Pryor skipping senior season

[Veer option]

What a douche canoe.

 

[Cali_domer]

What a douche canoe.

^^^^This^^^^ I was leaning toward a "douche kayak" but that is much better.

 

[tankjeep]

how can anybody be surprised or shocked by this????

 

[Veer option]

O$U fans seem to be shocked and awed.

 

[ACamp1900]

how can anybody be surprised or shocked by this????

from the moment his recruiting opened up and such... sadly, none of this is suprsing.

 

[nlroma1o]

Source: 'Decent shot' Terrelle Pryor plays in United Football League first - ESPN

UFL eh?

 

[ACamp1900]

just a thought, but it came down to Michigan and tOSU... Rich Rod had just taken over at UM and Pryor was pretty widely rumored to be headed to Ann Arbor(is a whore)... and was definately a MUCH better fit in Rich Rods system coming out of high school than Tressel's...

wouldn't shock me if al this smoke played heavily in what was a somewhat suprising decision in the end to go to Ohio St.... Rich Rod has his history to, but anyway, jsut a thought.

 

[Cali_domer]

 

[ACamp1900]

I saw that elsewhere and thought about posting it... lol... the stuff people do on the internet/cpus.. lol

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Knowing a couple of past players and some of the employees behind the scenes, throughout the years, this does surprise me. For all you say about a young kid’s stupidity for taking 40k with an NFL payday ahead of him, what these people did was massive idiocy of monumental proportions. Because, for all of this to happen as it did, we are talking about the complicity of tens if not hundreds of people.

Tyrel is going to be a Roughrider if they get the kinks worked out.

Terrelle Pryor, CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders In Contact, According To Report - SBNation.com

 

[JDAtlanta]

Knowing a couple of past players and some of the employees behind the scenes, throughout the years, this does surprise me. For all you say about a young kid’s stupidity for taking 40k with an NFL payday ahead of him, what these people did was massive idiocy of monumental proportions. Because, for all of this to happen as it did, we are talking about the complicity of tens if not hundreds of people.

Tyrel is going to be a Roughrider if they get the kinks worked out.

Terrelle Pryor, CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders In Contact, According To Report - SBNation.com

I don't see Pryor being a successful QB at the next level, even in Canada. He needs to start learning how to run pass routes.

 

[ACamp1900]

Think of the QBs who have made livings in Canada... I would not be shocked to see him do well there... though at this moment he's only thinking about next year... his ultimate goal of the NFL... I'm with you, I don't see it.

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

"Attorney for Terrelle Pryor says former #OhioState QB is not interested in playing in the @CFL"

 

[irish1958]

There have been several QBs who have played in Canada, gained a lot of experience, and became successful NFL QBs,
He is really a raw QB and I doubt if he can play in the NFL for several years. If he had any sense, he would go to Canada and learn how to be a real QB, make a decent living, and grow up a bit.
Of course, if he had any sense, he wouldn't be in the mess he is in.

 

[supairishfan]

Q:What number will Pryor be wearing?
A: TatTWO

 

[Woneone]

Just heard his lawyer equate being an NCAA football player to slavery. About how they pretty much live in poverty, taken advantage of, and can't afford anything.

Everything he said sounded like life when I was in school. But instead of "Football Player" substitute "Writing/Math Tutor".

Being broke sucks, but it isn't a football thing, it's a college thing. I'd trade the perks of being paid minimum wage (I actually laughed when I typed "Perks" and "Minimum Wage" in the same sentance) for what an athletic scholarship entails. I'd even through in my student loans to sweeten the deal.

Steve Spurrier has been clamoring for paying players, just like many others. Tell you what Steve, let's try an experiment. Take your stud RB (Latimore? I can't remember off the top of my head), take away his athletic scholarship, his room and board, his food, his books, but let him live the "entitled" life of a normal college student with a job.

He'd be begging for his scholarship back in a week.

 

[tankjeep]

Just heard his lawyer equate being an NCAA football player to slavery. About how they pretty much live in poverty, taken advantage of, and can't afford anything.

Everything he said sounded like life when I was in school. But instead of "Football Player" substitute "Writing/Math Tutor".

Being broke sucks, but it isn't a football thing, it's a college thing. I'd trade the perks of being paid minimum wage (I actually laughed when I typed "Perks" and "Minimum Wage" in the same sentance) for what an athletic scholarship entails. I'd even through in my student loans to sweeten the deal.

Steve Spurrier has been clamoring for paying players, just like many others. Tell you what Steve, let's try an experiment. Take your stud RB (Latimore? I can't remember off the top of my head), take away his athletic scholarship, his room and board, his food, his books, but let him live the "entitled" life of a normal college student with a job.

He'd be begging for his scholarship back in a week.

this may need its own thread, but i can see the point of view from the athlete's perspective. they aren't allowed to work a part time job & if they come from a poor family....where do they get money for clothes, food, essentials, etc.???

does their scholarship include food everyday (three times a day)??? i don't know. if they aren't fed daily by their scholarship, then what's the harm in them getting a part time job so they can at least take care of the everyday necessities.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

this may need its own thread, but i can see the point of view from the athlete's perspective. they aren't allowed to work a part time job & if they come from a poor family....where do they get money for clothes, food, essentials, etc.???

If an athlete truly comes from a poor family, there's lots of hardship money available to pay for essentials.

does their scholarship include food everyday (three times a day)??? i don't know. if they aren't fed daily by their scholarship, then what's the harm in them getting a part time job so they can at least take care of the everyday necessities.

To the best of my knowledge, scholarships come with full meal plans.

Only 3% of Division I football players get drafted, so for the other 97%, getting a full ride to college is a damned good deal. Even for the 3% that get drafted, the average NFL career only lasts 3 years, so it ends up being a good deal for most of them too.

The only players who are legitimately disadvantaged by the current system-- that is, those who would be making significantly more in a semi-pro league than their scholarship package is worth-- are a very small group of super stars who enter the draft after their junior years anyway.

This argument is completely overblown.

 

[tankjeep]

If an athlete truly comes from a poor family, there's lots of hardship money available to pay for essentials.



To the best of my knowledge, scholarships come with full meal plans.

Only 3% of Division I football players get drafted, so for the other 97%, getting a full ride to college is a damned good deal. Even for the 3% that get drafted, the average NFL career only lasts 3 years, so it ends up being a good deal for most of them too.

The only players who are legitimately disadvantaged by the current system-- that is, those who would be making significantly more in a semi-pro league than their scholarship package is worth-- are a very small group of super stars who enter the draft after their junior years anyway.

This argument is completely overblown.

without knowing too much about the ins and outs, i wouldn't be able to argue whether the athlete should or shouldn't get paid.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

without knowing too much about the ins and outs, i wouldn't be able to argue whether the athlete should or shouldn't get paid.

I was addressing the larger argument that college athletes are exploited by the schools for which they play; my post wasn't directed at any argument you made personally.

 

[tankjeep]

I was addressing the larger argument that college athletes are exploited by the schools for which they play; my post wasn't directed at any argument you made personally.

gotcha. i'm slow.