03-31-2012, 01:31 PM
Nearly one year to the day after Ohio State suspended five football players for accepting improper benefits from a local tattoo parlor, the Buckeyes finally found out their fate.
The NCAA announced Tuesday that the Buckeyes will face a one-year postseason ban, a reduction in available football scholarships and three years probation.
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith told the Associated Press early Tuesday that the NCAAâs committee on infractions will assess its final sanctions against the schoolâs athletic program today at 3 p.m. EST.
Ohio State had already self-imposed a five-scholarship reduction and a two-year ban, Smith had previously said a bowl ban would go beyond punishments handed down to other programs for similar NCAA violations.
The NCAA announced Tuesday that the Buckeyes will face a one-year postseason ban, a reduction in available football scholarships and three years probation.
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith told the Associated Press early Tuesday that the NCAAâs committee on infractions will assess its final sanctions against the schoolâs athletic program today at 3 p.m. EST.
Ohio State had already self-imposed a five-scholarship reduction and a two-year ban, Smith had previously said a bowl ban would go beyond punishments handed down to other programs for similar NCAA violations.