasn't forced into any of this. He never had to attend Ohio St, I'm sure he was able to go anywhere he wanted. In fact, he didn't HAVE to play football at all . . . it's the USA, he could have gone to trade school, or got a job, etc. He knew going in what to expect and how to handle it.

I agree it's tough to turn down those kinds of things, and I'm not saying I'm some perfect person who could do it. We all have choices to make in life, and to some extent we have to stand up for our choices. But he had a very easy choice to make . . . he could have played through his years at Ohio St and enjoy several years of free gifts and respect from anyone in Ohio. MC choose to be greedy, jumping way too early to the NFL.

I don't really feel sorry for him. If he wanted to come clean he had many options to do so, it's not like he has been surpressing this stuff for decades . . . he was part of an NCAA investigation, if he was this upset and guilty over his and the school's actions he could have just been honest with the NCAA.

Ohio St will eventually pay for this, and other schools will have to be more carefull in who they give free rides too. It's not going to end any time soon though, schools like Vandy, Baylor, N'western, and Tulane who stand up and complain about this kind of thing are usually brushed under the rug and told to shut up. These are schools who have openly said (in Tulane's case to Congress) they cannot compete with this kind of thing and most fans just laugh and call them egghead schools.

 

To say that cheating doesn't go on would be akin to saying that politicians don't get bought. But having said that I just cannot believe that 90% of the programs in the country do even 1/4 of what Clarrett says in that article. Especially as blatant as he said all this happened.

Every major school has at least 3 or 4 guys transfer out every year that were once highly prized recruits, if most of the highly prized ones were getting this kind of stuff and then left a school because they were disenchanted for some reason I have to believe we would be hearing this every week, not every year.
The kind of money and other things he's talking about would be pretty easy to verify, old Maurice isn't the brightest bulb in the lamp and he would be leaving a trail easier to follow than a Wagon Train.

 

I don't know about Vandy and Northwestern but it seems Baylor (basketball program) and Tulane (anyone remember Hot Rod ?) live in glass houses and should avoid throwing stones.

 

So where exactly do you stand on this? Do you think it should be brought to light or left in the closet?

 

Honestly I don't care if they are penalized or not. My point is that everyone breaks the rules. I don't think it is the right way to run a program. I find it to be very dishonorable, but I realize that it is the way things are. If I thought that handing out punishments would actually solve the problem, then I would be all for it, but I doubt it would make a difference to anyone outside of OSU. This is OSU we're talking about too. I seriously doubt that the NCAA would do anything major to such a big program. The NCAA is anything but objective, and them judging others is a joke in iteslf. Anyway, do iI think it's wrong? Yes. Do I or anyone besides OSU care? No. SOS will continue everywhere else.

 

It doesn't matter where anyone stands on it. it cannot be completely controlled. I would be for exacting punishment but as jeff mentioned, the NCAA is corrupt in itself. that's been shown over and over.


I will say this, Nick Saban runs as clean of a top program of any I have ever had knowledge. Anything he is aware of he corrects immediately and his assistants follow suit.

Same cannot be said for many previous coaches here.