Friend says Pryor made 20-40k in a year

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The signings for cash, which would be a violation of NCAA rules, occurred a minimum of 35 to 40 times, netting Pryor anywhere from $20,000 to $40,000 that year, the former friend says. The source spoke to ESPN under the condition that his face not be aired on TV and that his name not be published.

He said Pryor was paid $500 to $1,000 each time he signed mini football helmets and other gear for a Columbus businessman and freelance photographer, Dennis Talbott. Talbott twice denied to ESPN that he ever paid Pryor or any other active Buckeye athlete to sign memorabilia.
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The former friend said Pryor would spend his money lavishly at times, that the player had a "shoe fetish" and bought many expensive hats, belts and pieces of jewelry. He said he was particularly fond of Gucci items. ESPN independently confirmed Pryor made multiple such purchases.

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Pryor may not have been the first active Buckeye player to collect cash for signatures from Talbott. The parent of one former Ohio State player told "Outside the Lines" that he saw Talbott provide what he called "stacks of money" to active Buckeye players, including a player now in the NFL.

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On Tuesday, he denied that he ever received game tickets from players, though records from Ohio State show that he and his wife were on a player's will-call ticket list multiple times throughout the 2008 season. When asked about those records, Talbott said he couldn't remember if he had received such tickets.
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http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/exclusive-ncaa-discovers-checks-to-pryor-29745
In addition to Pryor’s past NCAA transgressions, today I confirmed that Ohio State was recently cited by NCAA enforcment officials for dozens of payments Pryor received in past years from a Columbus sports memorabilia dealer that are considered outside of NCAA rules.

The NCAA violations were discovered when the name of the local memorabilia dealer, Dennis Talbott, was seen on checks Pryor was depositing in his personal bank account.

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Midway through the 2010 football season, Talbott was ordered by Ohio State officials to completely disassociate himself from the program. That move by the OSU athletic administration may indicate that members of the school’s athletic department knew of Pryor’s activities involving Talbott long before the NCAA recently discovered the payment paper trail from Talbott to the former Buckeye quarterback.
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I think they will get something similar to what USC got, and I don't think that's a slap on the wrist.

What they already got, i.e. losing their all-star coach in Tressel, is already beyond 'slap on the wrist.'
 
The sad part is, the average fan would take all of this to sign a Pryor type player. The Bushes, Pryors, and Newtons of this world are not worth the headaches. Will some of the SEC schools be next? And to think it all started with a tatoo.
 
cyptomcat said:
I think they will get something similar to what USC got, and I don't think that's a slap on the wrist.

What they already got, i.e. losing their all-star coach in Tressel, is already beyond 'slap on the wrist.'
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Don't forget that Carroll jumped ship from USC too.

I hope they get something a little harsher.
 
THREE letters IRS......if we are talking 40 G's and he did not pay taxes on that money Pryor MAY BE GOING TO JAIL

when money like this changes hands usually the easiest way for the gov't to take you down is through the IRS, so if I am Pryor I get me a good lawyer and start cutting a deal b/f the feds come after me.
 
law_bee said:
THREE letters IRS......if we are talking 40 G's and he did not pay taxes on that money Pryor MAY BE GOING TO JAIL

when money like this changes hands usually the easiest way for the gov't to take you down is through the IRS, so if I am Pryor I get me a good lawyer and start cutting a deal b/f the feds come after me.
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Bingo.

It's the perfect case for the IRS too, and I guarantee you they are already building a case.

The IRS loves to go after high profile people to make an example out of them that the tax code is universal and no matter how much you are worth the IRS wants their hands on it more than worrying about someones reputation.

Pryor really has really messed up, that whole program has messed up.

The NCAA is going to have to step and clean that house. IMO, this is worse than USC.
 
ElCidBUZZingFAN said:
Ohio State is going to get hammered.
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They should get the death penalty but we all realize that they won't. There seems to be a lot of evidence that "lack of institutional control" is in play here. If you could name their punishment, what would seem fair? What punishment fits their crime? Here is what I would dish out if it were up to me: Loss of 8 scholarships per year for two years and a loss of five scholarships for the following 3 years; no TV or TV revenues for five years; no bowl games for five years; ineligible for Big Ten division championship/conference championship game for five years. What say you?
 
One other guy you kind of have to feel sorry for is Rich Rodriguez. I remember reading articles saying that Pryor was the first person Rich Rod called after accepting the UM HC position because he knew how perfect he would be for his spread offense. And I believe it came down to OSU/Mich for Pryor too. Who knows what would have happened there had OSU not cheated to get him? Might have been the difference between winning seasons and getting fired for Rodriguez.
 
gtrower said:
One other guy you kind of have to feel sorry for is Rich Rodriguez. I remember reading articles saying that Pryor was the first person Rich Rod called after accepting the UM HC position because he knew how perfect he would be for his spread offense. And I believe it came down to OSU/Mich for Pryor too. Who knows what would have happened there had OSU not cheated to get him? Might have been the difference between winning seasons and getting fired for Rodriguez.
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I thought his problem was no defense.
 
Yukonwreck said:
No defense and a quirky offense ill suited for his personnel.
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As far as your last point goes, we all know that it takes time to tailor your personnel to a "quirky" offense. (PJ lucked out in that he had a handful of aces in the hole when he got here.) Then he gets that Washington kid to run the show. Things were looking up for the offense.
 
Yukonwreck said:
They should get the death penalty but we all realize that they won't. There seems to be a lot of evidence that "lack of institutional control" is in play here. If you could name their punishment, what would seem fair? What punishment fits their crime? Here is what I would dish out if it were up to me: Loss of 8 scholarships per year for two years and a loss of five scholarships for the following 3 years; no TV or TV revenues for five years; no bowl games for five years; ineligible for Big Ten division championship/conference championship game for five years. What say you?
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They're definitely going to get slammed with lack of institutional control if this can be verified. USC's case basically involved two players (one FB, one MBB). Ohio State's is shaping up to involve multiple players over an extended period of time. I think the scholarship sanctions suggested here are too low, given that USC lost 10/year for three years. Reducing by more than 10/year may be deemed too destructive, so I'd go for 10/year for three years and 5/year for three years, perhaps. Post-season ban (the NCAA will simply hand out a blanket ban that impacts bowls and conference championships) probably not five years, but I'd say if USC got two, OSU's going to get three or four. TV ban is going to be much harder to do now days. There hasn't been a TV ban in Division I in 15 years, and I don't think the NCAA will do it in this case, either. Given revenue sharing and conference TV contracts, banning OSU from TV will punish the other 11 schools in the Big Ten(+2) financially, as the broadcasters will want to re-open contracts. However, it might be possible to prevent them from collecting TV revenues.
 
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