Does Ohio State have a cause of action for Tresselgate?

Like most graduates of THE Ohio State University, I am saddened by the resignation of head football coach Jim Tressel.  I've been a fan of Tressel going back to his days at Youngstown State.  He was an is a good man who helped Ohio State recover from the arrogance and incompetence of the John Cooper regime.  He respected and even celebrated our history and traditions, creating some new ones of his own, and made us a family again with the team, fans, marching band and cheerleaders.  I hope interim coach Luke Fickell, himself an Ohio State football alum, or whoever replaces him continues these positive developments.

That is not to say Tressel was right in all this.  The news reports indicate that Tressel made one major mistake: he did not tell the university when he found out about his players trading their own awards for, of all things, tattoos.  Tressel says he did not for fear of endangering the players from the Tattoo Man, who himself was under federal investigation for racketeering and other dangerous things.  Tressel also said he feared hurting the federal investigation.
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