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COLUMBUS — Previous NCAA rules violations could affect the severity of the penalties football coach Jim Tressel and the team face, 10TV reported Tuesday.

On March 17, the National Collegiate Athletic Association upheld penalties against five players for selling memorabilia and receiving improper benefits, but it has not determined what punishment Tressel will face.

Earlier this month, Tressel was suspended by the university for the first two games of 2011 and fined $250,000 for failing to notify the school about information he received in April 2010 involving two players and questionable activities involving the sale of memorabilia. The NCAA could levy additional penalties against him.

After the NCAA upheld the players’ suspensions, Tressel asked to also sit out the first five games of the 2011 season. Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith accepted his request.

After the school was sanctioned for violations in its basketball program, OSU was supposed to stay out of trouble for at least five years. The basketball penalty started March 10, 2006…..

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