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Texts, treats and the NCAA

Up until now, the most trouble the suspended URBAN MEYER had found himself in at Ohio State involved a thank-you text to a Buckeyes football recruit.

That's an NCAA no-no — and was among several secondary violations Big Ten schools self-reported in 2017-18 to college athletics' governing body, The News-Gazette found in correspondence obtained via open-records requests.

None are of the gravity of the charges Meyer faces, but they show that abiding by the NCAA's many rules is no easy task.

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Violation: On June 20, 2017, Meyer and assistant Tony Alford received 80-plus texts wishing them a happy Father's Day.