Ohio State extends Tressel deal
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Ohio State has added two more years to Jim Tressel’s contract.
The Buckeyes football coach had his original contract, signed in 2008, extended through the 2014 season.
Tressel, who is 94-21 in his nine years in Columbus, makes around $3.5 million a year, depending on incentives and additions.
Athletic director Gene Smith said Tuesday that Tressel told him he was satisfied with his salary. He is aware of the financial problems facing the athletic department, and has not sought additional compensation.
Ohio State has raised football ticket prices $7 to a face value of $70, and added another $1 to most men’s basketball tickets to offset losses in the athletic department.
Z, you generally make fairly decent comments, but have you considered: OSU is in the largest city without (until the NHL) a major league sports team? That it is the headquarters of several large corporations? That its football stadium seats 100,000 plus at that $70 (OK, students pay less), that a company paid for naming rights on the new basketball arena? Money buys a lot.
Woody won at Ohio State; so did Earl and so did Cooper. High school football in Ohio is so far superior to what the state of Illinois offers it's not even funny.
Look at all of the Big 10 and ND players who are from Ohio; compare that to players from the state of Illinois.
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