Ohio State Football: New Allegations Could Be the End of the Sweater Vest at OSU

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that the NCAA is accusing head coach Jim Tressel of dishonesty and could come down on him with severe penalties.

Tressel is accused of having knowledge of players on his team selling awards and memorabilia to the owner of an Ohio tattoo parlor in exchange for tattoos.

Tressel hid the evidence and in a hypocritical move suspended the five players for the first five games of the 2011 season.

It was later revealed that Tressel had knowledge of the violations and covered them up and Tressel was suspended by Ohio State for the first five games of the 2011 season and fined $250,000.

Now even more allegations are being thrown at Tressel as it was discovered that he sent many emails regarding the violations to an FBI agent and the mentor of Terrel Prior immediately after finding out that his quarterback had committed the violations but never reported them to the university’s compliance office.

Ohio State has stuck with their coach through the allegations, but with the NCAA reporting that severe penalties could be enforced, can they afford to stick with him any longer?

The NCAA always shows more lenience to universities that make necessary changes or enforce necessary punishments on their own, so it would not be surprising if Ohio State either suspends Tressel for the entire 2011 season or even parts ways with him completely.