Ohio State Athletic Director Gene Smith addressed the media on a teleconference Thursday with an exhausted, yet patient tone. The last two weeks have taken a fairly significant turn for the worse as far as the prospects of a fall sports season are concerned. Thankfully, Smith did deliver some good news in the midst of all the chaos the last 48 hours. Smith said, at this time, the Buckeyes are not considering cutting any varsity programs or reducing coaches salaries. The news doesn’t fall on deaf ears, after Stanford slashed 11 Olympic sport programs earlier this week. The only school in the country that sponsors more varsity sports than Stanford is The Ohio State University (37 total – 18 men’s sports and 21 women’s programs). That’s the best piece of news Ohio State has given fans this week. OSU was forced to halt voluntary workouts on Wednesday and Smith expressed…
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