{"id":2008,"date":"2011-05-31T15:39:54","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T20:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gridironstuds.com\/blog\/?p=2008"},"modified":"2011-05-31T15:39:54","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T20:39:54","slug":"coaches-and-programs-in-trouble-becoming-a-common-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/coaches-and-programs-in-trouble-becoming-a-common-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaches and Programs in Trouble Becoming a Common Trend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\" College football teams sure are breaking the rules these days.\u00a0 From one day to the next there seems to be a college football program in hot water for some rules violation.\u00a0\u00a0 This leaves the coach in a position where he is in front of the camera putting on his best poker<\/a> face as he tries to give as much information as possible without saying anything.<\/p>\n

The latest casualty of the situation is Ohio St.’s Jim Tressel.\u00a0 Tressel arrived in Columbus over a decade ago and immediately began a plan to take the Buckeyes to the next level and he was successful.\u00a0 Tressel’s plan reached it’s peak at the conclusion of the 2002 season when the Buckeyes claimed the national title after an overtime win over the Miami Hurricanes.\u00a0 Some nine years later,\u00a0 Tressel exits the program amidst the shame of rules violations and the lies that followed them.<\/p>\n

Tressel was just another college football coach sweating it out after being tapped on the shoulder by the NCAA.\u00a0 Last year’s two national championship game participants,\u00a0 Auburn and Oregon have dealt with and continue to deal with NCAA probes into their practices.\u00a0 A casual observer of college football would be left to the conclusion that you don’t raise the trophy without breaking some NCAA rules.\u00a0 It seems that along with the raising of the well weighted Sears trophy each season,\u00a0 the victorious program should expect a letter from the NCAA about some violations before the beginning of spring practice for the next season.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s a troubling trend but who’s to blame?<\/p>\n

We could say that it’s the blood thirsty media in our country that sells publications and air time by putting out disparaging stories on those who are revered by most.\u00a0 Our culture has made a sport out of building up people and companies only to tear them down when they stick their flag in the ground at the top of the mountain.\u00a0 So it continues.\u00a0 The 20 or so teams that have a shot at all at the 2011 title should be preparing themselves for what comes after they achieve the ultimate.\u00a0\u00a0 While the players are lifting weights,\u00a0 team counsel should be pouring through the NCAA rule books and checking out loopholes.\u00a0\u00a0 Winning the the title is just beginning,\u00a0 the real circus starts after that.\u00a0\u00a0 Don’t be surprised one year if you see the Sears Trophy filled inside with business cards from attorneys because undoubtedly,\u00a0 the holder of the prize will certainly be in some kind of trouble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

College football teams sure are breaking the rules these days.\u00a0 From one day to the next there seems<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[498,607,521,608],"class_list":["post-2008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-auburn-tigers","tag-jim-tressel","tag-ohio-st","tag-oregon-ducks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}