Jim Tressel Gets Two Game Suspension, Fined $250K - Update: tOSU Releases Tressel's E-mails

Back in December, Terrelle Pryor, Dan Herron, DeVier Posey, Chris Fields, Nate Oliver, Travis Howard, Mike Adams, Jonathan Newsome, Michael Brewster and Jordan Hall were all accused of trading memorabilia for tattoos.

According to a Yahoo! investigation, Tressel “was informed that several Buckeyes players were selling memorabilia more than eight months before the school claims it was made aware of the scheme.”

Tressel received information that players were selling items to Edward Rife – the owner of Fine Line Ink Tattoos in Columbus – as early as April 2010, according to a source. However, neither Ohio State nor the NCAA investigated the transactions or the players’ relationship with Rife until December 2010, when the school claims it was informed of the situation by the local United States Attorney’s office.

Update: Ohio State has released the e-mails that Tressel received that tipped him off about the players and their connection with the tattoo parlor. NBC 4 in Columbus has the whole document. (h/t SbB)

[Yahoo!, SI.com, Image via Getty]