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Agreed. One of the few bowls this season that doesn’t blow goats.

Idiots.

“Jim, why don’t you relax a bit, it’s a pool party. Take off that damn sweater vest and go for a swim… …. "

Sweater vest tattoo – gold!

So getting free tattoos or lying about talking to Deion Sanders results in a suspension for a bowl or multiple regular season games.

I was about to compare this story to Cam Newton but ……..

How about the NCAA is a money grubbing fraud. The OSU players are allegedly idiots but this sYstem is broke. And I’ll tell you why for $180k.

If the players are out whoever got Arkansas +3.5 got a steal.

I paid for my tattoos. GoBucks

If the tweet denies, you must empathize.

OMG. LoLz.

Tatoos aren’t inexpensive (notice I didn’t use the word cheap). Hasn’t anyone else wondered where they get the money?

whenever i see a tat i fast-forward to when the youth today are rest home denizens and the youngsters of that day who despise the old even more than those of this day sit around and try to guess what the tats were meant to represent.

unless those tats cost more than 180 grand the ncaa shouldn’t care.

I still to this day can’t figure out where all those hipsters in South Austin who work 10 hours a week at a coffee shop find the money for the color full sleeves.

I heard that sexual favors were also traded for free tattoos. Tit for tat.

I heard the dads have stepped up to say that they accepted the deals without their sons knowing anything about it. They tatted the boys while they were sleeping.

NCAA says, sweet!!! Play on.

I’m squeaking and taking the Bucks to the mat, Rat-a-tat-tat.

That one’s for you, nordberg.

Would it be an issue if they just got free tats without autographs?

Savage:

Yes, unless they can convince the NCAA they were just “test driving” the tats a la AD.

Nice. They get suspensions next year but let them play in the bowl game because

“The players are eligibile for the bowl game because the NCAA determined they did not receive adequate rules education during the time period the violations occurred, Lennon said. "

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5950873

Wonder if any of these juniors plan on staying next year now.

Did TPeezy write the espn article on this too?

“All of the players be eligible for the Jan. 4 Sugar Bowl, however.”

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5950873

Summary of the NCAA’s even handed enforcement:

1.) Bust Ohio State in tat for signature?

2.) Reinstate Cam Newton when his own father admits to shopping him for money and the FBI apparently has wiretaps of Auburn boosters discussing pay for play.

3.) Take five years to investigate USC for giving houses to the families of players. Note the only reason the NCAA ever came calling is because of the fine reporting done by Yahoo and the fact that Bush screwed his “agent”

4.) Allow street agents to control basketball recruiting and apparently football now too. Thank you SEC and Oregon.

5.) Refuse to allow Jeremy Bloom to play NCAA football while legitimately accepting sponsorships for skiing. It would have been better for him and CU had his father just accepted cash under the table.

6.) Force OU to dismiss Bomar and another no name while allowing Adrian Peterson to continue playing after accepting a car from a car dealership.

I’m sure there’s more, but I just don’t care to look. The NCAA is completely reactionary and capricious. They are clearly more interested in maximizing profitability at the expense of the student athletes.

So you’re telling me that college football players at State U get favors from local businesses? Sorry I don’t believe you. That sounds completely implausible to me. If these guys GASP got free tattoos!??!?!! I cannot watch them play a game of football it totally ruins it for me; I will only support true amateur scholar/athletes.

Is there any chance amateur athletes one day sue the NCAA for antitrust infringement? The incentives here are just too far out of whack. Schools, ESPN, merchandisers, and the NCAA all make a killing off of these kids. Kids deserve adequate compensation, and trying to regulate against that is a fool’s errand.

I think it a bit spineless of the NCAA to not put the kibosh on their Sugar Bowl appearance as well. Why the hell even bother? All the more reason for the USC-faithful to be pissed.

It’s part of the gig. They get free shit from businesses. Is the NCAA gonna crack down on every free drink and egg McMuffin? I’ve personally seen UT players get free drinks on 6th street over 5 times. One night in ’04 half the team was drinking for free. This stuff goes on in Austin and every other big college football town yet Cam can still play. NCAA is amazing.

Is Ohio State charging TPeezy a licensing fee for use of their trademark?

Didn’t Ed O’Bannon sue the NCAA?

Guys, you’re not really helping the scales fall from our eyes. We know it happens everywhere. I just want that bowl game to go on.

What system would you like to see tjarks?

The ncaa has pretty much ruined college football for me. I have zero issues with rules, but lots and lots of issues with random enforcement.

Free tattoos gets you suspended but openly solicitng for hundreds of thousands is okay? Two of the dirtiest programs in the championship? Street agemts everywhere?

At this point I’m starting to lean towards the nfl. At least there every team has a almost fair shot.

Sailor,

Ed did sue the NCAA, but I am too old to remember the result and too indifferent to do the research.

I am not an attorney and my stays in Holiday Inn Express is usually limited to 1-2 hours so I am not sure how much residual legal knowledge I absorb, but I am curious if someone like AJ Green could file suit for damages to his future earnigs for the NCAA failing to uniformily enforce their rules and regulation.

It would seem to me that if the players are not being punished for the failure of THE Ohio State University to properly educate it’s players on the NCAA regs wouldn’t that construe a lack of institutional control by the University and the ahtletic department and wouldn’t that make THE Ohio State University a serial violater of NCAA rules and regulations?

Maybe someone should ask Dr. Gee?

Sailor — I like the system as it is now. I just wish the NCAA had no enforcement power whatsoever. Everyone cheats, it’s all under the table and no one is really hurt by it. If the players got paid for real, we’d have to pay the non-revenue sports and the female athletes which would be ridiculous. So let’s just keep it as is and look the other way.

Nothing says ‘loser’ like self-graffiti.

I was looking forward to watching Pryor vs. Mallett in the Sugar Bowl; that would have been a cool match-up. Now I can’t because TP is getting tatted up? Who cares? This is entertainment, and the NCAA has robbed me of an entertaining night of football. That’s all that really matters.

I’m not going to pretend like I care about these guys as anything more than gladiators; I just money on a Philly/Pittsburgh match-up in the Super Bowl! And Mike Vick and Big Ben … well they’ve done FAR more morally dubious things than get some free tattoos that’s for sure.

tjarks,

they aren’t suspended for the bowl. just the first 5 games next year. that’s what really makes this laughable. delaney can’t have one of his teams lay an egg in a BCS game again.

Bo Pellini and Dr. Tom approve this NCAA ruling.

Oh wow that is absurd. That’s kind of funny — they’ve totally stopped trying to even pretend anymore. I kind of like that.