After The Lantern published a piece regarding several pending NCAA violations the Buckeyes are facing, AD Gene Smith wanted to clarify:
Statement by Gene Smith, Ohio State Director of Athletics
“Contrary to reports attributed to me, Ohio State Athletics is not facing any major NCAA violations,” Smith said. “There are several secondary violations being processed by our compliance office. These are similar to those released last week. Again, these are secondary in nature and consistent with our culture of self-reporting even the most minor and inadvertent violations.
“Again, to be clear, the Ohio State football program, its coaches and staff are not facing any violations.”
