From an SI article
Bolded the parts that pointed out the credible sources
"As coach at Youngstown (Ohio) State in the mid-1990s, he claimed not to know that his star quarterback had received a car and more than $10,000 from a school trustee and his associates -- even though it was later established in court documents that Tressel had told the player to go see the trustee. In 2003, during Tressel's third season in Columbus, Buckeyes running back Maurice Clarett was found to have received money and other benefits. Even though Tressel said he spent more time with Clarett than with any other player, he also said he did not know that Clarett had been violating the rules. A year later an internal Ohio State investigation (later corroborated by the NCAA) found that quarterback Troy Smith had taken $500 from a booster. It was the second time the booster had been investigated for allegedly providing improper benefits to a star player, but again Tressel said he had no knowledge of the illicit payment.
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/magazine/05/30/jim.tressel/index.html#ixzz2DxdTnO00"
Him "not knowing" is exactly what he told the NCAA about the tattoos too, theres a reason NOONE will go anywhere near hiring him, even with his NC ring and overall record. Noone knows for sure if he can actually coach and recruit WHILE PLAYING BY THE RULES. He got OSU hit with a failure to monitor and with use being on probation and just recently having that extended, the last thing we need is a coach that doesn't monitor his team and when they get in trouble would go back to his usual "I didn't know about it". But this time when he says that it won't matter if he did or not, noone will believe him, especially the NCAA, after the whole tattoo gate incident and we would end up with the death penalty.
