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Terrell Pryor and Others Disciplined by NCAA
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5950873
Five Ohio State players sanctioned COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Five Ohio State football players, including quarterback Terrell Pryor, must sit out the first five games of the 2011 season for accepting improper benefits, the NCAA ruled Thursday. A sixth football student-athlete must sit out the first game in 2011 for receiving discounted services in violation of NCAA rules. All of the players be eligible for the Jan. 4 Sugar Bowl, however. Five players were found to have sold awards, gifts and university apparel, plus receiving improper benefits in 2009. In addition to missing five games next season, Pryor, Mike Adams, Daniel Herron, Devier Posey and Solomon Thomas must repay money and benefits ranging in value from $1,000 to $2,500. The repayments must be made to a charity. Jordan Whiting must sit out the first game next year and pay $150 to a charity for the value of services that were discounted because of his status as a student-athlete. The NCAA announced the suspensions on Thursday, shortly before Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith and coach Jim Tressel were to meet with reporters to discuss the university's investigation of players trading autographs for tattoos. Adams must repay $1,000 for selling his 2008 Big Ten championship ring and Herron must repay $1,150 for selling his football jersey, pants and shoes for $1,000 and receiving discounted services worth $150. Posey must repay $1,250 for selling his 2008 Big Ten championship ring for $1,200 and receiving discounted services worth $50, while Pryor must repay $2,500 for selling his 2008 Big Ten championship ring, a 2009 Fiesta Bowl sportsmanship award and his 2008 Gold Pants, a gift from the university. Solomon must repay $1,505 for selling his 2008 Big Ten championship ring for $1,000, his 2008 Gold Pants for $350 and receiving discounted services worth $155. "These are significant penalties based on findings and information provided by the university," Kevin Lennon, NCAA vice president of academic and membership affairs, said in a statement released by the NCAA. The players are eligibile for the bowl game because the NCAA determined they did not receive adequate rules education during the time period the violations occurred, Lennon said. "We were not as explicit with our student-athlete education as we should have been in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 academic years regarding the sale of apparel, awards and gifts issued by the athletics department," Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said in a statement. "We began to significantly improve our education in November of 2009 to address these issues. After going through this experience, we will further enhance our education for all our student-athletes as we move forward." Information from The Associated Press is included in this report. Last edited by Crush; 12-23-2010 at 11:20 AM.. Reason: More material was added to the original report. |
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12-23-2010, 11:31 AM | #16 |
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I doubt Pryor would even get drafted if he didn't come back. I see absolutely nothing about him that says "NFL QB". Maybe a WR b/c of those strides and his size but he's not a QB by any means.... hell, I'm more of a NFL QB than he is.
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12-23-2010, 11:32 AM | #17 |
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12-23-2010, 11:36 AM | #18 |
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12-23-2010, 12:05 PM | #22 |
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12-23-2010, 12:10 PM | #23 |
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I agree. If you seriously think about what they are being punished for, it is pretty stupid. They sold awards they won? Whoopdy do IMO, its whatever though, if a college player thinks in his mind "I wonder if this is ok to do" chances are they shouldn't do it. I will give them some slack because Gene Smith said they never really made them aware that this was wrong. Once again Im not conding their actions.
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12-23-2010, 12:24 PM | #25 |
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So are they given the championship rings or are they just on loan or something? If the rings are theirs shouldn't they be allowed to do whatever they want with them?
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12-23-2010, 12:25 PM | #26 |
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Great satire!!
Now onto Ohio State, I watched the ESPN coverage and they really seemed to be giving Pryor a pass because reportedly he sold the memorabilia to "help his mother". I might buy that version of the story if he also didn't use his celebrity to trade autographs for tattoos. How could a tattoo in anyway help his mother?! I really believe the NCAA is allowing them to play in the Bowl game for ratings and money which of course are one in the same. The real story here is not the players making stupid decisions, but the NCAA's ruling and its obvious bias towards the bowl elites. |
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I'm sorry, I just assumed they played their normal dogshit non-conference schedule from the last 30 years.
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I admit I over-reacted. It is a BCS bowl game, and I bet that the school would rather enter a BCS bowl with guns blazing then sit the BCS game plus a couple regular season games.
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