Oh my...Ohio State investigating car "sales" to athletes...

I put sales in quotes because sales implies money was used to "buy" the cars. Apparently not.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6499662

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State's director of compliance is reviewing at least 50 car sales to Buckeyes athletes and relatives to see if they met NCAA rules, The Columbus Dispatch reported Saturday.

The newspaper reported that a salesman who received game passes from Ohio State athletes handled many of the deals at two different dealerships. Ohio State has since taken the salesman, Aaron Kniffin, off the pass list.

Athletes are prevented from receiving special deals not available to other students. They are not permitted to trade autographs for discounts. Both dealerships display signed Ohio State memorabilia in their showrooms.

One car, a 2-year-old Chrysler 300 with fewer than 20,000 miles, was titled to then-sophomore defensive player Thaddeus Gibson in 2009. Documents show the purchase price as $0. Gibson said he did not know why the title showed a zero for the purchase price and said he was still paying for the car.

There were rumors of this kind of thing when the Vest was at Youngstown State too.

An unprecedented move. Looks like they may be there a while.

I suspect that almost every Division I program provides wheels to athletes at free or deeply discounted prices.

Thats what all the Wisconsin players, cheerleaders, etc have

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Brad Dickson
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