Linebacker recruit Alex Anzalone rescinded his oral commitment after a 31-year-old OSU fan who is on Kentucky's sex offender registry was photographed with Anzalone in a public setting during his OSU visit two weeks ago.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Linebacker recruit Alex Anzalone has rescinded his oral commitment to Ohio State after a 31-year-old OSU fan who is on Kentucky's sex offender registry was photographed with Anzalone in a public setting during his OSU visit two weeks ago.
After becoming aware of the photo, Ohio State sent a message to its more than 1,000 athletes this week warning them to not to interact personally or on social media with the fan, who also had sent messages on Twitter to several athletes and coaches. In a news release, Ohio State said the fan is not a booster and not associated with the university.
Anzalone's father doesn't believe Ohio State's staff was aware of the fan's background, but he was upset by the fact that the fan was allowed access to his son on a recruiting visit. Anzalone is a four-star recruit from Wyomissing, Pa.
"You don't want your son to go to a place where there's a potential issue (like this)," Sal Anzalone told the Reading Eagle newspaper. "You expect the (football) staff to have some sort of control on how things are handled with recruits when they visit. This is ridiculous.
"I was concerned with what recruits do, and with them being allowed to visit these kind of places where it puts kids at risk. That's the issue. You entrust people (at the school) to do the right thing."
The presence of Charles Eric Waugh at a function which included recruits was first reported Friday by OSU's student newspaper, The Lantern.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2012/05/buckeyes_football_recruit_with.html
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