Terrelle Pryor receives support from Steelers' quarterback Charlie Batch.
Pittsburgh Steelers backup quarterback Charlie Batch.It figures that a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, backup quarterback Charlie Batch, would support former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor.
Pryor, now with the Oakland Raiders, has been suspended for five games by the NFL as a condition of Pryor's ability to enter the supplemental draft.
Doug Farrar blogs on Shutdown Corner about how Batch, who has been mentoring Pryor for years, called NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell out about the move.
"He took it to another level when he said he was going to suspend Terrelle Pryor for five games and he wasn't even in the NFL last year," Batch said. "How can you do that? It's not right. It's not right at all."
Batch, who is one of the Steelers' player representatives and was heavily involved in lockout negotiations, also (sort of) brought up the possibility of an appeal of the suspension.
"I told Terrelle what he should do. I am not going to tell you what I told him, but I told him what he should do," Batch said. "Whatever the Raiders want him to do, that is what they will do."
Batch has a valid point, writes Farrar, because Goodell refused to suspend Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib and Tennessee Titans receiver Kenny Britt for violations of the league's personal conduct policy committed during the lockout.
Many questioned just why Goodell felt justified in suspending Pryor, it seemed, as a way of transferring the five-game suspension given to Pryor by the NCAA after he received impermissible benefits while at Ohio State.
League spokesperson Greg Aiello said at the time that Pryor was suspended for essentially violating the spirit of the supplemental draft, which seems like a load of hooey based on one recent precedent.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/index.ssf/2011/08/pittsburgh_steelers_qb_charlie.html
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