NFL Draft 2011: NFLPA Got the Boycott Right, “Mock” Draft Ceremony Wrong

March 18, 2011   ·   Robert Ivaniszyn   ·   Jump to comments

Earlier in the week, the NFLPA urged incoming rookies to boycott the NFL Draft which led to much laughing and finger pointing in their direction. Now they are planning an “alternative” event for players who go through with the boycott.
Fans have been insisting that the players invited to the draft should go, as they have earned that honor and shouldn’t even have the idea of not going suggested to them. However, when talking to USA TODAY’s Jarrett Bell, NFLPA spokesman George Atallah stated very astutely, “The prospective players are locked out. That’s the business reality they face. They can’t negotiate a contract. So it strikes me as odd that they would attend an event organized by a group of people that locked them out.”
Atallah couldn’t be more right. Not only would incoming rookies—including Von Miller, who is mentioned in the pending lawsuit Brady v. NFL—hurt the players’ collective case that the NFL...

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