re: Who are the front runners to get Hard Knocks this year?

I heard before the draft that the Giants,Steelers & Vikings were thefront runner. Then, the NFL came in and tried to play that off as false news.

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That is BS!

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No it's my. You're a little confused on the rule. Teams can decline doing hard knocks. If every team does decline, then the nfl chooses the team and forces you to do it. And that won't last long anyways. I mean think about it. Forcing teams to have cameras, crews, producers, etc all in the locker room and meetings and at their homes. Forcing grown men to be on a TV show that they don't wanna do?

And there is usually always 1 team willing to do it.

Like I said, forcing a team to do something they don't want to do wouldn't make for good tv. Especially when this something is having cameras and crews in the locker room, at meetings, practices, at home, etc following everyone around that doesn't want them to be there. Teams just act like they don't want the camera crews and stuff in there and that will be the end of Hard Knocks.

Double post, stupid internet!

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Teams cannot decline

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They certainly can. NFL teams don't work for HBO

Historically, most teams with any new controversy will distance themselves as far as possible from their entire preseason being interrupted by a tv show. It's not really a difficult concept, teams like the rams already have too much going on to deal without the extra pressure of being nationally broadcast.

See the saints after the bounty scandal

But there is some sort of rule now for it. If every team in the NFL declines Hard Knocks, then the commissioner will force a team to do it. But doubt that lasts long.

Rams are supposedly one of the teams they would consider if every team declines.

And I think there are some stipulations about who can be selected. I think if you have a new head coach or make the postseason 2 years in a row you won't be selected. Not really the well established teams, but the teams that are decent or on the rise.

And I des thnk the nfl will select the rams because if Michael Sam. Saints post bounty? Not so much. They want the nfl to look good on the show.

Would that make the nfl look good in the eyes of the media, gay community, gay rights activists, etc? Yes.

I mean look at what it's been like since he came out and was drafted. You saw clips of Sam being picked more than you saw Clowney going #1.

It's total bs, but that's the world we live in.

Completely agree.

And if we like it or not, the media eats that shite up. It's a big story to a lot of people. Not to me and couldn't care less, but it gets attention.

I think it's bs to force any team to be on a tv show when they don't want to. Which is why I doubt that will last long. I mean if my team was forced to be on it, I would just act like a dick to the HBO people and make it a shitty show.

Hard knocks days are numbered. If I was them, I would switch over to other sports. Especially basketball where a lot of players and coaches are prima donnas that would love to be on the show. But for football, the shows days are numbered.

Regardless if they are on the show or not, if Sam gets cut it's gonna be big time, and most of it negative. If the Rams are on the show, it at least shows how "accepting" the nfl is towards gay people. Even if he gets cut.

Bottom line is that HBO tries to get the big stories for hard knocks. Most of the prestigious teams decline so they try and find a team that'll make it interesting. If HBO is working with Goodell and they can force a team to do it, you can bet it'll be a team with a big story. Sam is a big story right now.