10-Pack: Fallout from the Dez Bryant predraft interview
Article By mflorio.tsn on 29th April, 2010
Mike Florio
Update: As of Friday morning, the context of Jeff Ireland's question about Dez Bryant's is being reported, and that sheds a different light on the issue. Read more in Dan Levy's story in The Sporting Blog.
Dez Bryant has accepted Jeff Ireland's apology for an inappropriate question, but the issue of prospect interviews is far from resolved. ProFootballTalk.com's Mike Florio weighs in on the Dez Bryant-Jeff Ireland predraft interview:
Last week, Mike Silver of Yahoo! Sports reported that receiver Dez Bryant had been asked during pre-draft interview whether his mother is a prostitute. The story grew no legs.
On Tuesday, Silver reported that the question in question had been asked by Dolphins G.M. Jeff Ireland. Since then, the story has made Usain Bolt and Chris Johnson look like tortoises with torn ACLs.
The situation also presents many twists and turns and layers and levels. I probably could come up with more than 10 takes on the topic. But I must balance my interest in writing about the topic with the audience's interest in reading about it.
So it's 10. And only 10.
1. Lawsuit possibilities.
A player who has not yet been drafted has no obligation to defer to the grievance procedures contained in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. As a result, he can sue the league and/or any of its teams, if he believes his legal rights have been violated.
Generally speaking, there's no law against being a jerk. That said, most states recognize that, at a certain level, deliberate misconduct creates potential civil liability.
In Florida (as in most states), the bar is high. The behavior must be outrageous, and the target of the conduct must have suffered severe emotional distress. The latter point doesn't mesh with the image of toughness projected by a football player, making it less likely that a player ...
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Dez Bryant has accepted Jeff Ireland's apology for an inappropriate question, but the issue of prospect interviews is far from resolved. ProFootballTalk.com's Mike Florio weighs in on the Dez Bryant-Jeff Ireland predraft interview:
Last week, Mike Silver of Yahoo! Sports reported that receiver Dez Bryant had been asked during pre-draft interview whether his mother is a prostitute. The story grew no legs.
On Tuesday, Silver reported that the question in question had been asked by Dolphins G.M. Jeff Ireland. Since then, the story has made Usain Bolt and Chris Johnson look like tortoises with torn ACLs.
The situation also presents many twists and turns and layers and levels. I probably could come up with more than 10 takes on the topic. But I must balance my interest in writing about the topic with the audience's interest in reading about it.
So it's 10. And only 10.
1. Lawsuit possibilities.
A player who has not yet been drafted has no obligation to defer to the grievance procedures contained in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. As a result, he can sue the league and/or any of its teams, if he believes his legal rights have been violated.
Generally speaking, there's no law against being a jerk. That said, most states recognize that, at a certain level, deliberate misconduct creates potential civil liability.
In Florida (as in most states), the bar is high. The behavior must be outrageous, and the target of the conduct must have suffered severe emotional distress. The latter point doesn't mesh with the image of toughness projected by a football player, making it less likely that a player ...
Read Complete Article at Latest Sporting News Articles for NFL
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