Ryan Day says the quiet part out loud about other teams trying to tamper with star players from Ohio State
There is no time to celebrate the National Championship for Ohio State, as they are dealing with the harsh reality that is today’s age of college football. Following winning it all against Notre Dame, Ohio State now has to play defense with its staff and players to make sure none are poached. On3 reported earlier […]
There is no time to celebrate the National Championship for Ohio State, as they are dealing with the harsh reality that is today’s age of college football.
Following winning it all against Notre Dame, Ohio State now has to play defense with its staff and players to make sure none are poached.
On3 reported earlier in the day that star WR Jeremiah Smith had been offered $4.5 million, while WR Carnell Tate had been offered $1 million to transfer. With both being players actively on Ohio State’s roster, this would be called tampering.
“I think one of the big issues we have across the board in college football right now is enforcement … enforcement is really strained right now,” Ohio State head coach Ryan Day said on “The Dan Patrick Show” on Friday. “Until we start enforcing some of these rules like you said, people can just call someone’s agents or someone’s parents and offer them a certain amount of money and it goes from there.”
Smith just finished up a freshman season where he reeled in 15 touchdowns and north over 1,300 receiving yards. The former No. 1 overall recruit had four touchdowns in the College Football Playoff run by Ohio State. It is not hard to see why other programs around the country would be willing to pay big bucks to get Smith to tender.
Until there is enforcement on tampering, this stuff will continue to happen. We see players enter the portal all the time already knowing where they will be going, that should not happen.
“You have to bring in great people and great families. But you also have to value them and try to do everything you can to get what they deserve and what’s fair. There is also something to be said about being a program around ours.”
Ohio State will certainly look to match any amount that their star receiver is paid, the same can likely be said about their No. 2 guy Tate. However, these are issues that shouldn’t exist and they do because the NCAA doesn’t have a firm grasp on today's landscape.
“That's one of the things to me that I think we’ve gotta get addressed in college sports and college football is enforcement because right now there is virtually none.”
