View Full Version : Question about the draft?
achiro
1/12/2009, 12:43 PM
I admit to knowing little to nothing about the ins and outs of pro football. I am a college football fan and thats just about it. I thought I remembered a player being drafted a few years ago and he(maybe Eli Manning?) refused to play for the team that drafted him? Have I been hit in the head or did something like this happen? How? Does that happen often?
flopshotjoe99
1/12/2009, 12:53 PM
both Elway & Eli Manning made it well know that if drafted they would not play for the team that picked them. IIRC it was San Diego that drafted Manning & ended up trading him right away to NY.
Frozen Sooner
1/12/2009, 12:56 PM
both Elway & Eli Manning made it well know that if drafted they would not play for the team that picked them. IIRC it was San Diego that drafted Manning & ended up trading him right away to NY.
Yup.
Elway was drafted by the Colts and said he'd go play baseball instead.
Manning was drafted #1 by the Chargers and traded for Philip Rivers and Shawne Merriman.
Frozen Sooner
1/12/2009, 12:57 PM
And no, this doesn't happen very often. You have to have the right combination of circumstances where the player can afford to sit out a year.
olevetonahill
1/12/2009, 12:59 PM
Sam Could Finish His Degree :D
JLEW1818
1/12/2009, 01:10 PM
Eli can suck it, he is a piece of ****
soonerfan28
1/12/2009, 01:20 PM
Didn't Eli cry about wanting #1 pick money after the trade was done.
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