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发帖数: 764 | 1 Following head coach Jim Tressel's resignation on Monday morning, new
allegations arose against Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor, who is one
of five Buckeye players suspended for the first five games of the 2011
season for selling merchandise to a tattoo parlor owner.
The Columbus Dispatch reported that both the NCAA and Ohio State are
conducting investigations of Pryor due to allegations that he may have
received cars and other extra benefits during his time in Columbus.
Former Ohio State linebacker Chris Spielman is always monitored to the
happenings at his alma mater, and the ESPN analyst discussed the turmoil
taking place at his former school in an interview with WBNS in Columbus.
"I'm saddened by it," Spielman said of the situation, according to
SportsRadioInterviews.com. "I hate to see people go through turmoil and you
have a pretty good track record over the years for probably 95 percent of
your career doing things the right way and being a positive influence on
kids and winning football games and winning championships, but you make one
poor decision and there's severe consequences."
Spielman also echoed the sentiments of many, myself included, when asked
about Pryor's future in Columbus.
"I think he's played his last game," he predicted. "I don't know if you guys
have heard this. I've heard through players, former players, that TP (
Terrelle Pryor) operated and was allowed to operate by his own set of rules.
Being late to meetings. Being late to practice. Not showing up for workouts
. I don't know if that's true or not true. If it is I'm so disappointed in
the leaders of the team that allowed that to go on, that allowed a player,
not to show up without either confrontation, physical or verbal first,
physical if necessary."
Perhaps Spielman's most astute point was that if his teammates couldn't keep
Pryor straight and ask him to be a better, more focused player, then it was
on the coaches to get their star player to act more like a leader while in
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