Ohio State Appeals $2 million Award to Former Coach in Breach of Contract Suit

Disappointed this summer with a state court’s ruling that it was contractually obligated to pay former Ohio State University basketball coach Jim O’Brien more than $2 million in a breach of contract suit, OSU filed an appeal this month with the 10th District Court of Appeals.   One of the school’s chief arguments will undoubtedly be that O’Brien violated NCAA rules when he gave money to the mother of a recruit, thus voiding the kind of financial award that O’Brien has sought and s