College Prospects Draft Attendance

[Swingingbunt]

The NFLPA...which isn't the PA anymore...is apparently "informing" top prospects that they shouldn't attend next month's draft.

They are apparently planning something for those players to do, though.

Something about this doesn't sit right with me...but I can't put my finger on it yet.

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[cpebbles]

For me, that "something" is that the NFLPA expects these incoming rookies to give up their day in the spotlight despite the fact that the NFLPA is eagerly wishing to bargain away the rights of this and all future draft classes.

Obviously those who stick in the NFL are better off the more successful the PA is in the labor impasse, but the overwhelming majority of these kids stand only to lose as the NFLPA bargains down the size of the only contract they will ever sign in the NFL.

[vinsanity]

I don't have as much of a problem with the PA asking them to sacrifice for the good of the game - it's asking them to sacrifice for the PA when they aren't part of the union yet!

[MrCrowesGarden]

I don't have as much of a problem with the PA asking them to sacrifice for the good of the game - it's asking them to sacrifice for the PA when they aren't part of the union yet!

Or the fact that there is no more union.

[vinsanity]

I don't have as much of a problem with the PA asking them to sacrifice for the good of the game - it's asking them to sacrifice for the PA when they aren't part of the union yet!

Or the fact that there is no more union.

Well. Not legally, but it's semantics. They decertified to bring am anti-trust suit against the NFL, that doesn't mean the spirit of it isn't there. Can't they still help with medical bennies and the like? They still hav access to thinks the PA does that the rookies can't br privy to until they sign.

[Greenevansj]

It's ridiculous to me that you would ask these guys not to attend something that they have worked their entire lives to be able to enjoy. They aren't even a part of the union yet. Not only that, but part of the reason there is even a lockout is because the veterans want the rookies to get less money, so that they can have more.

Hopefully these young guys are smart enough to see that neither side really has their best interests at heart, so they might as well do what's best for themselves.

[cards2468]

It's ridiculous to me that you would ask these guys not to attend something that they have worked their entire lives to be able to enjoy. They aren't even a part of the union yet. Not only that, but part of the reason there is even a lockout is because the veterans want the rookies to get less money, so that they can have more.

Hopefully these young guys are smart enough to see that neither side really has their best interests at heart, so they might as well do what's best for themselves.

I'd be afraid to piss off the union I'd likely have to be a part of for the length of my professional career that I haven't even started yet.

[Greenevansj]

If the "union" really gets a TV deal for this draft party that they are going to have, then I would have no problem with them skipping. Having players from your new team there to welcome you would be kind of cool to see anyway. Hopefully they get a TV deal done and we all get to see it.

Either way, these guys are gonna be the last ones not to have a rookie wage scale. So they should be happy either way.