COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A newspaper reports that Ohio State
football players are alleged to have improperly traded dozens of items
to the owner of a tattoo parlor, receiving tattoos, $14,000, and in one
case a sport-utility vehicle.
The report by The Columbus Dispatch
says it obtained a letter Thursday that was sent from the U.S.
Department of Justice to Ohio State officials in December. The document
lists 36 items that players are said to have sold to Eddie Rife or
traded for tattoos since 2008.
The newspaper reports that
investigators say one player received a 2003 Chevy Tahoe, purchased by
Rife for $3,500, in exchange for a watch and passes to the 2010 Rose
Bowl.
Only a portion of the transactions were deemed violations by
the NCAA, and five players have been suspended for the first five games
of the upcoming season. A related NCAA investigation into coach Jim
Tressel continues.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A newspaper reports that Ohio State
football players are alleged to have improperly traded dozens of items
to the owner of a tattoo parlor, receiving tattoos, $14,000, and in one
case a sport-utility vehicle.
The report by The Columbus Dispatch
says it obtained a letter Thursday that was sent from the U.S.
Department of Justice to Ohio State officials in December. The document
lists 36 items that players are said to have sold to Eddie Rife or
traded for tattoos since 2008.
The newspaper reports that
investigators say one player received a 2003 Chevy Tahoe, purchased by
Rife for $3,500, in exchange for a watch and passes to the 2010 Rose
Bowl.
Only a portion of the transactions were deemed violations by
the NCAA, and five players have been suspended for the first five games
of the upcoming season. A related NCAA investigation into coach Jim
Tressel continues.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.