The Break For 10/7/09: NCAA Stupid Rule Leads To Dez Bryant Getting Suspend

The whole thing because of him deciding to workout with Deion Sanders?????

A stressful, roller-coaster season for Oklahoma State just took another steep drop into a tunnel.

Dez Bryant, maybe the most gifted receiver in the country, has been declared ineligible by the school. Here's the full release from the Oklahoma State:

Dez Bryant has been ruled ineligible for a violation of NCAA bylaw 10.1(d).
Oklahoma State University has already begun the process of applying to the NCAA on his behalf for reinstatement.

This incident does not involve anyone associated with the OSU football or athletic department staffs, any employee of the university, alumni, donors, or any third-party affiliated with OSU.

OSU is taking this step because Bryant failed to openly disclose to the NCAA the full details of his interaction with a former NFL player not affiliated with OSU.

The University issued the following statement from Bryant: "I made a mistake by not being entirely truthful when meeting with the NCAA. I sincerely regret my mistake and apologize to my teammates, coaches, OSU fans and the NCAA."

OSU coach Mike Gundy said: "We are certainly disappointed, but we are moving forward as we would with any challenge during the season."

Due to the ongoing investigation of this matter, OSU has no additional comment at this time.

And here is the pertinent wording for NCAA Bylaw 10.1:

"Unethical conduct by a prospective or enrolled student-athlete or a current or former institutional staff member (e.g., coach, professor, tutor, teaching assistant, student manager, student trainer) may include, but is not limited to, the following:

A real reason why the athletes, collegiate athletes, need to fully know that they are beholden to the NCAA and its money pimping ways of them.

You can't do a damn thing even wrong under their STUPID rules, but they can milk everything off of you.

Lovely. And now Dez Bryant's final season with OK State is down the drain.

And the only silver lining I have on this is, "Sucks for T.Boone Pickens."