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Originally Posted by AVoiceOfReason
This is off-topic, sort of, but your suggestion raised a question for me: If a draft pick sits out a year--or plays in Canada--can he be declared a free agent, or does he re-enter the draft the next year, or does the team retain the rights beyond the first year? I remember Elway used the baseball leverage to get out of Baltimore, but those rules may have changed.
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I'm not sure in the NFL. In baseball, you have to go through the draft basically until you are not picked anymore.
I think it's the same in football.
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Originally Posted by grumpyolddude
My only question is "why did it take a whole day to announce Marinelli's firing?" Oh, yeah, because WC Ford is a DOOFUSS! He's bringing back the whole front office, minus Millen, of course. Who in their right mind would hire into such a braindead organization? If I were a top coaching prospect, I wouldn't even TALK to the Lions. If I were a potential top draft pick, I'd check out the CFL for a year!
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Only problem is, you could get hurt, and then you're screwed.
At least in Detroit they'll have to pay you a crapload of guaranteed money.