According to Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, the NFLPA is constructing a plan that would prevent the potential top draft picks from attending next months draft. Schefter cites multiple sources saying that the NFLPA, which technically is now considered a trade organization since their decertification, has already contacted 17 top prospects and told them not to attend. These top prospects normally would receive an invitation from the NFL to attend the draft and its festivities.
“As of right now, this is 100 percent happening,” said one source familiar with the Players Association’s thinking. “This is going down.”
The report also states that the NFLPA may even go as far as to instruct the rookies to do post pick interviews on competing networks. It was also mentioned that in today’s day and age players may choose to only give interviews on social media websites.
“We plan to invite the 15-20 top prospects and their families to New York as we normally do for this once-in-a-lifetime experience. And, as always, it is the decision of the players and their families as to whether they attend,” league spokesman Greg Aiello said in response to the report.
Source: ProFootballTalk.com, ESPN.com
