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During the NFL lockout Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison exploded in a Men's Journal interview about his dislike for NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell. His displeasure with the league’s head man stems from his belief that Goodell has too much power and often times abuses it. Now, Harrison was very unprofessional in his approach but there were several players around the league that agreed with his sentiment. Well, if they didn't like him before it's at a fever pitch now after his latest power move.

The NFL has announced that Terrelle Pryor would be eligible for the 2011 supplemental draft that will take place Aug. 22. However, he will have to sit out the first five games of the season! You read that right, five games!

"Pryor made decisions that undermine the integrity of the eligibility rules for the NFL Draft," the league(Goodell) said. "Those actions included failing to cooperate with the NCAA and hiring an agent in violation of NCAA rules, which resulted in Ohio State declaring him ineligible to continue playing college football.

"Pryor then applied to enter the NFL after the regular draft. Pryor had accepted at the end of the 2010 college football season a suspension for the first five games of the 2011 season for violating NCAA rules. Pryor will be ineligible to practice prior to or play in the first five games of the NFL regular season after he signs."

What! You're suspending a guy because he found the loop hole in your janky rule book? He had every right to hire an agent, leave school and not cooperate with the NCAA. That has absolutely nothing to do with the NFL. You may not like the way he handled the situation but according to the NFL eligibility rules he wasn't out of line.

You can’t suspend the guy for figuring out your rule book had holes in it. You just close them and move on making sure that it doesn’t happen again. The league has no right to discipline Pryor for his transgressions at Ohio State. If that's the case they'd have to suspend any number of players like Reggie Bush for the scandal he left behind at USC or LeGarrett Blunt for punching the kid from Boise State etc.

Man this dude is trippin'

While your at it, go after every current player in the NFL from "The U" and The Ohio State University. Jump way off the deep end why don't you and fine Eric Dickerson and Craig James for the mess they were involved in at SMU more than 28 years ago. As a matter of fact, lets erase the memory of them ever playing in the league and take Dickerson out of the Hall of Fame like the NCAA would. That's how stupid the suspension of Pryor sounds! What a joke!

The NCAA and the NFL are completely separate entities and should continue to operate as such. I'm surprised that Pryor's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, fell for the oaky doke. He's normally a fiery guy that doesn't take too much crap. If he's going to go out like that I've got some oil wells in Gary to sell him.

An NFLPA source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter that the union recommended Pryor fight the five-game suspension but Drew and David Cornwell, Pryor's attorney, believed it to be a losing battle and thought that Pryor should accept the NFL's punishment and move on. Drew really went out like a sucker on this one!

By accepting the suspension they’ve set a precedent for future foolishness from the league. Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujiti, a member of the NFLPA executive committee, said NFL players "are concerned about the message this sends." I can hear T.O. saying, “Get your popcorn ready” because this is about to get interesting!

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Jay Graves
Twitter: @jaygravesreport
Information from the Associated Press was used in this article.