SissyBoyFloyd
Pawnee, Skidi Clan
I don't mean this year. I mean from the perspective of being the most heralded QB to come out of college this decade. I heard he went to a place called Indiana to die a slow death. Sad really. Such a once thought of great player who will not be remember in 50 yrs.
Well, this got me to re-evaluate my feelings about a young college player wanting to dictate to where he gets drafted and where he plays out his potential career. I have always disliked those Eli Manning and John Elway types for not being appreciative of the opportunity to join the NFL and the process everyone has to go through. Who are they to be so special to not want to go to a particular team and hopefully resurrect their fortunes? I could see that everyone has their favorite places to hopefully get drafted to, but should you express it by refusing to dance with whose turn it is to pick you?
Thinking of Andrew Luck has me thinking maybe I was a bit too judgmental. Maybe, just maybe, in today's age of marketing yourself and your so-called 'product' and wanting to become the very best you can, even maybe one day becoming a member of the heralded HofF, a college player has every right to emphatically state his desires and hopes. Maybe teams who have created a 'bad' name for themselves over time, shouldn't expect young men to be happy being drafted by them. After all, who wants to go somewhere to simply languish in obscurity.
It might be different if there wasn't a salary scale these rookies are subjected to. Maybe it would be more fair for teams to be able to offer more money to entice heralded rookies to be happy to play for them. Maybe the NFL system in this regards is way out of its time and usefulness. Maybe the idea of someone putting a limit on your value and at the same time telling you that you can't go to work where you want to is way past its ethical practicality and sense of fairness. Maybe there is a better way they need to come up with. I am sure there are many things that the old guard NFL types need to start thinking out of the box about. Or better yet, maybe its time for these old timers to step aside and let a new younger more creative and open minded generation take hold of the reigns.
Well, this got me to re-evaluate my feelings about a young college player wanting to dictate to where he gets drafted and where he plays out his potential career. I have always disliked those Eli Manning and John Elway types for not being appreciative of the opportunity to join the NFL and the process everyone has to go through. Who are they to be so special to not want to go to a particular team and hopefully resurrect their fortunes? I could see that everyone has their favorite places to hopefully get drafted to, but should you express it by refusing to dance with whose turn it is to pick you?
Thinking of Andrew Luck has me thinking maybe I was a bit too judgmental. Maybe, just maybe, in today's age of marketing yourself and your so-called 'product' and wanting to become the very best you can, even maybe one day becoming a member of the heralded HofF, a college player has every right to emphatically state his desires and hopes. Maybe teams who have created a 'bad' name for themselves over time, shouldn't expect young men to be happy being drafted by them. After all, who wants to go somewhere to simply languish in obscurity.
It might be different if there wasn't a salary scale these rookies are subjected to. Maybe it would be more fair for teams to be able to offer more money to entice heralded rookies to be happy to play for them. Maybe the NFL system in this regards is way out of its time and usefulness. Maybe the idea of someone putting a limit on your value and at the same time telling you that you can't go to work where you want to is way past its ethical practicality and sense of fairness. Maybe there is a better way they need to come up with. I am sure there are many things that the old guard NFL types need to start thinking out of the box about. Or better yet, maybe its time for these old timers to step aside and let a new younger more creative and open minded generation take hold of the reigns.
