Five Ohio State players suspended including Pryor

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TSwafford said:
NCAA is a joke
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Agree, This is a big joke!!!!! They won't be suspended for the sugar bowl but for next season!! How convenient!! We all know they are gonna be gone after the sugar bowl. They suspended AJ Green for almost a half of a season for the exact same thing!! It's just sickening!!
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I keep bringing it up, but the question must be asked:

Was Cam Newton aware of what these kids were doing?

If not, that's why they get to play in the Sugar Bowl.
 
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Mark May blasted the Ncaa for not suspending these players for the bowl game.
 
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tim said:
Mark May blasted the Ncaa for not suspending these players for the bowl game.
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I am not a fan of Mark May by any means, but kudos to him for his comments on the NCAA. I agree wholeheartedly with the assertion that if it had been Ryan Mallett or any other Arkansas player, they would be out for the Sugar Bowl.

What an absolute joke the NCAA is!!
 
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andrewh said:
1. It should be the bowl game plus the first four games of next year. What is the point of letting them play in the bowl game?
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Ratings and $$$$$. No one wants to watch a Sugar Bowl game without OSUs star players. They know Arkansas would roll in that game. The same reason the SCam allegations haven't been uncovered yet. My guess is SCam will be ineligible, Auburn has no wins and gets put on probation. If you take away the stars of the game, you take away ratings. The ratings make money for the game and the NCAA benefits.
 
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according to espn, the NCAA did not suspend them from the bowl game because:

1. Ohio State did not provide adequate (sp) rules education for the players

2. No competitive advantage was gained on the playing field

dont see how either of those are good reasons to suspend them next season and not for the bowl game?
 
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andrewh said:
Five Ohio State Buckeyes, including Terrelle Pryor, must sit out five games in '11 - ESPN

A couple things baffle me about this

1. It should be the bowl game plus the first four games of next year. What is the point of letting them play in the bowl game?

2. Why didn't they just have there dad sell the stuff? We know that gets no punishment!!
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1. It's an NCAA game ban. The bowl is a BCS game.

2. They sold actual stuff(rings,jersey,awards etc.) with their name and jersey number on it that were easily traced back to the players. A lot harder to prove a solicitation(he said-she said) by a third party (Kenny Rogers). And impossible to prove what Cam knew, the NCAA aren't mind readers.
 
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vols-1 said:
1. It's an NCAA game ban. The bowl is a BCS game.

2. They sold actual stuff(rings,jersey,awards etc.) with their name and jersey number on it that were easily traced back to the players. A lot harder to prove a solicitation(he said-she said) by a third party (Kenny Rogers). And impossible to prove what Cam knew, the NCAA aren't mind readers.
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1. The NCAA certifies all bowl games, so they can still dictate who is eligible to play in them.

2. The NCAA doesn't have to prove anything. They never proved that Reggie Bush did any of the stuff they accused him of. They took Bush's unwillingness to cooperate as a tacit admission of guilt. If they decided that they believe Megan Mullen or whoever it was that reported the "money was too good at Auburn" conversation, then they could bench Cam. It's not about proof, it's about what the NCAA chooses to believe.
 
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bamawriter said:
1. The NCAA certifies all bowl games, so they can still dictate who is eligible to play in them.

2. The NCAA doesn't have to prove anything. They never proved that Reggie Bush did any of the stuff they accused him of. They took Bush's unwillingness to cooperate as a tacit admission of guilt. If they decided that they believe Megan Mullen or whoever it was that reported the "money was too good at Auburn" conversation, then they could bench Cam. It's not about proof, it's about what the NCAA chooses to believe.
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Reggie Bush also reached an out-of-court settlement to repay the agents that sued him for around $300,000. The agents reportedly had some proof of payments that was shown to the NCAA.
 
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vols-1 said:
Reggie Bush also reached an out-of-court settlement to repay the agents that sued him for around $300,000. The agents reportedly had some proof of payments that was shown to the NCAA.
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They had the word of some third parties, which is legit proof. There wasn't much of a paper trail, though.

They asked Bush and his folks for financial records, which they didn't provide.
 
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