Money, Drugs, Sex, Exploitation -- The Sordid State of OSU Football
Posted 09/19/13
By Gordon Schnell
We read about it all the time. How the deep drive to succeed in college football and to share in the vast riches that come with it, have caused many gridiron programs to take extreme measures to secure a winning season. Spanking new stadiums; state-of-the-art training facilities; under-the-table payments to players; cutting corners on academics; condoning player misbehavior. You name...
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