Could Ohio State’s Jim Tressel era be coming to a close?

The NCAA has delivered a 13-page notice of allegations to Ohio State and head coach Jim Tressel accusing Tressel of dishonesty and failing to report possible infractions when he learned that players were selling memorabilia and clothing to a tattoo parlor.

The report goes on to mention that despite the penalties, Ohio State will not be cited for ‘failure to monitor’ or ‘failure of institutional control’ violations which could have resulted in the harshest penalties handed down for the university, The Dispatch reports.

The allegations relating to the coach, the NCAA said, are considered “potential major violations.”

The NCAA alleges that Tressel “failed to deport himself in accordance with the honesty and integrity normally associated with the conduct and administration of intercollegiate athletics.” All of which means, the newspaper reports, that the school is “potentially facing the most severe NCAA penalties to its storied football program” as punishment.

In early March,  Ohio State University suspended Jim Tressel for two games and fined him $250,000 following the admission that the 58-year-old football coach knew of his players’ involvement in an NCAA violation.

Several weeks later, he received a harsher suspension of five games.

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  • Motion for preliminary injunction could be resolved soon (NBC Sports)
  • Supreme Court to Hear NFL Antitrust Case (FindLaw’s Tarnished Twenty)

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