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May 2011, Cover Stories
Ohio State Refuses to Share Information on Pryor and Mentor
Ohio State has denied the Associated Press’ public records request for information on star quarterback Terrelle Pryor’s relationship with his hometown mentor. What the Ohio State Office of Legal affairs did share was an email that stated that disclosing this information would be a violation of privacy laws. These laws protect certain records of students at schools receiving federal money.
Ohio State did release other public records requested by the AP. Among them were the evaluations of athletic director Gene Smith and the school’s director of NCAA compliance, Doug Archie.
The AP asked for Tressel’s evaluations the past two years but Ohio State spokesman Jim Lynch said those are done face-to-face between Tressel and Smith and there are no written records.
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