Can of worms opened on the NFL

Bengal B · Feb 7, 2004

Originally posted by martin
who does the damn government think they are? ridiculous.

i think the nfl should have a secret meeting and decide that they are gonna still never draft anyone early and play by the same rules they planned for themselves before. then when clarett mysteriously isnt drafted or signed the government will be in the position of having to call scouts and such to prove players should be drafted. every team could just shrug their shoulders and say they wanted other players. then what would the government do? force a team to draft who the government says they should?

this whole thing is ludicrous and indicative of terribly overreaching the government is.
Click to expand...

The NFL could do that but then they would leave themselves wide open for a lawsuit just like MLB did over the "collusion" issue. Clarett is certainly not a first round pick and maybe not even the second round but if he is not drafted at all you can bet your last dollar that his attorneys will file a lawsuit alleging collusion.

SabanFan · Feb 7, 2004

It's a female judge. What did you expect?

TigerWins · Feb 7, 2004

Originally posted by martin
who does the damn government think they are? ridiculous.

i think the nfl should have a secret meeting and decide that they are gonna still never draft anyone early and play by the same rules they planned for themselves before. then when clarett mysteriously isnt drafted or signed the government will be in the position of having to call scouts and such to prove players should be drafted. every team could just shrug their shoulders and say they wanted other players. then what would the government do? force a team to draft who the government says they should?

this whole thing is ludicrous and indicative of terribly overreaching the government is.
Click to expand...

Yeah, businesses should be able to discriminate as they see fit

lsugrad00 · Feb 7, 2004

Originally posted by TigerWins
Yeah, businesses should be able to discriminate as they see fit
Click to expand...

exactly..:dis:

LSUfan · Feb 7, 2004

I don't think they NBA thing will happen to the NFL and it shouldn't hurt college football like it has basketball because NFL teams drafted based on talent not potential. No one will want to waste a draft pick on some project that may not pan out in 3 years. If anything, you might have a few opt-out this year and next, but things should calm down when those youngsters don't get drafted.

Log in or Sign up

Can of worms opened on the NFL

Bengal B Founding Member

SabanFan The voice of reason

TigerWins Founding Member

lsugrad00 Founding Member

LSUfan Founding Member

Share This Page