Over the past several months, the Ohio State Buckeyes have had one of the best recruiting runs of anyone in the country between their high school recruiting and transfer portal additions. But it sounds like they ran into a bit of trouble with the NCAA rules while bringing in those high-profile recruits.
Documents obtained by Ohio State beat writer Joey Kaufman of The Columbus Dispatch revealed that Ohio State self-reported four minor recruiting violations since last summer.
“The infractions all involved recruiting over a period of five months and ranged from contacting a player before he entered the transfer portal to providing a high school player with a photo edit following a visit,” Kaufman wrote for the Columbus Dispatch on Tuesday.
It’s worth noting that all of the violations were self-reported by Ohio State and had very minimal repercussions.
“They were deemed Level III, considered isolated or limited in nature and the least severe level under the NCAA’s structure, resulting in mild penalties. Only one of the four violations led to further action by the association after Ohio State took measures in the immediate aftermath,” Kaufman wrote.
Still, the news led to a lot of comments on social media.
The NCAA is on the verge of extinction and can't get through a work day without getting sued and we are self reporting a comment on a social media post. 😒 https://t.co/vBAObi8zOd
— Mr. Sarfin (@SarfinMr) February 27, 2024
Owning up 💪🏻 https://t.co/313fIlJjVV
— Jude Mineff (@sixjude) February 27, 2024
Who doesn't have impermissible contact with transfers these days? I feel like in the days of the transfer portal being as crazy as it is, every single "big" team does. They say they don't, they're lying
— Lindsey🅾️❗️ (@OH_lindzbreezy) February 27, 2024
It’s still cheating!! They broke the rules, regardless of how major or minor. Coach should know everything that is going on in his program. Am I doing this right???
— UofM vs Everybody (@jdlmack) February 28, 2024
Cheaters!
— Cryin Day (@fbfan888) February 27, 2024
Doesn’t matter why admit to it because look at what Michigan got away with
— RWatkins (@InsanePunisher) February 27, 2024
It’s safe to say that none of these violations is going to spark any investigation or further sanctions for the Buckeyes.
