Cowboys tampering in signing Sanchez early

[Gumby]

Whomever wrote that doesn't understand that vested veterans do not pass through waivers.

I don't understand.
What does passing or not passing through waivers (which occurs after release) have to do with the fact that the release wasn't official yet and therefore Dallas had to have been talking with him while he was still a donkey?

 

[rookBoston]

buttfumble still makes me smile, everytime

 

[Triumph]

And you thought the Vikings were desperate.

 

[TheFlyingWedge]

What will Goodell do? See the last line. In some respects Deflategate has created blowback against the other teams due to the added scrutiny on Goodell's actions.

Cowboys could be facing scrutiny for timing of Mark Sanchez signing

Concidering Goodell's punishments lack any standards of consistency, the Cowboys could either lose a 1st and a 3rd or no punishment at all.

 

[RecoveringCowboy]

My punishment is REQUIRE Sanchez to start 4 games for the Cowboys, then use their 1st round on Manziel.

 

[DarrylS]

Jerry said he did nothing wrong, and Goodell said that was good enough for him...

Case closed.... nothing to see here folks..

 

[Wordsmyth]

#JerruhIntegrity

 

[Froob]

I don't believe Jerry

 

[DaBruinz]

I don't understand.
What does passing or not passing through waivers (which occurs after release) have to do with the fact that the release wasn't official yet and therefore Dallas had to have been talking with him while he was still a donkey?

How do you know the release wasn't official yet?

 

[Gumby]

How do you know the release wasn't official yet?

I don't. But that was the point of the story writer, that no transaction is official until announced by the league. If that theory is true I still don't get what waivers has to do with the issue.

 

[VJCPatriot]

Boys will get a slap on the wrist. IE a stern letter saying, don't do it again!

Jets got off scott free for tampering with the biggest free agent of the offseason in Darrelle Revis.

It would be surprisingly inconsistent for the Commish to hand out a harsh penalty for this when he already overlooked it before.

Not enough PSIs "allegedly" in a football is obviously 2 draft picks and 1 million dollars though. What a maroon!!

What will Goodell do? See the last line. In some respects Deflategate has created blowback against the other teams due to the added scrutiny on Goodell's actions.

Cowboys could be facing scrutiny for timing of Mark Sanchez signing

 

[BlueThunder]

That butt fumble gif never gets old

 

[XLIX]

This is stupid. He was released, his contract voided. The union should go to bat if they claim this was a problem.

Except the Cowboys allegedly signed him before he was released. That means he was probably signed before some teams even knew he was available.

I agree this is a minor thing. The sort of thing that happens all the time in all sports. But some teams get a completely blind eye for the minor things. Other teams gets 5 month investigations, 4 game suspensions and lose 1st rounders over minor things.

 

[supafly]

Except the Cowboys allegedly signed him before he was released. That means he was probably signed before some teams even knew he was available.

I agree this is a minor thing. The sort of thing that happens all the time in all sports. But some teams get a completely blind eye for the minor things. Other teams gets 5 month investigations, 4 game suspensions and lose 1st rounders over minor things.

Yes, the inconsistency is downright maddening. We need to look no further than the Revis tampering case, which resulted in nothing more than a team fine. On the other hand, KC was stripped of a third round draft selection. It's crazy.

 

[DaBruinz]

Why do people insist on claiming it's tampering when it's not? As soon as Sanchez was notified of his release by the Broncos, he could talk to whomever he wanted.

 

[supafly]

Why do people insist on claiming it's tampering when it's not? As soon as Sanchez was notified of his release by the Broncos, he could talk to whomever he wanted.

You have a valid point and it would seem that the NFL agrees with you in the case of Sanchez. I'm pretty sure they've already issued a statement and moved on.

As a whole though, the inconsistency of punishments handed down by the league has been odd, and obviously unfair.

 

[DaBruinz]

As a whole though, the inconsistency of punishments handed down by the league has been odd, and obviously unfair.

This is true and I've never disagreed with it.

The fact that it's been slanted in the favor of the Jets for at least the past 15 years has been obvious to many people. The best part is that despite that, their ineptitude has kept them from actually accomplishing anything more than making the Play-offs.

 

[XLIX]

Why do people insist on claiming it's tampering when it's not? As soon as Sanchez was notified of his release by the Broncos, he could talk to whomever he wanted.

That is not entirely accurate. Teams are not allowed to talk to a player under contract for another team. Sanchez isn't technically cut until the paperwork is finalized, and there is a very set process for doing thiat sort of thing. So just because the coach tells him to hand in his playbook, he can't just start talking to anyone and everyone.

Now I am not naïve enough not to believe that that isn't what happens all across the league all the time. Sanchez' agent probably has had suitors lined up for a couple weeks since making the Broncos was always something very much in doubt. But it gets back to the league being ridiculously inconsistent in enforcing ridiculously small rules infractions against some teams and not others.

The report that the Broncos gave the Cowboys permission to talk to him changes nothing. Quite honestly, I cannot think of an instance ever happening in sports where a team allowed another team to talk to a player they were planning to cut (instead of talking to him in an attempt to facilitate a trade). I think what the Broncos did was incredibly sleazy.

 

[1960Pats]

That butt fumble gif never gets old

I don't even have to see it any more. Just the word buttfumble brings the image back.

That stretch of TDs also gave new meaning for me to the phrase "in a New York minute."

 

[patchick]

The report that the Broncos gave the Cowboys permission to talk to him changes nothing. Quite honestly, I cannot think of an instance ever happening in sports where a team allowed another team to talk to a player they were planning to cut (instead of talking to him in an attempt to facilitate a trade). I think what the Broncos did was incredibly sleazy.

Yep, that's bad news. You can't have a situation where a team plans to cut a vet and gets to hand-pick other teams to negotiate with him pre-release to keep his knowledge of the playbook out of their division. That's trampling over the player's rights to test his market and get the best opportunity he can.