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Reports are now that Eli has said he'll sit out the year rather then sign with the Chargers.
Right now, Paul Tagliabue needs to be on the phone with him, explaining that he WILL play where he is drafted or he will be banned from the league.
It's one thing to request that the team not draft you because you'd rather play elsewhere, which was what I thought he had been saying. It's another to refuse like this. It eliminates much of the leverage the team has to make trades, and completely disrespects the fans, who DO NOT forget.
J.D. Drew did it, and he can't show his face in Philadelphia without being booed. Steve Francis did it, and though I still cheer for him as a Maryland player, I think what he did to Vancouver was reprehensible. And I live in a city where the name of John Elway is cursed forever and he is blamed as one of the last straws in causing the Colts to move.
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"Final thought: I just rented Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine. Frankly, it was the worst sports movie I've ever seen."
--Peter Schmuck, The (Baltimore) Sun
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