Ok, ok. I've had a day to digest all this info.
Whenever any drama with a family member, friend or neighbor goes down, it's my first instinct to protect them. Like Tressel, maybe I sided with my emotions on this one?
Let's recreate this scenario. Emails were exchanged between a lawyer and Tressel that tipped him off that a couple of his players were selling memorabilia for a profit, which according to the archaic rules is technically against the rules. What should Tressel have done? In the day and age of scandal, he should have gone to the Compliance Office and reported them. What did he do instead? As a father figure, he probably just went to the kids and handled it internally. Should he be punished for not following the proper protocol in handling a rules violation? Yes. Should he be held to the fire and lambasted to death? No.