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Originally posted by Giant9er:Originally posted by AmpLee:
This sure shut everyone up over at the Jets board...
http://www.jetsinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=200136&page=23
Amp, that is classicGreat job
Originally posted by AmpLee:
This sure shut everyone up over at the Jets board...
http://www.jetsinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=200136&page=23
Originally posted by BHulman:Originally posted by BigMar:Originally posted by NinerGM:
I thought this was interesting.....
Wells says he's made millions in the bail-bonds business, and doesn't need to ride his cousin's coattails for money or access. He's gotten past the ropes and seen the NFL high life as a bodyguard for former Dallas Cowboys players Michael Irvin and Adam "Pacman" Jones, and is widely known in the Cowboys organization. Wells says it takes a village to raise a young African-American man, and that he always wanted to make sure the young Crabtree had someone strong to lean on.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?page=hotread2/crabtree
Wells is widely known in the Cowboys organization?
ding, ding, ding.... we just discovered team number 2 that Deion was talk'en abouts.
Clearly had to be the Jets and Cowboys.... just as we guessed.
So funny, first loud mouty Deion spills it and now Crabtree's loud mouth Cousin chims in.
The only way this holdout makes sense to me is that some team or teams have somehow indicated to Crabtree that they are willing to meet his price.
Originally posted by ninergold:
It would be nice to pick up another draft pick out of this. Didn't we get forced to swap picks because of the Lance Briggs fiasco?
Originally posted by solidg2000:
When will we know the outcome of the tampering?
Quote:
Parker will be a key figure in the tampering case, too
Posted by Mike Florio on September 28, 2009 10:59 AM ET
We mentioned on Sunday the report from ESPN's Chris Mortensen regarding the possibility that the Michael Crabtree tampering investigation will include an interview of Deion Sanders, a league employee (via NFL Network) who created the current mess by talking on the air about the notion that two teams are willing to pay Crabtree twice the amount that the 49ers have placed on the table.
There's another key figure in the tampering investigation: Agent Eugene Parker.
Parker isn't required to cooperate, and he likely won't. But, if he doesn't, he won't be able to rebut any information that the 49ers might provide regarding things that Parker said to them about, for example, the Jets' interest in Crabtree.
The Jets surely will deny making any such statements -- and that's why, as Michael Lombardi pointed out last week on Inside the NFL, tampering is so rampant.
Basically, they all cheat, and then they all lie to cover up their cheating.
In this case, however, it'll be interesting to see how the league handles the conflicting information. If, on one hand, the Niners says that Parker said something that would indicate tampering by the Jets and if, on the other hand, the Jets predictably deny it, how will it be resolved?
By choosing to remain silent, Parker could be giving credence to the Niners' position. If, after all, Parker had nothing to hide, he'd talk. Moreover, if the Jets truly are a potential suitor for Crabtree's services, Parker would want to avoid doing anything that might remove them as an option. Needless to say, if Parker were to snitch on the Jets, they probably would lose interest in his client. (And, possibly, in some of his other clients.)
Meanwhile, we're hopeful that the ongoing CBA discussions (the next meeting is scheduled for tomorrow) will include negotiations regarding a joint mechanism for securing mandatory cooperation from agents in cases like this. Though the NFL has no power over any of them, the NFLPA exclusively regulates their work. So while Commissioner Roger Goodell can't force Parker to talk, De Smith can. And Goodell and Smith need to realize that an atmosphere of brazen cheating does nothing to advance the long-term interests of the game, even if it sometimes helps a player finagle more money in the short-term, or a team to get a player that it covets.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/09/28/parker-will-be-a-key-figure-in-the-tampering-case-too/
Originally posted by pd24:Quote:
Parker will be a key figure in the tampering case, too
Posted by Mike Florio on September 28, 2009 10:59 AM ET
We mentioned on Sunday the report from ESPN's Chris Mortensen regarding the possibility that the Michael Crabtree tampering investigation will include an interview of Deion Sanders, a league employee (via NFL Network) who created the current mess by talking on the air about the notion that two teams are willing to pay Crabtree twice the amount that the 49ers have placed on the table.
There's another key figure in the tampering investigation: Agent Eugene Parker.
Parker isn't required to cooperate, and he likely won't. But, if he doesn't, he won't be able to rebut any information that the 49ers might provide regarding things that Parker said to them about, for example, the Jets' interest in Crabtree.
The Jets surely will deny making any such statements -- and that's why, as Michael Lombardi pointed out last week on Inside the NFL, tampering is so rampant.
Basically, they all cheat, and then they all lie to cover up their cheating.
In this case, however, it'll be interesting to see how the league handles the conflicting information. If, on one hand, the Niners says that Parker said something that would indicate tampering by the Jets and if, on the other hand, the Jets predictably deny it, how will it be resolved?
By choosing to remain silent, Parker could be giving credence to the Niners' position. If, after all, Parker had nothing to hide, he'd talk. Moreover, if the Jets truly are a potential suitor for Crabtree's services, Parker would want to avoid doing anything that might remove them as an option. Needless to say, if Parker were to snitch on the Jets, they probably would lose interest in his client. (And, possibly, in some of his other clients.)
Meanwhile, we're hopeful that the ongoing CBA discussions (the next meeting is scheduled for tomorrow) will include negotiations regarding a joint mechanism for securing mandatory cooperation from agents in cases like this. Though the NFL has no power over any of them, the NFLPA exclusively regulates their work. So while Commissioner Roger Goodell can't force Parker to talk, De Smith can. And Goodell and Smith need to realize that an atmosphere of brazen cheating does nothing to advance the long-term interests of the game, even if it sometimes helps a player finagle more money in the short-term, or a team to get a player that it covets.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/09/28/parker-will-be-a-key-figure-in-the-tampering-case-too/
Originally posted by Juniorminime:
so when will we know the ruling??