"Ohio State Receives One-Year Bowl Ban"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/sports/ncaa-hands-ohio-state-one-year-bowl-ban.html?hpw



     According to author Pete Thamel, "Ohio State's football team will not play in the postseason next year, and the program will lose nine scholarships over the next three years as a result of a scandal that cost Coach Jim Tressel his job in the spring".  The punishments were given because the NCAA found out that Ohio State did not monitor the football program and provided extra benefits for many of its players.  Although Ohio State administrators were surprised by the strict penalties, they decided not to appeal the findings.  Tressel received the worst of the penalties as he was given a five-year "show cause" penalty which will most likely prevent him from coaching in college during that time.  Apparently, Tressel "failed to bring forward information about his players at least four times".  I think Tressel and the Ohio State football team deserve such strict consequences.  In a way, they were cheating and cheating isn't allowed in any sport.  College scandals seem to happen all the time, yet Ohio State has a great football program so this event will most definitely hurt them.
     Thamel wrote about the event with no mercy for the team and Tressel.  He appeared happy with the turnout and provided a sense that there was almost no hope for the team.  Obviously Thamel is not a Ohio State fan, but his article was informative, well written, and insightful.  His lack of the use of pathos is effective in creating an article that resembles a textbook.