Ohio State Football Needs to Begin Repairing Its Image
In the coming months, more information will undoubtedly be uncovered about Ohio State University's football scandal.
Since quarterback Terrelle Pryor was reported as leaving Ohio State on Tuesday, we've already seen more information leak, from text messages and phone calls between former coach Jim Tressel and Pryor's mentors to the extent of players' dealings last season.
Pryor's official statement read by his lawyer Larry James on Tuesday to the Plain Dealer was a sad day in Buckeyes history, and a sad day in the growing turmoil that is college football.
But with Pryor's intention to forgo his senior season, Ohio State University can get back to repairing its image, if little else.
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Ohio State is still probably going to be hit with massive sanctions, possibly as massive as USC's, and the football program will undoubtedly be marred and held back in the coming years.
But if Ohio State wants to get back to being that "distinguished" school, it might as well start now, and Buckeyes fans should be happy Pryor will no longer be on the football field.
Despite his career year last season (27 touchdowns, 65 percent completion percentage), Pryor's success on the field will never eclipse the scandal, and it's best the school starts erasing all traces of its past transgressions.
The university stood by Tressel and Pryor amid the NCAA's investigation, but it would have been better off letting them walk the plank.
Even with Tressel and Pryor gone, the university now has to face criticism for taking things lightly.
It's time for Ohio State to start getting serious about mending not only its image, but the way it conducts itself.
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