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If Nolan Teasley is the “primary football executive” in Minnesota, Seahawks will get compensatory picks
NBC Sports ^ | May 30, 2026 | By Mike Florio

Posted on 05/31/2026 11:54:25 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

The hiring of Seahawks assistant G.M. Nolan Teasley as the Vikings’ new G.M. will carry a specific benefit for his former team.

Per the league, Teasley qualifies as a diverse candidate under the NFL provision that gives the former team of a newly-hired G.M. or head coach a pair of third-round compensatory draft picks.

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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: diversity; nfl; seahawks; teasley; vikings

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Is this the norm? A team receives picks only if a minority departs for another team?
1 posted on 05/31/2026 11:54:25 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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Best way to fight racism? Make everything about race.


2 posted on 05/31/2026 11:57:57 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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A white candidate has to be two third round draft picks better to get the job. I would call that racist,


3 posted on 05/31/2026 12:18:43 PM PDT by alternatives?
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I don’t know if I would flattered that I am worth two third round draft picks, or if they value the “cost” to replace me as just two third round pics.

Football terminology is just creepy where they “value” flesh in ways that sound more like trading horses than dealing with human beings.


4 posted on 05/31/2026 12:19:13 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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I don’t know if I would flattered that I am worth two third round draft picks, or if they value the “cost” to replace me as just two third round pics.


“I’m being marked down?!?!?! I’ve been kidnapped by K-Mart!”


5 posted on 05/31/2026 12:23:01 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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You’re a Blue Light Special......


6 posted on 05/31/2026 12:55:11 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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Seems weird that the former team gets the picks. The team hiring him doesn't. I would think an Assistant GM would be able to leave at will if he found a better job, so why reward the team he's quitting?

Also, while supposedly Teasley's father is "black", Nolan looks about as black as Elizabeth Warren looks Cherokee.


7 posted on 05/31/2026 1:07:18 PM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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If I was the Seattle General Manager, I would Draft two white guys with the Compensatory Picks!
8 posted on 05/31/2026 1:26:49 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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A white candidate has to be two third round draft picks better to get the job. I would call that racist,

This would be a disincentive to hiring the minority candidate, since the team they hire him from receives the picks.

9 posted on 05/31/2026 2:16:51 PM PDT by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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