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Question about the NFL Draft
Posted on 4/29/17 at 10:32 am
Posted on 4/29/17 at 10:32 am
What stops a collegiate football player who has completed his time at a university and has a college degree from signing a free agency agreement with any NFL team before the draft? I am sure there are some rules governing this.
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Posted on 4/29/17 at 10:37 am to LC412000
I'm guessing the collective bargaining agreement prevents this from happening.
Posted on 4/29/17 at 10:39 am to LC412000
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What stops a collegiate football player who has completed his time at a university and has a college degree from signing a free agency agreement with any NFL team before the draft? I am sure there are some rules governing this.
An agreement that they didn't negotiate. Prospects are royally screwed in the deal, but it makes sense when you consider current players are only worried about themselves.
Posted on 4/29/17 at 10:40 am to Bunk Moreland
Don't you think in a free market society that someone could challenge this? I am sure both the teams and the NFLPA would be against the move. The NFLPA because it is like a union and if you have yet to pay union dues, they will fight you. The teams would fight it as it threathens their control of the slaves.
Wonder if Al Davis (while he was alive) ever thought of taking a shot and stealing some top flight players before the draft?
Wonder if Al Davis (while he was alive) ever thought of taking a shot and stealing some top flight players before the draft?
Posted on 4/29/17 at 10:45 am to LC412000
Along these lines, if say Lebron james was to declare himself now a football player, would he have to go through the draft? The Falcons just signed some track star as a WR and obviously he didn't go through the draft.
Posted on 4/29/17 at 10:46 am to LC412000
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The teams would fight it as it threathens their control of the slaves.
Dude
Posted on 4/29/17 at 10:48 am to hiltacular
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Along these lines, if say Lebron james was to declare himself now a football player, would he have to go through the draft? The Falcons just signed some track star as a WR and obviously he didn't go through the draft.
They were already both draft eligible previously.
Posted on 4/29/17 at 10:48 am to TigerBait1127
laughing.....sorry, had to slip that in
Posted on 4/29/17 at 10:51 am to hiltacular
quote:Good point, really what would happen in the case of Lebron James?
Along these lines, if say Lebron james was to declare himself now a football player, would he have to go through the draft? The Falcons just signed some track star as a WR and obviously he didn't go through the draft.
What happens if a Myles Garrett notifies the NFL before the draft he has no intention of playing in the NFL and then after the draft signs a FA contract with whoever he wants for the amount he wants?
Posted on 4/29/17 at 10:53 am to LC412000
He can opt out of the draft but teams could still select him.
If undrafted, there's a wage scale he would still have to follow and would lose a lot money
If undrafted, there's a wage scale he would still have to follow and would lose a lot money
This post was edited on 4/29/17 at 10:55 am
Posted on 4/29/17 at 11:18 am to LC412000
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Don't you think in a free market society that someone could challenge this? I
Sure you could. But you would ruin your career because the NFL would colude against you in order to protect their cheap labor system.
Not to mention it would take half a decade to get a decision in a case like that and a ton of years of appeal
This post was edited on 4/29/17 at 11:19 am
Posted on 4/29/17 at 11:51 am to hiltacular
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Along these lines, if say Lebron james was to declare himself now a football player, would he have to go through the draft? The Falcons just signed some track star as a WR and obviously he didn't go through the draft.
I believe the rule is once you are draft eligible once, the next year you are a free agent. So if you are drafted and you sit out until the next year you become a free agent. With the guys like the LSU track guy (name is slipping me right now) he was a free agent because he was already draft eligible in previous years.
I'm not 100% on this, but I am pretty sure that's how it works.
Posted on 4/29/17 at 11:53 am to Mingo Was His NameO
Appreciate all the responses......good weekend to all!!
Posted on 4/29/17 at 3:14 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
You have to re enter the draft if you're drafted by someone and sit out the entire year.
Posted on 4/29/17 at 3:18 pm to LC412000
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The teams would fight it as it threathens their control of the slaves
I know you're joking, but how is the NFL any different than a company that puts a want-ad in the paper saying "some college required"?
Employers have a right to have basic stipulations applicants have to meet before being considered
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