Hearing over, Ohio St. awaits fate

[El Supremo]

INDIANAPOLIS -- Ohio State's hearing before the NCAA took only four hours. Now it must wait up to 12 weeks to find out how it will be penalized for rules broken by its football program.

A memorabilia-for-cash scandal that resulted in player suspensions, coach Jim Tressel's forced resignation and the departure of star quarterback Terrelle Pryor also led to Ohio State's hearing before the NCAA's committee on infractions Friday.

No one from the public or media was allowed into the guarded meeting room in the ballroom of a downtown hotel.

Apparently Ohio State officials believed the penalties they had self-imposed earlier -- Tressel's departure, vacating the 2010 season, including a victory in the Sugar Bowl, and a two-year NCAA probation -- were not enough to mollify the NCAA's version of judge and jury.

Athletic director Gene Smith said that in addition to those previous sanctions, Ohio State will forfeit its $338,811 share of the Big Ten's payment for having played in the bowl game....

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