>Much worse than young players getting tattoos on their own
>free time
>
>Keep Crying

You are making a faulty, irrational comparison here. The violation has nothing to do with "young players getting tattoos on their own." Even operating under the assumption that the head coach of your football team did not engage in a systematic coverup of major NCAA violations, the players were not just "getting tattoos on their own free time" -- they were getting tattoos in exchange for official OSU sports memorabilia, which is a blatant violation of NCAA rules.

But even THAT isn't so bad. It has nothing to do with the tattoos. It has everything to do with a) lying about it, b) covering it up, and c) trying to weasel out of a fair punishment using deceitful tactics