Tressel Gets Two (Players Got Five)

The punishment for Ohio State head football coach Jim Tressel came down on Tuesday night, but not a punishment as severe as his players received.

In late December five Ohio State players were suspended for five games next season for accepting improper benefits in the sale of merchandise and awards. Now their head coach is only getting two games for neglecting to report the violation when he learned about it in April 2010.

With possible NCAA sanctions still waiting for the Ohio State Buckeyes the university elected to suspend Tressel for two games in a self-imposed punishment.

Now it will be up to the NCAA if they want to add any more time or more punishments to the university or coach Tressel. But a final ruling will most likely take time to come out with the recent pattern of decisions the NCAA is able to reach.

The court of public opinion on the other hand is not taking as long as the NCAA though.

With Tressel's players receiving five games, and the coach that was at the head of the program only receiving a two game suspension many in the public are not happy. Many have called the punishment weak, and unfair.

Regardless of the punishments already levied against Tressel and the Ohio State football program the NCAA will be the final judge, jury, and executioner. A process that will take most likely months; if not until after next season.