Even though the Ohio State Buckeyes seem to be college football’s best team today, back in 2011 it wasn’t such a glorious time. Because of some of the team members and the head coach’s actions, they were accessed with many penalties from the NCAA and the resignation/firing of their coach.

Although these issues should of been notified right away, some of the Ohio State football players were accused of some minor infractions. According to the facts of the case, 8 of the football student-athletes were receiving more than $14,000 in cash payments of preferential treatments from the owner of a tattoo parlor in Columbus, Ohio. This treatment was because they were selling different types of Buckeye merchandise. $14,000 is a lot of tatting! Things took a turn for the worse when head coach, Jim Tressel, did not notify the NCAA of these happenings even after being notified of the situation.

This situation that could of easily been taken care of, ended up causing a couple of harsh penalties for the Buckeyes for Tressel’s unethical conduct finding. The reason it was so bad was not because he lied, but because he did in writing. The media had full evidence that he was not fully aware of the situation and he just tried to smooth things over. The NCAA vacated its 12 wins in the 2010 season, even though the school had already imposed two years of probation. In addition, there was also a loss of five scholarships over a three-year period. The NCAA added an additional year and four scholarships to that. Ohio State had already forfeited the $338,811 it received through the Big Ten Conference revenue sharing for its appearance in the bowl game at that time.

There were some other minor set penalties, but on May 30, 2011, head coach Tressel resigns from his position. That may of made things seem worse in the matter for the Buckeyes, but as of today they seem to be in good hands with Coach Urban Meyer.