Re: Alternate NFLPA draft event
 

[quote=Mattyk;790989]Smart move by the players. A competing event would have made them look like morons.[/quote]

absolutely.

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GeorgeAtallah
NFLPA is not asking players or agents to boycott the NFL draft.
6 minutes ago

Re: Alternate NFLPA draft event
 

[quote=Mattyk;790989]Smart move by the players. A competing event would have made them look like morons.[/quote]

The fact that they were even considering it for the past 12 days has already deemed them worthy of the moron label. It wasn't like it was brought up and shot down soon after, but instead they were actually considering a boycott/alternate event for almost two weeks. Or a the very least they waited 12 days to come out and make a statement. What were they doing during all that time? Negotiating? Oh wait.

Re: Alternate NFLPA draft event
 

Maybe without out players there....we can get more in-depth analysis of each pick.....from Mayock!

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[quote=Dirtbag59;791004]The fact that they were even considering it for the past 12 days has already deemed them worthy of the moron label. It wasn't like it was brought up and shot down soon after, but instead they were actually considering a boycott/alternate event for almost two weeks. Or a the very least they waited 12 days to come out and make a statement. What were they doing during all that time? Negotiating? Oh wait.[/quote]

Clearly they were feeling out their union errr... association members.

Re: Alternate NFLPA draft event
 

[url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft2011/news/story?id=6329892]NFL draft 2011: Cam Newton plans to attend NFLPA's event - ESPN[/url]

Edit: Never mind. They're basically holding the event as a fancy sort of tailgate before the draft for the players. (IE ballroom dinner). The event won't compete with the draft as it will be held before hand.