Former Ohio State QB’s participation in scrimmage as member of Cleveland Browns not included in his NCAA-issued 5-year ban from all OSU athletic facilities. If Terrelle Pryor is still with the Cleveland Browns when they show up to stage the Orange and Brown scrimmage in Ohio Stadium on Aug. 7, he won’t be banned from taking part. The NCAA clarified that Wednesday. Pryor was hit with a five-year ban from all Ohio State athletic facilities when he discontinued cooperation with the NCAA during its probe of the football program in 2011. That investigation ultimately led to a bowl ban, reduction of scholarships for three years, forced resignation of coach Jim Tressel and the vacating of wins from the 2010 season. There is still a year left on the penalty to Pryor, who left school in spring 2011 and was taken by Oakland in a supplemental NFL draft. But OSU athletic director Gene Smith said on Tuesday it was his understanding that the ban would not be in force for the scrimmage since Pryor would be taking part in an activity of the Cleveland Browns, who will be renting the stadium that afternoon. The NCAA agreed. “He should be allowed to participate as a member of the Cleveland Browns when they are on campus at Ohio State in August, if he is a member of the team,” the NCAA statement said.
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