Jim Tressel Resigns: Ohio State Coach’s Fall Comes in Part from Fans’ Pushing

“Therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”
—John Donne
On Sunday, Ohio State head football coach Jim Tressel resigned. Tressel’s troubles started before the Sugar Bowl, when it was learned that Terrelle Pryor and other players traded their Buckeye memorabilia for tattoos and other services, in violation of NCAA rules. Things got worse when Ray Small, a former Ohio State player, said that he exchanged his championship rings for profit.
In some ways, Tressel’s resignation was a question of when, rather than if. The NCAA suspended Pryor and the other players for five games, and that was after they found the players weren’t adequately educated about the rules they were breaking. Previously, the NCAA suspended wide receiver Dez Bryant for an entire season…
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