Terrelle Pryor is Eligible For Supplemental Draft, but Will Be Suspended for 5 Games
The definition of a Slippery Slope: An argument states that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant effect, much like an object given a small push over the edge of a slope sliding all the way to the bottom.
I will explain why the NFL is heading down that path after Profootballtalk.com explains how Terrelle Pryor is now eligible for supplemental draft.
The NFL announced this morning that Pryor is eligible and set the date of the supplemental draft for Monday, August 22.
In an odd twist on the NFL’s decision, Commissioner Roger Goodell determined that Pryor will be ineligible to practice or play in the first five weeks of the NFL regular season, although he will be allowed to play in what remains of the preseason. The NFL apparently wants Pryor to feel some pain for the problems he caused at Ohio State.
If you look at the history of the supplemental draft it is filled with players who have been ruled ineligible in college for various things. From academic to criminal, but none had any restrictions when they came into the NFL.
If the NFL plans to start policing what happens in college, I see that as a problem. Reggie Bush put USC on two years probation, should he be suspended for two years by the NFL?
Pryor is being used as an example, but only because he was caught before the draft.
What happens with players after the draft? What happens to all the Miami players who are now in the NFL? The NFL should just mind its business. The day a college player for whatever the reason decides he no long wants to be in college, he should be free to apply to the NFL without any penalities.
If the NFL felt that strongly about it, they should have made Pryor wait until the 2012 to enter the league. Roger Goodell in my opinion has way too much power in my opinion.
In the long run it isn’t going to hurt Pryor because he wasn’t going to contribute much if any this year, but the slide down that slippery slope is starting.
Hmm…this is a tough one. On one hand, Goodell is being smart politically by not letting Pryor screw Ohio State and bounce when the penalties came calling. Remember Pryor could have jumped into the regular draft before the penalties came down. Instead he acted as though he was willing to deal with the consequences – but when they came, that’s when he was nowhere to be found.
But on the other hand, I see your point. The history of the supplemental is littered with guys who have done similar deeds (I will give you the benefit of the doubt here because my memory and knowledge isn’t as deep as yours here). Overall though, I think it’s a smart move on Goodell’s part. Maybe not consistent, but folks will appreciate that Pryor doesn’t get away with anything.
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HOW is the NFL Commissioner penalizing T-Pryor Right or Justified in ANYWAY… Only a COMPLETE and UTTER MORON would give Goodell kudos for such a BIASED, COWARDLY and UNWARRANTED decision for an incoming NFL Prospect !!!
This RACIST YT Bastard is Completely Out-of-Control IMO
I think Goddell is right. As this story unfolds we see that Pryor could have declared for the regular draft, but opted to rehab his foot that was injured in the Sugar Bowl.
He also opted to do a wait and see, and tried to force the NFL’s had on accepting him in the draft.
If its designed for people who involuntarily in a situation – you cant have players just QUIT like Pryor did – and then expect that the NFL will take them.
Do you think Goodell should have disciplined Pete Carroll?
You could make an argument that everyone in the supplemental draft quit on their team by not taking the steps to stay eligible. Caleb King is in the supplemental draft because he would have been academically ineligible. He quit on Georgia by not getting his grades right.
As for him declaring for the regular draft, remember Tressel could have kept him out of the Sugar Bowl. He chose to have those players play in the bowl game and start their suspensions at the beginning of the 2011 season. He made those players promise to come back for the 2011 season. The impression that I got is that those players might not have been supported by Tressel and OSU if they had gone pro.
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