OSU must change Pryor's status for him to be NFL Supp Draft eligible...

Submitted by myrtlebeachmai… on

Apparently, for a player to be eligible for the Supplemental Draft, the player must incur new eligibility issues since the end of the April draft.  Currently, he's still just suspended, and voluntarily left school.

How awesome would it be if OSU gave him the finger and didn't change his status to ineligible?

From the article (which mostly discusses him playing in the UFL), it sounds like OSU will deem him ineligible, but damn, I'd be real tempted to screw him over.  Ya' know since "people get missing for things like that" and all.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6640873 

WolvinLA2

June 8th, 2011 at 5:51 PM ^

Exactly what I was thinking.

Now that I think of it, now instead of booster money, TP is going to be getting hush money, so things might turn out OK for him.

MI Expat NY

June 8th, 2011 at 6:04 PM ^

Yes, but they would have to admit that he had received additional benefits that were not included in the first story.  Essentially, either admit that the car situation is an improper benefit, which probably takes down a whole lot more players, or that the latest $20K-$40K story is true, which could be equally bad.

MI Expat NY

June 8th, 2011 at 7:51 PM ^

I'm not sure that would work to make him eligible as per NFL rules.  It would seem pretty sketchy if you could purposefully make yourself ineligible after the time to enter the draft simply by hiring an agent, thus making yourself eligible for the supplemental draft.  What would stop a stud junior from determining what teams would be likely to draft him based on need, and arranging with one to draft him in the supplemental, thus allowing the junior to control where he starts his professional career?

blacknblue

June 8th, 2011 at 6:14 PM ^

there is still no guarantee that an NFL team would want Pryor. He hasn't shown enough consistency to play QB at the next level. And nobody has seen him play any other position.

oakapple

June 8th, 2011 at 9:39 PM ^

And yes, I know they’re not as smart down there, but they aren’t that stupid either.

They need Pryor to keep his mouth shut. Sabotoging his pro career is a very good way to encourage him to speak up about every single rule he broke — most likely including some that not even they know about. That, and every rule any other player violated, that he may have seen.