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....and it's released on a Friday night.  Coincidence, no way.  Timed to avoid the spotlight to be certain.

I wonder if ESPN has picked out the rug that it will sweep this under yet.

Most of the document is just flat out blank.  Not just blacked out names here and there, huge chunks of the document just invisible.  Hilarious.  There is one page that has nothing except this

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People....stop with the ESPN hates OSU conspiracy. ESPN does not control other media outlets so acting like it's their fault when this was released is absurd.

And the reason, right or wrong, that more attention was paid to our scandal had more to do with how big and nationally recogonized our fanbase is. What happens with us is NATIONAL in scope. People in Nevada could care less about seeing coverage of South Carolina's issues. OSU has a large and vocal fanbase and negative press generates eyeballs which equals $$$$.

^^ Same issue - very localized fanbase so constant coverage wont bring the big networks the eyeballs. Now once the allegations are officially announced you will see this in the news again. Then it will die down until the penalty phase. Outside of schools like USC, ND, UM, PSU, FSU, Texas, and maybe Alabama...there simply isnt the national interest in non stop scandal coverage.

@ Cincy- how do you presume to know what espin thinks? You tell people to stop with their opinion when you have zero info to base your opinion on. People are free to have their own feelings whether you agree or not.

I think you are wrong about Oregon. A big scandal at Oregon would still make headlines. I'm not asking them to do to Oregon what the did to Ohio state but they could at least send one reporter there. I don't think that it is too much to ask. It's the lack of reporting, not the scope that bothers me.

@cincyosu.... Oregon is a "hot" brand right now. The Duck mascot and his crazy antics (how many commercials has he done for ESPN now?), the hip/cool uniform combinations, the "blur" offense, ties to Nike.... a scandal at Oregon would garner viewership if ESPiN actually decided to report on it.

They released the info on Friday so they could shop for a nice berber to sweep this under during the weekend, duh!

2 Rose Bowls and a BCS NC Game in the past 3 years.  I'd say there is enough national exposure for Oregon football to make it a "Coast to Coast" story.  I also 100% agree with STATUTORYGLORY, this lack of coverage by ESPN has everything to do with $$$ Nike (and Knight's other companies) pays the network for advertising.  It's a circle jerk ESPN has pulled the curtain on. 

I also agree with AWWWWWWWWop, the fact that not one reporter has been sent to cover the story in depth is a complete farce.  There was more false reporting about Jack Maxton, without a retraction, than anything done on the Ducks.

BTW CINCYOSU, how do you suppose media outlets make $$$? Subscriptions.....check.  Advertising......check.  Don't bite the hand that feeds you.  Every seen a nike add in a Sports Illustrated magazine?

@ Join - You have proven my point. Why are you acting like ESPN is the only game in town. Yahoo, SI, and CBS have treated these other scandals the same way. Do they also hate OSU? And Oregon may be successful now, but they do NOT have a NATIONAL fanbase.

And in regards to your Jack Maxton comment - that story originated from the hometown Dispatch, other outlets, including ESPN ran with it. Do they also hate OSU?

Negative stories bring eyeballs and page clicks which means ------ MONEY. I highly doubt ANY OSU fan has, or will, stop watching ESPN because of this scandal coverage. And if you claim to, you better not watch ABC either.

Giving me a "use common sense" argument? I know what circumstantial evidence is. If you have enough circumstantial evidence leading to a certain conclusion, you can come to that conclusion. It is not as strong as direct evidence, but cases are made every day with only circumstantial evidence.

As to ESPN being not the only show in town, you need to look at the treatment of different stories. When yahoo sports broke the Miami story, ESPN hardly touched it. Look at te trouble ESPN is in for hiding the Syracuse story. Look at espn's coverage of stories they break in relation to other outlets.

As the "worldwide leader" in sports, it's obvious that they need to be held to a higher standard and to objectively report all credible news. The amount of coverage they put on is up to them and is determined by views. Don't tell me the only reason they focused on tattoos so much is because we are Ohio State. There is too much evidence leading to other conclusions. And especially don't tell me to use common sense please

While I would agree with you for most companies.  Phil knight has shown himself to be an absolute crazy person. Haha

Personally I don't watch ESPN. I understand many people's objections to ESPN's so called "journalism."  BUT all news media has bias,  b/c of contracts with companies, parties, etc.  I know many in both Buckeye Nation and Nittany Lion Country hell the whole B1G,  feel the same way as many of you.  The only way to change ESPN is to hit them where it hurts, their wallets.  Don't watch. Support the B1G network, heavily.  (W Viginia football game on ESPN or Men's Volleyball on B1G network, I will watch B1G all day)  When Game Day comes to Columbus litter the area of signs mocking the world wide leader.  Sitting around and complaining won't do anything, the only way to make a change is to affect their bottom line. 

I have a hard time putting together these pieces:

Mike and Mike (a.m. radio show on ESPN Radio, and also aires on ESPN 2) did a Parody song about going to Ohio State and getting free cars, after it was reported by ESPN that 50+ players had shady links to Jack Maxton (ruff ruff). 

Cam Newton's recruitment by Auburn situation was dealt with by 99% of ESPN personalities with the company line"we'll wait for the fact to come forth, before we judge the situation"

ESPN waited till investigations took place before even reporting on Oregon's situation.

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Call me a conspiracy theorist all you want, but I feel ESPN went boarderline investigative reporting on OSU, falsely reported facts without retraction, and exaggerated situations at OSU, while they are comparatively nowhere to be found on issues at S.Carolina, Oregon, N Carolina, Auburn.

Heck, even Michigan bending the practice time rule has gotten more air time from ESPN, then Oregon, S. Carolina and Tennessee's violations combined.

I'm proud of espn for breaking this story, it changes everything i thought about them.. I could be wrong tho

Yeah, I heard about this on SportsCenter...oh wait...no I didn't.  Because violations at OSU are so much more important to report than violations at Oregon.  Oregon hasn't won a Rose Bowl or been a perennial top 10 team over the last 3 years or anything, after all...

ESPN doesn't ever break any news.   Yahoo has been the source to break most of what's going on in college football.  Of course now that ABC and Yahoo! News have merged they are all under the same umbrella.  Let Wetzel and Robinson do the work now and they can regurgitate it.  Anyway, I didn't make my point to say ESPN is breaking any stories or what not.  I just think it's funny that since so many other outlets have reported it, the one link driving this post is from ESPN.