From Columbus, Ohio:
“Coach Tressel has requested that he sit out the first five games of the 2011 season,” Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said. “I have accepted his request and we are taking action to notify the NCAA. Until the NCAA has completed its investigation, we will not be publicly discussing the details of this case.”
Tressel was suspended for two games and fined $250,000 by the university for his violations, but a source said it was Tressel’s choice to increase his suspension to five games.
“Throughout this entire situation my players and I have committed ourselves to facing our mistakes and growing from them; we can only successfully do that together,” Tressel said in a statement. “I spoke with Athletics Director Smith, and our student-athletes involved, and told them that my mistakes need to share the same game sanctions. Like my players, I am very sorry for the mistakes I made.”
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