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Jim Tressel's Informant May Also Be Guilty of Breaking the Rules At this point, the timeline of the NCAA's investigation of the Ohio State football program is getting to be pretty cluttered. We don't know when it will end, but we do know that what has already been uncovered was enough to force head coach Jim Tressel and quarterback Terrelle Pryor to quit their posts. We also know how this all began. It started with a memorabilia-for-tattoos scheme involving Pryor and several other Buckeyes football players, and Tressel's fate was all but sealed when he found out about it and then kept it under wraps. As you may recall, Tressel was tipped off by an attorney named Chris Cicero, who informed Tressel what was going on via email. If Tressel's mistake was keeping the information to himself, Cicero's mistake was sending the emails in the first place. According to a report from 10TV.com, the Ohio Supreme Court is investigating Cicero for violating attorney-client privilege, as he did not come across the information he turned over to Tressel by accident. MUST READ: The Top 50 College Quarterbacks of the 21st Century
Cicero became aware of what was going on after meeting and consulting with Edward Rife, who owned the tattoo parlor where Pryor and co. were trading trinkets for ink. Rife had contacted Cicero in April of 2010 for possible representation after his home and business were raided as part of a drug investigation. Rife is currently facing up to 40 years in prison. If Cicero is found to be guilty of misconduct, it won't be the first time. His practice was shut down for over a year back in the late 1990s for the same problem. As with every other development concerning the Ohio State scandal, the phrase "from bad to worse" definitely applies. The scary part is that this thing is still going to get worse before it gets better.
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