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11 Criminology & Pub. Pol'y 667 (2012)
Assessing the Extent and Sources of NCAA Rule Infractions: A National Self-Report Study of Student-Athletes

handle is hein.journals/crpp11 and id is 687 raw text is: RESEARCH ARTICLE NCAA RULE INFRACTIO NS Assessing the Extent and Sources of NCAA Rule Infractions A National Self-Report Study of Student-Athletes Francis T. Cullen Edward J. Latessa University of Cincinnati Cheryl Lero Jonson Northern Kentucky University In 2010, reports surfaced that six Ohio State University (OSU) football players- including star quarterback Terrelle Pryor-had exchanged team memorabilia for tattoos or cash. Admitting their infractions, they were suspended for five games for the 2011 season. This incident was transformed into a full-fledged scandal when it was revealed that Coach Jim Tressel had been informed in a private e-mail sent by a Columbus lawyer of this memorabilia-for-tattoos scheme nearly a year before but had not disclosed this fact then or even when the players' violations were first detected. Tressel subsequently stepped down as the OSU coach with 4 years remaining on his contract-a contract that paid him $3.5 million annually (Dohrmann, 2011). The OSU scandal is important for two reasons. First, it triggered a policy discussion of how best to regulate financially oriented NCAA rule infractions. Why should players not be able to sell their property-such as rings for bowl victories-for cash? If a coach is paid $3.5 million, then why should players not be able to profit from their labors? Second, the scandal triggered a discussion of how widespread violations are and why they occur. In this Funding for this research was provided by the NCAA. The opinions expressed in this report represent the views of the authors. We would like to thank Renee Kopache, who served as the research assistant on this project, as well as Nancy Hamant and John Widecan, who provided guidance on NCAA compliance issues. We also wish to acknowledge the assistance of scholars who reviewed an earlier version of the survey instrument, including Robert Agnew, Ronald Akers, Michael Benson, Velmer Burton, Mitchell Chamlin, John Cochran, Scott Decker, Bruce Link, Scott Menard, Steven Messner, Raymond Paternoster, Richard Rosenfeld, Christine Sellers, Mark Stafford, Ruth Triplett, Mark Warr, David Whelan, and L. Thomas Winfree. Direct correspondence to Francis T. Cullen, School of Criminal Justice, PO Box 210389, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0389 (e-mail: cullenft@ucmail.uc.edu). DOI:10. 111 1/j.1745-9133.2012.00840.x C 2012 American Society of Criminology 667 Criminology 'rPublic Policy * Volume 11 * Issue 4

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