Why can't the NFLPA appeal the loss of a draftpick?

with the patriots losing a number 1 and a and a 4th, you have to wonder why that doesn't piss the NFLPA off quite a bit. that is 2 young players who are missing out on guaranteed money.

you would think that after they gave up some ground on the rookie wage scale, they would have at least gotten some ability to prevent the league from preventing College players from getting drafted.

The players are their constituents NFLPA, not the team... they cannot advocate for a player until that player is drafted, signed and becomes a member of NFLPA...

Also, it's just a reallocation of salary to other players, more or less. The Pats won't spend less because they have two fewer rookies.

Nope. NFLPA only handles individual player cases. The teams in a way can tend to be the enemy of the NFLPA.

Brady can do what he can do to get rid of the suspension. But Kraft decided to bend over and take it all. No 1st rounder will be retrieved. What's done is done.

chasa said:

with the patriots losing a number 1 and a and a 4th, you have to wonder why that doesn't piss the NFLPA off quite a bit. that is 2 young players who are missing out on guaranteed money.

you would think that after they gave up some ground on the rookie wage scale, they would have at least gotten some ability to prevent the league from preventing College players from getting drafted.

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Because the Owners and the actual team they own are not members of the of NFLPA and have no standing in law to address it. The NFLPA represents the Players and the Players only and can only address that arena of the NFL that concerns players and their rights under the CBA.

chasa said:

with the patriots losing a number 1 and a and a 4th, you have to wonder why that doesn't piss the NFLPA off quite a bit. that is 2 young players who are missing out on guaranteed money.

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You mean the draftee's?

Doesn't make much difference in the grand scheme of things

Because the NFLPA represents the "players" (workers). The league (owners) would be considered "management" in another business environment. To make a long story short, it is simply NOT their problem.


If the owners were smart, they would have some sort of appeal process to override a dictator of a commissioner. but they have delegated that power to Der-Comm-ish-a-czar. So, they have no recourse, save the court system.

DarrylS said:

The players are their constituents NFLPA, not the team... they cannot advocate for a player until that player is drafted, signed and becomes a member of NFLPA...

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Thus the NFL taking draft picks away, are in a sense, preventing people from joining the union.

chasa said:

Thus the NFL taking draft picks away, are in a sense, preventing people from joining the union.

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You cannot stretch that argument, the NFLPA represents current and former members of the NFL... either you are or you are not..

The 32nd player drafted in 2016 draft will make less though no fault of his. Should this one player be penalized for an issue beyond his control? As inconsequential as this seems, the NFLPA should defend this players rights. All draft picks, whether or not signed, are protected by the NFLPA.
Stick it to the owners every chance available.

Nope, they are not members of the NFLPA yet.
It's a team penalty anyway, not a penalty on an individual player.

It was Kraft's responsibility to appeal the punitive punishment, and he shat the bed, betraying his QB, coach, players and fans in the process.

The loss of the first round pick is way, way more damaging than the loss of Brady for 4 games....