The only question that remains for Ohio State...

...is how big the penalty will be when it comes down.  

James said [Terrelle] Pryor's mother then purchased her own vehicle from a Columbus car dealership on "word of mouth."

Said James: "It was basically a deal where friends who had gone to the dealer say, 'This guy can be helpful to you.' It wasn't about a special deal. It was just that everyone knew to go there. If I'm a businessman and I can create a feeder system for athletes and parents to where people know to go there, what's wrong with that?"

What's wrong with that is that it's easy to violate NCAA rules for giving special deals to athletes.

James said that within the past 10 days, Pryor's mother purchased a 2007 Nissan 350Z sports car with about 80,000 miles on it for her son, from Auto Direct Columbus, Inc.
James said the vehicle was financed for "about $11,000" and that the payments are about the same as those she had been making on the Charger. [Emphasis mine]

The value of that car according to Kelley Blue Book is over $17,000.  I wonder why this dealer is giving 35% discounts to star athletes?

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