[Husker] Ohio State Players Will Return Next Year

[RJ Wessel]

I call this blackmail


---- Andrew Ditmore <ditmore at us.ibm.com> wrote: 
> 
> I apologize if this is already being discussed, as I am subscribed to the
> digest, so I don't get all the Husker List e-mails real time...
> 
> Within the last hour Ohio State coach Jim Tressel has announced that all of
> the suspended players have pledged to return next year.  Apparently, they
> had to make this pledge in order for them to be allowed to play in the
> Sugar Bowl.  According to Tressel, the players would not have traveled with
> the team to the Allstate Sugar Bowl if they had not pledged to return in
> 2011.   Tressel said he wanted to make sure that the players wouldn't
> "skirt the consequences" by playing in the Sugar Bowl, then declaring for
> the NFL draft and avoiding any punishment.
> 
> Some how this doesn't smell quite right to me, although I can't put my
> finger on exactly why it bothers me.  It probably stems to the fact that
> the suspension doesn't start until next year in the first place.  Several
> kids at other schools, including Nebraska, have had some lapses in
> judgement over the last few weeks, and they won't be able to play in this
> year's bowl games.
> 
> I'm also not sure how OSU might be able to enforce such a pledge once the
> players have already played in the bowl game, or what the consequences
> might be if they were to change their minds.  If they were to go ahead and
> go pro, you might call their character into question, and I suppose that
> could impact their draft position, but really, can they be held to this
> pledge?
> 
> Read the whole story here:
> http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls10/sugar/news/story?id=5970169_______________________________________________
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