Do we still think this was BS? Clarett story

[karlhungis]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1919059

Clarett says that while he was at Ohio State in 2002 and 2003 head coach Jim Tressel, as well as certain members of his staff and boosters, provided him with improper benefits. He says he covered up Tressel's improprieties during the NCAA investigation and afterward, Ohio State "blackballed'' him from the football program.

According to Clarett, Tressel arranged loaner cars for him and Tressel's brother, Dick, found him lucrative landscaping jobs that he did not even have to show up for. He says members of Tressel's staff also introduced him to boosters who'd slip him thousands of dollars, and the better he played, the more cash he'd receive. He says boosters eventually began inviting him into their homes or would meet him out in the community.

"When you'd leave, [the booster] sets you straight," Clarett told The Magazine. "They say, 'You got any money in your pocket?' They make sure your money's straight."

Lots of gems in that article. Well worth the trip down memory lane. Surely a university that dealt with this in the recent past can't be expected to ensure that their players toe the line today, right? How could they know what Pryor and co were up to?

[greenyellow]

Not surprised that it happened at OSU and they didn't get punished for it.

[Duck07]

Hundred Dollar Handshakes!

[woundedknees]

I knew Clarett shoulda got those tats to cover his butt!