Comments on: MLB and NFL, Take a Tip From the NBA http://poulios.com/2006/07/06/mlb-and-nfl-take-a-tip-from-the-nba/ There has been an alarming increase in things I know nothing about! Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:54:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Chad http://poulios.com/2006/07/06/mlb-and-nfl-take-a-tip-from-the-nba/#comment-19 Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:56:58 +0000 http://www.poulios.com/blog/2006/07/06/32#comment-19 Eli Manning. ‘Nuff said.

]]> By: Konstantine http://poulios.com/2006/07/06/mlb-and-nfl-take-a-tip-from-the-nba/#comment-18 Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:41:38 +0000 http://www.poulios.com/blog/2006/07/06/32#comment-18 What I don’t remember is what Denver had to give up to get Elway. The same thing happened a few years ago with Eli Manning and the Giants gave San Diego everything and the kitchen sink to get him. As much as I don’t agree with Elway or Manning in forcing the hand of the teams that drafted them, San Diego got a pretty good deal in the trade for Eli.

]]> By: joker36 http://poulios.com/2006/07/06/mlb-and-nfl-take-a-tip-from-the-nba/#comment-17 Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:00:47 +0000 http://www.poulios.com/blog/2006/07/06/32#comment-17 Here’s a problem I have with drafts in general. If you want to play with the big boys, and make big boy money, declare yourself eligible for the draft. Then, when you get drafted by a team, that team owns your rights. If you don’t want to play for the Kansas City Royals or the Houston Texans, then stay in school or stay at home. Just stay away from the draft. It sickens me to hear a college athlete (profesionally unproven athlete mind you) whining about a team they have to go to. The fact that baseball let’s a player sign a contract or wait it out a year if they are not happy with the contract is crazy. Let’s not forget that WHATEVER team they go to, and WHEREVER in the draft they get picked, they are going to get paid good money to PLAY A GAME. If they have issue with that, they can join the rat race and chase invoices like the rest of us. How does it help a team when a player they draft says “No thanks”. What a wasted pick.

One final thought. John Elway is a great QB, a Super Bowl Champion and Hall of Famer. But the thing I remember abour Johnny is how he screwed the Baltimore Colts, who wasted their pick on him, only to have him whine, ” I don’t want to play there. Waaahhhhh……”

Thanks – I feel better

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