There are two things that bother me with this passage from the article: "In a statement released Wednesday Cicero says he voluntarily cooperated when an Ohio State attorney asked him to meet with university representatives and the NCAA about e-mails he exchanged with Tressel."
First is this – is the "Ohio State attorney" simply an attorney residing in Ohio or one on staff as an "Attorney of the State of Ohio?" A picky linguistic/journalistic thing, perhaps, but important nonetheless. Language (and even punctuation --- note arguments over the second amendment to the United States Constitution) when concerned with statutes and laws matter.
I could go further afield but won't. For now, at least.
Suffice it to say that I feel Tressel's actions were indefensible in light of his knowledge, ill-gotten or otherwise, but that the stance of tOSU's Athletic Director and President are reprehensible.
The second is client/attorney confidentiality. Right or wrong, according to one's opinion on the matter, the current law of the land is that an attorney is required to keep his or her ****ing yap shut about a client's statements unless an intervening or overriding law takes precedence.
