COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two days after several Ohio State
freshmen proudly displayed wristbands supporting deposed Buckeyes coach
Jim Tressel, the university has taken away the wristbands and refunded
the players’ money.
Ohio State spokesman Jerry Emig says Friday
that officials wondered if wearing the wristbands — which said "JT" on
them — were an NCAA violation. Emig says Ohio State decided to take a
"cautionary" approach after the wristbands, which were sold by an Ohio
State staffer, were mentioned prominently in several media reports.
At
a news conference on Wednesday to introduce the freshmen, several wore
the wristbands. They said they did so out of support for Tressel, who
was forced out on May 30 for knowing players had broken NCAA rules but
not reporting it.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two days after several Ohio State
freshmen proudly displayed wristbands supporting deposed Buckeyes coach
Jim Tressel, the university has taken away the wristbands and refunded
the players’ money.
Ohio State spokesman Jerry Emig says Friday
that officials wondered if wearing the wristbands — which said "JT" on
them — were an NCAA violation. Emig says Ohio State decided to take a
"cautionary" approach after the wristbands, which were sold by an Ohio
State staffer, were mentioned prominently in several media reports.
At
a news conference on Wednesday to introduce the freshmen, several wore
the wristbands. They said they did so out of support for Tressel, who
was forced out on May 30 for knowing players had broken NCAA rules but
not reporting it.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.