Question of the Day: What will and should Ohio State do about Jim Tressel? {Updated} | The Fabulous Forum | Los Angeles Times

Writers from around the Tribune Co. discuss Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel, who has been accused by theNCAAofwithholding information and lyingto keep Buckeyes players on the field who accepted improper benefits from the owner of a tattoo parlor.

Check back throughout the day for more responses, and feel free to weigh in with a comment of your own.

Teddy Greenstein, Chicago Tribune

The Jim Tressel question comes down to this: Should one monumental screw-up end his reign? I’d be willing to give The Vest a second chance if he’d finally fess up about why he lied to the NCAA and failed to inform superiors that some players had traded their reputations for tattoos.

It wasn’t that he was “scared” about an investigation involving the FBI. Tressel hid the truth because he didn’t want his players suspended and thought he could get away with it.

Ohio State, though, will have to pull the plug if the NCAA treats the school as a repeat offender and decides to take away scholarships, TV time and victories from 2010. That stain will be too strong for Tressel to blot out.

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