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NFLPA Should Demand All Prospects Boycott 2011 NFL Draft

March 15, 2011   ·     ·   Jump to comments

Since when did putting on a multi-thousand dollar suit, donning a $20 cap, holding up a dorky personalized No. 1 jersey and getting a picture taken with mom and your new boss equate to a dream?
Apparently, it's the latest craze in America, because everyone is up in arms that the NFLPA is asking potential draft picks to skip out on the NFL Draft and depriving these young men of the one moment they have been waiting for all their lives.
Oh. My. Goodness.
When you were a kid, didn't you dream of throwing a game winning touchdown to Lynn Swann, Jerry Rice, Michaell Irvin or Santonio Holmes?
Or maybe you dreamed of picking off Bart Starr, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana, John Elway or Tom Brady.
Kids must be sitting in their basements today announcing, "With the first pick in the 2032 draft, the Detroit Lions select..."
And how could I forget about the indelible images of Peyton Manning and Troy Aikman walking up the stage as the league's top draft pick?
Those...

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