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Ex-Ohio State Buckeyes player Ray Small says he sold title rings for cash - ESPN

Former Ohio State wide receiver Ray Small told the school's student newspaper that he sold Big Ten championship rings and other memorabilia for cash and got special car deals as an athlete during his playing days.

The Lantern reported that Small, who played for the Buckeyes from 2006-2010, said "everyone was doing it" on the team.

He said the biggest advantages came from car dealerships.

"It was definitely the deals on the cars. I don't see why it's a big deal," said Small.

Small said the players would have been foolish to turn down the discounted tattoos.

"If you go in and try to get a tattoo, and somebody is like, 'Do you want 50 percent off this tattoo?' You're going to say, 'Heck yeah,' " Small said.

Former Buckeyes basketball player Mark Titus wrote Tuesday on his blog that the perks within the football program are far from a secret.

"Any OSU student in the past five years could tell you that a lot of the football players drive nice cars," Titus wrote. "You'd have to be blind to not notice it."

Small said there was no shortage of people trying to help Ohio State athletes.

"Everywhere you go, while you're in the process of playing at Ohio State," Small said, "you're going to get a deal every which way."
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEbNlzjTQ-M[/youtube]
 
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The Ohio State University should just go ahead and call themselves The Alabama University North.
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bamacheats said:
The Ohio State University should just go ahead and call themselves The Alabama University North.
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I think OSU has actually been cheaters for a longer period of time, they just haven't been repeatedly caught like Bama.
 
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justingroves said:
I think OSU has actually been cheaters for a longer period of time, they just haven't been repeatedly caught like Bama.
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I actually believe the south conspiracy. OSU got their letter immediately, will have it behind them before the season starts. No team in the south would get that same expedited treatment. Plus even Saban would have been canned already but not sweater vest.
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bamacheats said:
I actually believe the south conspiracy. OSU got their letter immediately, will have it behind them before the season starts. No team in the south would get that same expedited treatment. Plus even Saban would have been canned already but not sweater vest.
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Cam Newton got the fastest eligibility review that the NCAA has ever done.
 
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Put me in the camp that thinks players selling their own personal property shouldn't fall under NCAA scrutiny. Fire away.

Ohio State is facing the guillotine for far worse transgressions than this, and I can't wait to watch them get theirs, especially after the Big 10 commissioner got on his high horse several years ago about the SEC.
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Lawrence Wright said:
Put me in the camp that thinks players selling their own personal property shouldn't fall under NCAA scrutiny. Fire away.

Ohio State is facing the guillotine for far worse transgressions than this, and I can't wait to watch them get theirs, especially after the Big 10 commissioner got on his high horse several years ago about the SEC.
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Ah hell, I will agree with the Gator....seems the OSU ranks are falling apart under a little pressure....
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
Put me in the camp that thinks players selling their own personal property shouldn't fall under NCAA scrutiny. Fire away.

Ohio State is facing the guillotine for far worse transgressions than this, and I can't wait to watch them get theirs, especially after the Big 10 commissioner got on his high horse several years ago about the SEC.
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+1
 
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justingroves said:
I think OSU has actually been cheaters for a longer period of time, they just haven't been repeatedly caught like Bama.
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I recall when Kiffen was accumulating his 8 or so secondary violations that it came out that OSU upwards of 500 or so in the previous 8 years.
 
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bamawriter said:
Cam Newton got the fastest eligibility review that the NCAA has ever done.
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The NCAA does not care what region you hail from. If you make them money, they will make certain that you don't get punished. Cam was profitable that's why he was ruled eligible. I challenge you to find me one reason, any reason at all why the OSU 5 should have been eligible for the Sugar Bowl, I'll wait...

Times up, the only logical reason is that ratings would be much higher for an OSU-Ark game in which TP and his buddies were playing. For a casual fan you don't want to watch a depleted OSU play an Arkansas team that you don't care about.
 
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SC doesn't make the NCAA money?

auburn and ohio state are screwed. it's only a matter of time.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
Put me in the camp that thinks players selling their own personal property shouldn't fall under NCAA scrutiny. Fire away.

Ohio State is facing the guillotine for far worse transgressions than this, and I can't wait to watch them get theirs, especially after the Big 10 commissioner got on his high horse several years ago about the SEC.
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I don't disagree with you about the personal property thing, but the fact of the matter is that it is against the rules, even if we believe it's a silly rule. Being a silly rule doesn't mean it's any less bad that you lied about your knowledge of the violation and then spent a lot of time and effort to cover it up. I think that what Bruce Pearl lied about is a silly violation, but he lied about it and he lost his job over it, like he should have and like Tressel should. My biggest concern here is not that Tressel or OSU are breaking rules, my concern is that I do not believe for a moment that the NCAA is actually going to do anything meaningful about it.
 
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droski said:
SC doesn't make the NCAA money?

auburn and ohio state are screwed. it's only a matter of time.
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It took them 5 years to rule on it though... That seems a bit odd and they didn't hand the ruling down until after Carrol left. Think about it, Kiffin comes in as one of the biggest black sheep in college ball, they slap the ruling on him (and rightfully so since he was partly responsible for it in the first place). USC gets a TON of press about the whole thing and I would be willing to bet more people watched their games this year just to see how the team would handle it, than in the last few years. Also the violations were pretty bad, considering what they did I feel like they got off pretty light, they certainly didn't get hammered like Miami did or like Bama did back in the early 90's.
 
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NickZ4UT said:
It took them 5 years to rule on it though... That seems a bit odd and they didn't hand the ruling down until after Carrol left. Think about it, Kiffin comes in as one of the biggest black sheep in college ball, they slap the ruling on him (and rightfully so since he was partly responsible for it in the first place). USC gets a TON of press about the whole thing and I would be willing to bet more people watched their games this year just to see how the team would handle it, than in the last few years. Also the violations were pretty bad, considering what they did I feel like they got off pretty light, they certainly didn't get hammered like Miami did or like Bama did back in the early 90's.
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it took them 5 years to rule on it because USC didn't work with the ncaa. it doesn't have anything to do with kiffin. you think SC got off light? one player took money and MAYBE SC knew about it and they get a 2 year bowl ban? seems pretty easy
 
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NickZ4UT said:
Also the violations were pretty bad, considering what they did I feel like they got off pretty light, they certainly didn't get hammered like Miami did or like Bama did back in the early 90's.
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Bama was only docked 21 schollies over 3 years. USC got 30. That's a big flipping difference. Plus, they didn't grant Bama's juniors and seniors the right to transfer with no sit-out year, which is like losing a couple extra schollies.
 
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What compensation are these players getting for screwing over their alma mater? I know if I was given illegal benefits, I sure as hell wouldn't throw my school under the bus for it. It's not like the guys can be punished once they are out of school. Right? What is the point?
 
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I agree with the personal property thing too. Sure, it's against the rules, but "what if" the dude really needed some money for a "real" need. I'd go sell my championship ring, especially if I knew I was gonna be in the NFL soon and could buy it back from the guy. I hate OSU more than any other school out of the SEC, just saying
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