Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Supplemental Draft Pushed Back for Pryor?

Terrelle Pryor's quest for a pro career has been a strange one indeed. Pryor was supposed to be with the Buckeyes this season serving a five game suspension first. That plan went out the window when Jim Tressel resigned from Ohio State. Terrelle Pryor then just decided to leave Ohio State and pursue a pro career. The problem for him is getting into the supplemental draft. Apparently this draft is for players where their eligibility has changed between regular draft and this one. Terrelle Pryor, however, left Ohio State which is not technically a change in his eligibility.

To get into the draft, players must be approved by the league and Terrelle Pryor is asking to see Roger Goodell about getting into the league. Goodell is looking into the case and looks to have stalled the supplemental draft itself in order to do so as he has postponed it for a later date yet to be decided.

The supplemental draft was supposed to be tomorrow but has been delayed seemingly for Pryor's benefit. The controversial Pryor can get in if he is able to obtain a letter from the NCAA or Ohio State saying that he is ineligible for the upcoming season. Otherwise, there is a good chance that Pryor might be watching the NFL from home. I'm not sure that Pryor will get any letter from either party considering that Ohio State might not want to do him any favors and the NCAA might not give him one just to send a message. While his particular situation has changed, I'm not sure if he will get into the supplemental draft anyway.

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