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It’s time for top prospects to get paid for attending the Scouting Combine
Posted on 2/17/20 at 11:15 am
Posted on 2/17/20 at 11:15 am
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So with the NFL taking the made-for-TV Scouting Combine workouts to prime time, it’s high time for the most significant participants in the Scouting Combine to get something more than food, lodging, a thorough poking and prodding by the assembled medical professionals, and interrogations by a bunch of teams that ask a bunch of questions aimed at trying to piss them off. It’s time for the top prospects to get paid.
The league keeps tweaking the Combine in order to maximize revenue, and the league will surely keep doing so, eventually moving the Combine to L.A. — and eventually charging good money for fans to watch the festivities from most of the 70,000-plus seats at the new L.A. stadium.
But the players will keep showing up and running, jumping, throwing, catching, lifting, turning their heads and coughing, etc. for free because they always have, and because they have no real voice in any of this. They’re not yet in the NFL Players Association (maybe they should be from the moment they become draft eligible). They have to take whatever the NFL offers.
How does the MSB feel about this?
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This post was edited on 2/17/20 at 11:17 am
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Posted on 2/17/20 at 11:18 am to RLDSC FAN
Do you get paid by a potential employer just for showing up to an interview?
Posted on 2/17/20 at 11:18 am to RLDSC FAN
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“Sorry. I’m done performing for free. If you want me to be part of your dog-and-pony show, you’ll need to cut a check.”
It's an interview and you get paid by increasing your draft stock.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 11:20 am to RLDSC FAN
Or the top guys will just skip the combine and let teams go to a pro day.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 11:33 am to RLDSC FAN
since the combine is put on by the NFL for its own benefit, any player attending should be covered by some sort of minimal liability loss insurance. they are literally risking millions if they get hurt "auditioning"
Posted on 2/17/20 at 11:40 am to RLDSC FAN
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and eventually charging good money for fans to watch the festivities from most of the 70,000-plus seats at the new L.A. stadium.
Good luck getting fans to pay "good money" for tickets to watch the combine. They can't even get fans to show up for Charger regular season games.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 11:48 am to RLDSC FAN
I think they could boost the benefits and perhaps put in some other stipulations to make it more attractive for players to attend. It is a bit more than a standard interview. Maybe incentives for records broken or best of year type of prizes. People have a great point about it producing revenue now and being an event onto itself. Even people that "audition" on reality shows get scale..
Posted on 2/17/20 at 12:01 pm to RLDSC FAN
The whole premise is stupid.
If you're a top player, you are obviously not going to risk injury and/or your draft status by going through all of the drills for free but it's not like you're going to take that risk for, say, 20 grand. And the NFL isn't paying Joe Burrow 6 or 7 figures to show up, so there goes that idea.
The mid tier to lower tier players get the opportunity to showcase themselves and have no real leverage to even demand a McDonald's gift card so who is getting paid here?
If you're a top player, you are obviously not going to risk injury and/or your draft status by going through all of the drills for free but it's not like you're going to take that risk for, say, 20 grand. And the NFL isn't paying Joe Burrow 6 or 7 figures to show up, so there goes that idea.
The mid tier to lower tier players get the opportunity to showcase themselves and have no real leverage to even demand a McDonald's gift card so who is getting paid here?
Posted on 2/17/20 at 12:26 pm to RLDSC FAN
Why does this even matter?
They're "interviewing"/auditioning for a very lucrative job that will pay them an arse-ton of money in 2 short months. I'm sure they don't mind doing this for free, considering what is waiting for them on the other side.
They're "interviewing"/auditioning for a very lucrative job that will pay them an arse-ton of money in 2 short months. I'm sure they don't mind doing this for free, considering what is waiting for them on the other side.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 1:32 pm to RLDSC FAN
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and eventually charging good money for fans to watch the festivities from most of the 70,000-plus seats at the new L.A. stadium.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 1:37 pm to RLDSC FAN
Combine isn’t made for tv They used to keep it so secret until reporters were allowed access and started spilling out secrets.
This post was edited on 2/17/20 at 1:39 pm
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