As the Cleveland Plain-Dealer reported on Thursday, Ohio State self-reported 46 secondary violations to the NCAA over the last 11 months. That’s a lot! Almost 50 secondary violations after the whole snafu that led to Jim Tressel and Terrelle Pryor getting sent out of town and the suspension of several other Buckeyes would be a problem, right?
So should we fire Urban Meyer? Should we fire Gene Smith? Should we figure out a way to fire all of Ohio State all at once?
Well, one look at what the actual violations, and it’s clear that these infractions are so far beyond minor that the real crime here is the fact that the NCAA polices this type of interaction in the first place and that schools are forced to have compliance departments that track it:
Like first-year football coach Urban Meyer, less than three weeks after he was hired, committing a secondary violation by saying “good luck” to recruit Noah Spence at a game in December. Or athletic director Gene Smith committing a…
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