OSU requesting Bryant's reinstatement

by dimecoverage on Oct 29, 2009 8:59 PM CDT

Oklahoma State is appealing Dez Bryant's suspension and asking for reinstatement. This time they are going to the NCAA Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee. The decision won't come in time for this Saturday's game, but they may know something as early as next week.

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It's good OSU is fighting for this kid

NCAA seems intent on making him an example.

"I live in the tower with Coach Brown." -Bevo

by run Bevo run on Oct 30, 2009 7:22 AM CDT reply actions

More Just Penalty

2 games + having to wear a shirt that says “liar liar pants on fire”. Would be more representative of the childish understanding exhibited by the NCAA.

by realmccoy on Oct 30, 2009 7:52 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs

Extremes

Group a: He lied and should be suspended indefinitely. He obviously was hiring an agent.

Group b: All he did was lie. Come on. No big deal. Just slap his wrist.

I guess I’m in group c: Have him miss 4-6 weeks. This is serious, but shouldn’t be a career ender.

by Orangechipper on Oct 30, 2009 10:21 AM CDT reply actions

He actually lied twice. Bryant met with NCAA investigators on two separate occasions and lied both times. But I am with you: Suspend him for a while, but don’t end his season. I’m sure the kid was terrified of meeting with the powers that be. That doesn’t excuse the lies, but if he lied about being at Sanders’ home, but nothing else happened, I would hope they take that in to account. If he didn’t meet with an agent, etc… (They probably won’t.)

Let us hope Sanders doesn’t convince Bryant to use his agent. Sanders was probably instrumental in hooking up Michael Crabtree with his agent. And we know how that worked out for Crabtree.

by dimecoverage on Oct 30, 2009 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions

I have absolutely no clue how these things work

but why didn’t OSU prepare him prior to the NCAA visits? Wouldn’t they know whether his actions were violations or not? Wouldn’t they be able to say “Don’t lie about it. What you did is ok.”?

Was the visit a complete surprise to everyone involved? I know schools have compliance offices and I would think that they have classes for the athletes to go over what is and what isn’t a violation. This seems like an oversight on OSU’s part as well.

I understand why lying is a problem, but not enough to warrant a season long suspension. Especially if his actual actions were not violations.

by GoHorns on Oct 30, 2009 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions

Bryant is the one making it a career ender

The NCAA didn’t rule him ineligible forever.

I do have a problem with the way the NCAA has handled it in the sense that there is no precedent for suspending someone for what amounts to 10 games (potentially 11 if OSU wins the Big 12 South) over something like this. I thought the standard punishment was 6 games. The NCAA seems to just be making it up as they go along.

However, I don’t think the punishment is unfair just in terms of length. He knew what he was doing. We lost 2 starters for an entire year for not making enough progress toward their degrees. I don’t think it’s unreasonable that Bryant misses 10 or 11 games for lying – on more than one occasion – to NCAA investigators.

by bassale47 on Oct 30, 2009 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions

Career Ender? Bryant was going pro this year anyhow...

First round pick…maybe top 15. $20-30 million coming up.

"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." - Will Muschamp

by Mulliganville on Oct 30, 2009 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions

That's what I'm saying

People are screaming “Shame on the NCAA for ending his career.” Bryant is the one choosing for this to be the end of his career. He is picking the NFL, and I don’t blame him for that. But if it meant that much to him, he could return next year and play his final season. So I’m not buying the argument that the NCAA is ending his career by suspending him for the rest of the season.

by bassale47 on Oct 31, 2009 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Penalty

Bryant has a full year to play, so the NCAA hardly ended his college career pre-maturely. What he was doing behind everyone’s back (including Gundy’s) is pretty sneaky and we probably do not even know the full extent of what the NCAA discovered, so I am not bashing the NCAA for this yet. I am still bashing the NCAA for the USC lack of action.

by Wrangler86 on Oct 30, 2009 6:01 PM CDT reply actions

NCAA

Is going public that Dez Bryant had an attorney with him all three times he was interviewed. He was also repeatedly advised to be truthful.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4609937

by Wrangler86 on Oct 30, 2009 6:55 PM CDT reply actions

They're tired of taking the heat

And frankly I’m a little surprised by all the “free Dez” opinions. People want the NCAA to rip USC to shreds because some of their athletes had improper relationships with agents, but they want the NCAA to let Bryant get away with repeatedly and willfully lying to the NCAA about his relationship with Deion Sanders. I get that there is some inequity in that the NCAA seems to be pretty lax in their pursuit of USC, but it’s ridiculous to say that you can’t punish anyone until you punish USC. It is obvious that Dez is not the innocent party he has been claiming to be, and his punishment is not unreasonable.

by bassale47 on Oct 31, 2009 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions