Jim Tressel: Why His 2-Game Suspension Is Not Enough

With Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel's recent suspension imposed by the school, the NCAA rules committee will continue to prove that they are a joke, unless they do something about this.

Tuesday, Ohio State handed Tressel a two-game suspension for failing to notify the university that some of his players committed violations.

However, what good is this suspension if Ohio State is only playing two tune-up games against Akron and Toledo?

If it is up to the NCAA to punish Tressel for his infractions, they should suspend him for at least the same amount of games that Terrelle Pryor and four other Buckeyes were suspended for.  

In December, the NCAA handed a five-game suspension to those five players for selling school memorabilia in exchange for tattoos.

However, the NCAA got it wrong in suspending them for the first five games this season instead of the Sugar Bowl against Arkansas, a 31-26 win for Ohio State.

Suspending Tressel for Ohio State's first two conference games—Michigan State and Nebraska—would also serve as much stiffer punishment.

This has already happened in college basketball where Bruce Pearl and Jim Calhoun received suspensions for only conference games for violating rules.

Who knows though? The NCAA can still take away scholarships and place the school on probation for its second violation in three months.

Either of these would have been more severe than what is basically a slap on the wrist, but if the NCAA turns a blind eye to this, the NCAA will miss a golden opportunity in making sure that this would not happen again.

In the meanwhile, at least Ohio State acted swiftly as it did, despite the soft punishment. One can only hope that the NCAA looks further into the situation now.