USC Running Back Lendale White Stands Up SI's Mike Silver; Suffers Decrease In Draft Status

Note to Lendale White: If you want to maintain your first round pick status in the 2006 NFL Draft, don't stand up Sports Illustrated Senior Writer and Cal Bear Michael Silver.

Now, you've got bad press.

But from a PR Perspective, there's just press, right?

Maybe White's bad hamstring was to blame. It could also be a part of an elaborate ploy to cause White to fall into the waiting arms of a winning organization.

The ploy could backfire.