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Stumbled into this and thought it was pretty good stuff; what, with the NFL Bargaining process coming up for review.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if it ended up shaping the future of the NFL.
It's a long article...some serious thought went into it, takes a while to read...worth the read, that's for sure:
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I'd better check with the privacy policy guys at the source before adding the link.
Added by Edit: so much for getting an OK from a source to use their content...as in ignore the request.
This doesn't keep me from citing the article and the source and providing a brief synopsis...a "book report" if you will:
1.) Source is Scouts.com
2.) Article title is "A New Approach to The NFL Draft Process"
3.) Author is Tom Marino http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Marino
4.) Synopsis:
a.) Move the draft location: from Indy to Atlanta.,
b.) Move draft date: from last weekend in April to second weekend in March,
c.) Expand combine invitees list: from 400 to include a "secondary combine" of an additional 320...purpose is to eliminate Pro Day workouts and associated expenses for NFL Clubs,
d.) First two rounds conducted Friday evening...10 minute clock, round #1; 5 minute clock, round #2
e.) Remaining five rounds replaced by an additional 28 round "open draft": an individual player can e drafted a maximum of three times
f.) any player drafted in two consecutive rounds and not drafted by another club before consecutive picks are entered by that same team, is awarded to that club...player is removed from the draft pool. There are some qualifiers to this process, such as consecutive picks having to be the drafting teams "orginal pick" (not acquired picks by trade),
g.) players lost in FA no longer result in teams being awarded "compensatory picks", the rational being if they can't anty up the $'s, why should they be rewarded?
Commentary follows: the trading of second day picks no longer makes sense because those picks give an NFL team the 1 in 3 rights to signing drafted players. Scouts roll is expanded from only talent evaluators to being more of a "recruiter" as they would play an expanded roll in negotiating and signing players.
There is some discussion centering around fifth years seniors and "entry draft" stuff, details that address the "what if" scenarios.
Rubber Hits The Road: New Draft approach allows individual players the right to establish their individual market. Example: a player drafted twice in round three and once in round four has a different market than the player drafted once in round 28....limited market, limited potential.
The closing paragraphs detail the system and make points about the advantages that acrue to each NFL Team, those advantages being "Scouting Department and Team Orgainzational Advantage" based. Salary cap is retained, teams draft 30 choices deep and have the cash to sign 8-10 layers, each player having an individual market.
All in all, this proposal is written by a former NFL scout...it represents some 30 years experience condensed into a system that solves a bunch of problems. Marino's observation is that the current system rewards the worst team scouting departments and is subject to increasing scrutiny from anti-trust courts.
The entire article is well thought out and well presented. In the scenario that the players and the owners are facing, this type of proposal makes a lot of sense for both sides.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if it ended up shaping the future of the NFL.
It's a long article...some serious thought went into it, takes a while to read...worth the read, that's for sure:
link removed
I'd better check with the privacy policy guys at the source before adding the link.
Added by Edit: so much for getting an OK from a source to use their content...as in ignore the request.
This doesn't keep me from citing the article and the source and providing a brief synopsis...a "book report" if you will:
1.) Source is Scouts.com
2.) Article title is "A New Approach to The NFL Draft Process"
3.) Author is Tom Marino http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Marino
4.) Synopsis:
a.) Move the draft location: from Indy to Atlanta.,
b.) Move draft date: from last weekend in April to second weekend in March,
c.) Expand combine invitees list: from 400 to include a "secondary combine" of an additional 320...purpose is to eliminate Pro Day workouts and associated expenses for NFL Clubs,
d.) First two rounds conducted Friday evening...10 minute clock, round #1; 5 minute clock, round #2
e.) Remaining five rounds replaced by an additional 28 round "open draft": an individual player can e drafted a maximum of three times
f.) any player drafted in two consecutive rounds and not drafted by another club before consecutive picks are entered by that same team, is awarded to that club...player is removed from the draft pool. There are some qualifiers to this process, such as consecutive picks having to be the drafting teams "orginal pick" (not acquired picks by trade),
g.) players lost in FA no longer result in teams being awarded "compensatory picks", the rational being if they can't anty up the $'s, why should they be rewarded?
Commentary follows: the trading of second day picks no longer makes sense because those picks give an NFL team the 1 in 3 rights to signing drafted players. Scouts roll is expanded from only talent evaluators to being more of a "recruiter" as they would play an expanded roll in negotiating and signing players.
There is some discussion centering around fifth years seniors and "entry draft" stuff, details that address the "what if" scenarios.
Rubber Hits The Road: New Draft approach allows individual players the right to establish their individual market. Example: a player drafted twice in round three and once in round four has a different market than the player drafted once in round 28....limited market, limited potential.
The closing paragraphs detail the system and make points about the advantages that acrue to each NFL Team, those advantages being "Scouting Department and Team Orgainzational Advantage" based. Salary cap is retained, teams draft 30 choices deep and have the cash to sign 8-10 layers, each player having an individual market.
All in all, this proposal is written by a former NFL scout...it represents some 30 years experience condensed into a system that solves a bunch of problems. Marino's observation is that the current system rewards the worst team scouting departments and is subject to increasing scrutiny from anti-trust courts.
The entire article is well thought out and well presented. In the scenario that the players and the owners are facing, this type of proposal makes a lot of sense for both sides.
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..and you guys.Anything that requires the slighest extension of imagination, brain power or any consideration of the possibility that the collective bargaining agreement's renogiation is going to have major implications for the game that you spend way to much time and energy on escapes you.
and see if we can strike up a conversation?
The manner in which the NFL's owners, and it's players, conduct business is defined.......untill it collapses. The nature of the NFL AS WE CURRENTLY KNOW IT is going to be subjected to some major change. 
It's going to be somewhat difficult to field a FFB team for Week #1 of the 2010 season when there's no National Football League. 
The manner in which the NFL's owners, and it's players, conduct business is defined.......untill it collapses. The nature of the NFL AS WE CURRENTLY KNOW IT is going to be subjected to some major change. 
