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NFL Combine for VETERANS (2 Viewers)
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Bigboy10182000
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Omniscient Deity
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Beat me to it. A man of Michael Bush's size running that 40 time is still in great shape compared to the average guy.
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Holy Schneikes
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I don't get what people seem so upset about. As an "event", it is not the combine or the draft, and I doubt anyone expected it to be. But it seems like a good idea to save everyone involved some time and travel, and to provide an opportunity for the fringe guy who truly DOES still have it to showcase himself. If that is 2 guys out of 100 participants, so be it. As far as the show goes, it's for diehards who can't get enough football. Kind of like the combine (and to some degree the draft) USED to be.
If Bush and others like him show up for the event unprepared, that's on them. I do feel a LITTLE bad for him being in the spotlight like that while getting destroyed. But the sensible thing to do is to do prep for the events you will run, and if your results aren't up to snuff, don't show up. It's not like he didn't know what he was walking into. These guys have all run 40's etc before.
And the $400? Really guys, you think this is the NFL's new money making scheme, to steal $400 from former players? Every player on the field was earning 100k+ a year at one point, most much more. $400 is NOTHING for career advancement in almost any field. 20 years ago, I paid that for books in a semester of school. But sure, the NFL's primary goal was to net that 40k minus expenses... My guess is that the fee was more about winnowing down the field a bit to guys who were more or less serious about it.
If Bush and others like him show up for the event unprepared, that's on them. I do feel a LITTLE bad for him being in the spotlight like that while getting destroyed. But the sensible thing to do is to do prep for the events you will run, and if your results aren't up to snuff, don't show up. It's not like he didn't know what he was walking into. These guys have all run 40's etc before.
And the $400? Really guys, you think this is the NFL's new money making scheme, to steal $400 from former players? Every player on the field was earning 100k+ a year at one point, most much more. $400 is NOTHING for career advancement in almost any field. 20 years ago, I paid that for books in a semester of school. But sure, the NFL's primary goal was to net that 40k minus expenses... My guess is that the fee was more about winnowing down the field a bit to guys who were more or less serious about it.
Joe Summer
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That's not true at all. Many of these guys have never appeared on an NFL roster, and several of them were only on a practice squad (at $6K per week). And at least one guy (Chris Baker) had never even been invited to a training camp before.
Kool-Aid Larry
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I'm sure if it was free they wouldn't get a million joke applications
if you can't come up with 4/10ths of a rack you really need to be thinking about getting a real job at this point
if you can't come up with 4/10ths of a rack you really need to be thinking about getting a real job at this point
Is that right? In the last ten fifteen years I can think of two Chris Baker's in the NFL. Just curious re- common name and all
Joe Summer
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This Chris Baker blew out his Achilles at a pre-draft combine. He wasn't drafted and he was never invited to any NFL camps.
Holy Schneikes
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Fair enough. Many of them HAD made good money though, and they were certainly were making more money than when this old fogey was investing in books. The point is, $400 is not much at all for any kind of investment in a career, and that's especially true for a payoff like an NFL contract. A decent suit is $400.
Heh and I didn't know that Chris Baker.
Thanks for sharing, that is a fantastic article.
In Joe's link above it mentions Vince wasn't invited. That's oddly interesting too.
If teams feel like ugh we've seen this guy over and over, then they shouldn't be. I don't mean ill will toward Vince but I feel like I might like reading more about the selection process and chances for those that haven't received them.
If teams feel like ugh we've seen this guy over and over, then they shouldn't be. I don't mean ill will toward Vince but I feel like I might like reading more about the selection process and chances for those that haven't received them.
