Tressel Resigns

Via ESPN, Jim Tressel has resigned from Ohio St. I don’t know most of the details, but sadly it appears to be another case of a big time program paying the price for its success in the form of players accepting compensation, coaches knowing about it and so forth. These scandals happen so regularly anymore in college football that I think whatever “governing” body, or what-have-you, in charge needs to rethink the way college football is managed.

In one sense, perhaps with the competitiveness and the money on the line for the universities in questions these problems are endemic. In another, I can’t help but wonder if there isn’t another way to setup the rules for recruiting and player responsibility and player behavior such that scandals don’t have to be a pattern.

Now, I’m not saying that just because these scandals are a regular occurrence changes should be made. I am saying that because these scandals area regular occurrence perhaps some more thought should go into what truly constitutes proper player behavior at the collegiate level. In other words, perhaps the frequency of these sort of things means the rules aren’t realistic. I’m more than willing to be wrong here, but I have to wonder, at this point, if that isn’t the case.