Will Jim Tressel be the NCAA's Gorbachev?

The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that Jim Tressel, who remains subject to an NCAA sanction in connection with his tenure at Ohio State, has been named president of Youngstown State University.

The NCAA, under multiple existential threats, has always been governed largely by college presidents.  Tressel may be the first college president selected after having been involved in NCAA violations (bleg for other examples).  One can't help but speculate that Tressel could become the Gorbachev of college sports -- an insider who helps instigate the destruction of the current system.

Tressel had also been a candidate for the presidency at the University of Akron.