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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.The question isn't about if there is a lockout, is there still a draft. All reports say there would be. The question is what if the union decertifies and makes a big stink about the anti-trust implications of the NFL draft? What happens then? Well, in all honesty, there would probably still be a draft anyway because cancelling it would be a pretty extreme move. But I am just brainstorming possibilities.If there is a lockout is there still a draft in 2011 or does it get moved back to 2012 as a combined draft?
The question isn't "will there be a draft in 2011" as there will be 100%. The question should be:
If there is a lockout in 2011, how in the hell do you do the draft in 2012??? Lottery?
Not true......No. All draft picks are lost and all this hording will be for nothing.
No. All draft picks are lost and all this hording will be for nothing.
First thing I thought of is that even if there is a lockout, the draft will most likely have already taken place. Also, I'm pretty sure the NFL can still do certain things like hold a draft, set a schedule, sell tickets, etc. regardless of what is and is not going on with the CBA and the NFLPA.If there is a lockout is there still a draft in 2011 or does it get moved back to 2012 as a combined draft?
You beat me to it... and I was really looking forward to making everyone pee their pants. But in all seriousness, you may see some underclassmen who would otherwise declare for the draft, instead stay in college for their senior year. Also, if there is a lockout and the '11 season gets washed, the Pats would suffer more than any other team. That's an extra year they'll have to wait to develop their rookies and give them game experience. Otherwise, they'll be starting 2012 with about 10 picks from rounds 1-3 in the '11 and '12 drafts, and they'd probably have to cut some good players or cut some high picks.
I don't think there will be any sort of specific, set date whereby they are going to "call everything off" unless the lockout extends into a ridiculously late timeframe, like November. Beyond that I think it is going to be a week-by-week, excrutiating process.The question was asked on ESPN months ago and Chris Mortenson confirmed that there would be a draft and it would probably be the last NFL event of the year, assuming there was a lockout.
Remember, the NFL draft is in April. No matter how bad negotiations may go, there is absolutely no chance that they would call everything off before May.
The question was asked on ESPN months ago and Chris Mortenson confirmed that there would be a draft and it would probably be the last NFL event of the year, assuming there was a lockout.
Remember, the NFL draft is in April. No matter how bad negotiations may go, there is absolutely no chance that they would call everything off before May.
That answers my question about how they could hold a draft if the union disbands. Since the 2011 draft has already been collectively bargained, there will be no problem.More importantly, the CBA mandates that there will be a draft in the league year following its expiration (i.e., in 2011).
My understanding is that there would be a draft, but rather than players being signed, their rights would be held by the team that drafted them until a deal is cut. This would be due to the likelihood of salary slots for rookies being instituted and the details not finalized until the new CBA was in place.
I'm just theorizing here, but if the players are being locked out then there's really no rush to sign the draftees.If I understand it correctly, that would be the case if, and only if, there is a strike, although it is a bit murky.
In any case, such decisions (either way) could be independent of any decision to institute a rookie wage scale or anything else.