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Pryor, 4 other Buckeyes suspended next season


COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)—Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor and four other Buckeyes were suspended by the NCAA for the first five games of next season for selling championship rings, jerseys and awards, and receiving improper benefits from a tattoo parlor. All can still play in the Sugar Bowl against Arkansas.

Along with Pryor, running back Daniel Herron, wide receiver DeVier Posey, offensive lineman Mike Adams and defensive end Solomon Thomas must sit out and repay between $1,000 to $2,500 to charity.

Pryor must repay $2,500 for selling his 2008 Big Ten championship ring, Fiesta Bowl sportsmanship award and his 2008 gold pants, a trinket given to players who are a part of a team which beats rival Michigan.
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Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said the school will appeal the suspensions.

“While we believe sanctions should be rendered, we do believe they are severe,” he said Thursday at a news conference. “We do believe we can give mitigating circumstances for the NCAA to consider.”

The NCAA did not suspend the players for Jan. 4 Sugar Bowl against the eighth-ranked Razorbacks because the “student-athletes did not receive adequate rules education during the time period the violations occurred.”

“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 the release.

Lennon said a game was added on to the usual four-game penalty “because these student-athletes did not immediately disclose the violations when presented with the appropriate rules education.”

Pryor is the team’s star, while Herron is the leading rusher and Posey is the second-leading receiver. Adams is a starter at left tackle and Thomas a top sub on the defensive line.

A sixth player, linebacker Jordan Whiting must sit out the first game of the 2011 season and pay $150 to a charity for the value of services that were discounted by the tattoo artist because he was a Buckeyes player.

“We as coaches feel the buck stops here,” coach Jim Tressel said. “We’re the ones who need to make things even more crystal clear.”

Smith said Ohio State was not “explicit” in instructing players about the sale of apparel, awards and gifts.

Adams must repay $1,000 for selling his 2008 Big Ten championship ring.

Herron must repay $1,150 for selling his football jersey, pants and shoes for $1,000 and receiving discount services worth $150.

Posey sold his 2008 Big Ten ring for $1,200 and also received discount services.

Can anyone explain to me why these players are eligible for the bowl game?

i guess my question is why they wouldn't be suspended for the bowl game. i guess the ncaa is afraid rating would suffer. the "inadequate education" statement is pure BS.

Where is Mitch McConnel to defend them?

The NCAA and BcS schools official motto...

So just wondering, why can't they sell items that they own? I'm sure there are a multitude of hideously hypocritical rules in the NCAA that forbid it, but...uhhh those championship rings belong to those guys. It's not even like a jersey or uniform that belongs to the school, but it's actually their ring they were given. I assume it's perfectly "allowed" for them to sell it the second they use up their athletic eligibility too.

Well, let's see now. If Cam Newton had received the same $/game suspension ratio that they did he would have been suspended for what? 75 games?? Interesting how the NCAA (non compliance athletic assn.) sees fit to apply various rules. Maybe someday somebody will step up and sue those SOBs for selective and discriminatory enforcement.

GO PONIES!!!

What has been documented that Cam Newton did?

not a chance. that institution would then be selectively enforced against at that point.

its vs the rules to sell that stuff because if it was not, people (boosters) would funnel money to the players through the "purchase" of those items. It would be impossible to determine how much was real value and how much was inflated value meant to be an inducement.

gostangs wrote:its vs the rules to sell that stuff because if it was not, people (boosters) would funnel money to the players through the "purchase" of those items. It would be impossible to determine how much was real value and how much was inflated value meant to be an inducement.

yeah, that's part of what we were doing in the '80's. having boosters buy the players' tickets.

obviously they should have given rings to their father who then could have put them on the market for the highest bidder. Numb skulls

yeah, i bet auburn or mississippi state would have bid on them.

Stallion wrote:obviously they should have given rings to their father who then could have put them on the market for the highest bidder. Numb skulls

ha was going to say the same thing

Stallion wrote:obviously they should have given rings to their father who then could have put them on the market for the highest bidder. Numb skulls

as long as their fathers did it without their knowledge...