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I don't know where people stand on this OSU situation, but to me it's a big farce. We are talking about young adults who bring in millions of dollars of revenue into the university selling items or trading items for merchandise/service.

Unless I missed something the items were given to the players. Why wouldn't they be able to sell or trade their own personal items.

Now you have Tressel in hot water for not reporting what he knew. I am amazed at the length and scope this is going for what reason?

It's not like Tressel illegally recruited players or covered up a home work scandal. We are talking about items given at bowl games.

I truly believe that the NCAA has gone totally mad. I can guarantee that Ohio State kids aren't the only ones that have done this, they just happened to get caught. Caught selling their own items.

This all reeks of stupidity in my eyes, have I gone dumb here and missed something?

definitely make good points. i am a firm believer that college players should get paid. i mean even if its minimum wage or something. a lot of these kids come from nothing, play a sport where they can lose everything in one play, and dont have an opportunity to cash in til the nfl.

a very flawed system when we think of how much money these kids are raking in