According to pregame on NBC. How do you guys feel about this? Apparently they contacted NFL teams asking if they had evaluated Sam as a potential practice squad signing. I'm not sure what they did is fair or correct. Basically they were trying to get a team to possibly cut another player they like better to make sure they didn't receive negative PR as a league.
That is a BS move on the part of the NFL, the league is driven by talent if he did not have enough talent he won't make a roster.
Watching Sam in the preseason, I am pretty sure that his ability warrants at least a practice squad spot. I would be disappointed to hear that the league had to intervene. Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
Basically the league telling teams to get over the fact that the kid is gay. Probably also more than anything a PR move.
Wow... lol.... if only Cam Wake and James Harrison had the league contact teams for a practice squad invite when they were out of jobs early in their career. I'm sure Cam Wake prefers being in a practice squad than being a mortgage broker! Jesus, if Sam is worth a damn, some team will sign him, let him prove himself in the CFL like Wake and Harrison did.
I think it was putting their thumb on the scale in a self serving way. They look better if he's on a team. Look how the NBA looked. They didn't want that.
I bet the nfl did the same thing on draft day too! SENT FROM MY LG G-FLEX ON THE NOW NETWORK FROM SPRINT!