Five Ohio State football players were suspended for the first five games of the next season. They had sold championship rings, uniforms and other memorabilia for cash or discounted tattoos at a Columbus tattoo parlor.
Then emails showed that the coach, Jim Tressel, had known since April 2010 and had not told his athletic director. Tressel had won Ohio State its first national title in 34 years. He resigned on May 30, 2011.