The tradeoff seems logical, at least from the perspective of the NFL Players Association. This is what they’re proposing to this years’ first-round picks: Don’t go to New York for the NFL Draft; don’t do any interviews on TV that somehow help the league.
In return, they’ll continue to fight to lower what teams pay rookies.
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Sounds fair, right?
Well, no, and it’ll do more harm to the players’ quest to win the public relations battle. Getting drafted is a highlight of these players’ lives. Do they really want to take this away?
Yes, it would be awkward for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to interview a rookie who will be prevented from doing anything with his new team until the lockout is avoided. But they really aren’t part of this fight yet. Well, let’s take that back. A rookie wage scale, the need to limit what the young kids earn, seems to be the one thing both sides agree upon.
