Apparently Ohio State's coaches bought the players rings for a 12-0 season (how stupid is that?). Isn't that an NCAA violation? I'm looking for a serious response here, because I don't know. I always thought that when a team won a championship their conference or, in the case of a National Championship, the BCS buys them the rings. In this case the coaches bought them, that seems to me like it's the same as paying players. Thoughts?
Here's the article:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/ohio-state-gets-rings-12...
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I think coaches buying rings for players is on the same plane as all the other gear the players get. I'm talking shirts, shorts, pants, jackets, hoodies so on and so forth. It just so happens this gear is worth a lot more. Based on previous stuff (Interestingly enough from Ohio State) the only time I think they get in trouble is if the players sell it i.e. terrelle pryor selling his pants.
But isn't the other gear bought by the university? If I was a coach I would just tell recruits that I would buy them a $5000 ring for every game we won, if it's legal then you wouldn't get in trouble but you could also pay your players. Seems like a loophole to me.
I think they are "division champions" rings...even though the Bucks couldn't go to the Big 10 championship game they were still allowed to claim a division title, I think. Otherwise I think you'd be right, the NCAA would frown upon them getting rings.
NCAA Bylaw 16.1.4.1 allows institutions to provide its student-athletes with participation awards. You can access the Division I Manual at: http://www.ncaapublications.com/p-4284-2012-2013-ncaa-division-i-manual-.... You can download it as a free PDF. Go to the end of Bylaw 16 and look at Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3. Bottom line, it is likely permissible.
Lawyered.
Sorry if this doesn't come out right. I'm new to html.
I'm not a lawyer, I just work with NCAA rules every day and it looked like the first post was looking for the right answer. Given that we don't know the actual cost of the rings, we can't be definitive about it not being a violation but it likely is not.
Appreciate it man. I didn't know the rules on that. It just seems like a pretty big loophole.
No need to worry. tOSU will get in trouble for something within the next two years. Auburn as well. Wouldn't be shocked to see Miami and UNC in the lot of them too.
Was that mean? One of the most underrated components of the Virginia Tech Football Program is how well it does with rules and bylaws. I guess I've just gotten used to being a fan of a clean program.