Leaving aside the merits or demerits of that idea, there’s this: The Ohio Constitution says “no money shall be drawn from the [state] treasury, except in pursuance of a specific appropriation, made by law.

Jim Tressel possesses something a lot of politicians lack, as cleveland.com’s Terry Pluto, who’s known Tressel a long time, noted in a column this week: He has character. And character can count for a lot,