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发帖数: 764 | 1 Ohio State denied a contention from Terrelle Pryor's lawyer that the former
Buckeyes quarterback told the NCAA in May about additional violations he
committed while at the school.
An Ohio State spokesman told ESPN on Wednesday that Pryor did not tell the
school or the NCAA about any additional violations. That contradicts what
Pryor's attorney David Cornwell told ESPN on Tuesday.
Mortensen: Do the Right Thing
Last name The NFL would be wrong not to make former Ohio State star Terrelle
Pryor eligible for the NFL supplemental draft, ESPN's Chris Mortensen
writes. Story
Cornell told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen that Pryor admitted his
mentor, Ted Sarniak, gave him and his mother cash and helped with car
payments. After a 2008 NCAA investigation into Pryor's recruitment, Sarniak,
a family friend, was told he could no longer give Pryor money or gifts.
At issue is Pryor's eligibility for the NFL supplemental draft. Cornwell
said he believes the violations make Pryor eligible for the draft, because
it would have affected Pryor's 2011 eligibility. The draft had been
scheduled for Wednesday, but Tuesday night was postponed. The NFL still is
reviewing Pryor's status.
"Terrelle was fully forthcoming and subsequently provided the documents that
were requested to support the disclosure," Cornwell told ESPN. "The NCAA
has a procedure where they can automatically audit bank accounts of student-
athletes who are on financial aid. If those bank statements add up to a
substantial amount more than what has been provided through financial aid,
they ask why. Terrelle provided them with those answers and, as I said, the
documents the NCAA requested."
Ohio State is still under NCAA investigation, and Sarniak's payments have
not been addressed publicly.
"What we provided for NFL Security (on Aug. 5) was a road map, a timeline
and the documentation," Cornwell said. "Terrelle cooperated, and the
violations occurred during a period well before the (April) draft. That's
the key. Those disclosures and documents would have made Terrelle ineligible
for the entire 2011 season, and once he made those disclosures to the NCAA,
he withdrew from school."
Pryor announced he was leaving school June 7, eight days after coach Jim
Tressel resigned at Ohio State.
Sarniak was identified in 2008 as a family mentor who accompanied Pryor
during an official recruiting visit before Pryor signed a letter-of-intent
with Ohio State.
An NCAA investigation into the relationship concluded that benefits provided
during that process did not constitute a violation, but Sarniak was
notified he no longer could provide money, meals or other benefits for Pryor.
When Tressel learned Pryor and other players were selling memorabilia for
cash and tattoos, he forwarded the information to Sarniak and not to Ohio
State officials, part of the chain of events that later led to the coach's
resignation. |
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