So to recap yesterday's events:
Here's my take on this: On Friday the NFLPA announced that they had decertified as a union. That means that technically they no longer exist. So who is telling these top prospects that they can't attend to the NFL draft? Sounds like the union still exists. It seems like the NFLPA trying to have their cake and eat it too at the expense of these college kids who don't belong to the union yet.
I understand why they decertified legally, as that gives them grounds to fight for the injunction against the owners' lockout. However, this attempt by the NFLPA to strong-arm the top college prospects gives the NFL owners ammunition to prove that the NFLPA decertification is a sham, not to mention the negative publicity it brings upon itself with this petty move.
If the NFLPA wants to put up a good fight against the owners, it needs to play its cards better than this.
Source: NFLPA wants draft boycott [ESPN]
The NFL Players Association is putting into place a plan that would prevent each top college prospect from attending next month's draft in New York, according to multiple league sources. The NFLPA already has contacted 17 top prospects who ordinarily would have received an invitation to attend the draft and informed them not to go.However, after a lot of negative publicity, the NFLPA toned down their stance a bit:
Later Monday, a source said the edict is a recommendation, not an explicit order not to attend the draft. The source said the union plans to give the prospects the "same experience down the street."
Here's my take on this: On Friday the NFLPA announced that they had decertified as a union. That means that technically they no longer exist. So who is telling these top prospects that they can't attend to the NFL draft? Sounds like the union still exists. It seems like the NFLPA trying to have their cake and eat it too at the expense of these college kids who don't belong to the union yet.
I understand why they decertified legally, as that gives them grounds to fight for the injunction against the owners' lockout. However, this attempt by the NFLPA to strong-arm the top college prospects gives the NFL owners ammunition to prove that the NFLPA decertification is a sham, not to mention the negative publicity it brings upon itself with this petty move.
If the NFLPA wants to put up a good fight against the owners, it needs to play its cards better than this.
Source: NFLPA wants draft boycott [ESPN]
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