Terrelle Pryor’s lawsuit against Ohio State, Big Ten, NCAA over NIL dollars dismissed

Former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor joined the wave of athletes filing lawsuits over denied NIL dollars last October, suing the university, the NCAA and the Big Ten. A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio dismissed the lawsuit on Friday.

The former Big Ten Freshman of the Year argued in his intial filing that athletes were “purposefully excluded from this waterfall of money for many years.” Athletes could not legally profit from their name, image and likeness until July 2021. The former Ohio State quarterback was involved in the tattoo scandal that resulted in Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel’s resignation, with the entire situation looking worse in hindsight after the NCAA finally granted NIL.