Pryor not eligible for Supp. Draft?

[victor2111]

Pryor ineligible for supplemental draft?

Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor’s journey to the NFL might take longer than expected.

Not only has the NFL yet to schedule a supplemental draft for the 2011 season, but Pryor might not qualify if there is one despite having announced plans to enter after leaving Ohio State in early June.

“If there are no players eligible for a supplemental draft, there is no supplemental draft,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello wrote in an email to FOXSports.com on Sunday. “It is for players whose circumstances have changed in an unforeseen way after the regular (college) draft. It is not a mechanism for simply bypassing the regular (draft).”

Aiello cited examples of “unforeseen” changes as players who were kicked off their college teams, declared academically ineligible or graduated and then decided to leave school. Pryor doesn’t qualify on any of those fronts.

Although engulfed in a payola scandal that also involved some teammates, Pryor’s eligibility status at Ohio State hadn’t recently changed at the time of his departure.

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That's a shame, couldn't happen to a nicer guy....

[thepryoreffect]

Might be a blessing in disguise as he could make more money because of it.

[angrybaldman]

I struggle to see how after a year without playing will help his draft status. It is not like he is a wide receiver who just has to run fast and catch balls thrown his way.

[thepryoreffect]

Jul 24, 2011 17:25:36 GMT -5 angrybaldman said:

I struggle to see how after a year without playing will help his draft status. It is not like he is a wide receiver who just has to run fast and catch balls thrown his way.

Getting time to build hype is a wonderful thing.

[angrybaldman]

That's certainly one side of it, but there is also a lot of question marks with his QB ability which will only get bigger iMO.

[thepryoreffect]

Jul 24, 2011 21:05:28 GMT -5 angrybaldman said:

That's certainly one side of it, but there is also a lot of question marks with his QB ability which will only get bigger iMO.

Possibly. Chances are that really he'll land where he was going to land anyhow. Anywhere between mid-2nd to late 3rd.

Hey, you grew up in Cleveland, right? Ever hear of a guy named Roosevelt Williams? He is about your age and would have been a pretty decent high school player at the time(played at Wisconsin and then E. Illinois).

[angrybaldman]

Looking on the net, he played in 2000 so he is at least 3 years younger than me.

If he is black (as his name implies), then no I would have never seen nor heard of him. This is not a racist statement, just saying that my high school was in the Suburban League which is mostly predominately white (and small and untalented) high schools.

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Maybe he and Mo C can put together a murder suicide pact and do us all a favor....

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Jul 24, 2011 22:37:50 GMT -5 @cincycanesfan said:

Maybe he and Mo C can put together a murder suicide pact and do us all a favor....

LOL!

[thepryoreffect]

Jul 24, 2011 21:27:33 GMT -5 angrybaldman said:

Looking on the net, he played in 2000 so he is at least 3 years younger than me.

If he is black (as his name implies), then no I would have never seen nor heard of him. This is not a racist statement, just saying that my high school was in the Suburban League which is mostly predominately white (and small and untalented) high schools.

Ah, ok. He went to Cleveland East or East Tech, something like that. I was just curious because I work with him now and he must have been a player of decent note to get a D-1 scholly. I guess he played with Romo at E. Illinois. He ranks above me though, so I haven't called him a Romosexual yet.

[victor2111]

Reports out that TP will not be eligible for the Supp Draft still and he will have to enter the 2012 NFL draft.

[thepryoreffect]

Jul 30, 2011 23:10:31 GMT -5 victor2111 said:

Reports out that TP will not be eligible for the Supp Draft still and he will have to enter the 2012 NFL draft.

On the surface, this seems like a case where Pryor could potentially sue the NFL and win. It sounds like they're just being stubborn because according to the rules, he's eligible.

[victor2111]

Jul 31, 2011 20:21:17 GMT -5 @thepryoreffect said:

Jul 30, 2011 23:10:31 GMT -5 victor2111 said:

Reports out that TP will not be eligible for the Supp Draft still and he will have to enter the 2012 NFL draft.

On the surface, this seems like a case where Pryor could potentially sue the NFL and win. It sounds like they're just being stubborn because according to the rules, he's eligible.

According to ESPN's John Clayton, the former Ohio State quarterback has been ruled ineligible for the NFL's supplemental draft because the NCAA and OSU have yet to formally rule anything on him, and that needs to happen for him to enter the supplemental draft.


I guess he has not been formally rule suspended for the whole year even though Ohio State said he was.

[angrybaldman]

Jul 31, 2011 20:21:17 GMT -5 @thepryoreffect said:

Jul 30, 2011 23:10:31 GMT -5 victor2111 said:

Reports out that TP will not be eligible for the Supp Draft still and he will have to enter the 2012 NFL draft.

On the surface, this seems like a case where Pryor could potentially sue the NFL and win. It sounds like they're just being stubborn because according to the rules, he's eligible.

Yes, he is such an oppressed victim.