Apparently the NFLPA has been lobbying sports agents to hold their clients out of the upcoming draft as a statement of union solidarity. Could a draft boycott really happen?
No way. For a few reasons:
2) Show Me The Money - Unlike their veteran brethren, the new rookies won't have years of income to fall back on over the next few months. Coming straight out of college, a prospect will be itching to get his first paycheck (or 40th, if he's Cam Newton) and won't allow his agent to hold him out.
3) What's In It For Me? - This is the big question that agents will ask when the NFLPA proposes a boycott, and I don't think the union has a good answer for them. In fact, with the owners and players both agreeing to establish a rookie wage scale that will drastically cut the money paid out to draftees, the agents face the possibility of losing a lot of potential revenue from future rookie contracts.
So for those worried that we'll be robbed of the one football-related event that wouldn't be affected by a lockout, you can rest easy. Thanks to the self-interest of sports agents, the NFL draft will go on as usual. In this case, greed is most definitely good.
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