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To: mhking
NFL Player's Union head Gene Upshaw said (in an ESPN article), "We support [the NFL's] position. ... I don't think he should be playing in the NFL yet. He should stay in school. This will be here for him.

I wonder if Mr. Upshaw and the rest of the PA will compensate Mr. Clarett if he blows out a knee before he becomes "eligible" for the draft?

196 posted on 09/23/2003 1:32:20 PM PDT by Lost Highway
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To: Lost Highway
I wonder if Mr. Upshaw and the rest of the PA will compensate Mr. Clarett if he blows out a knee before he becomes "eligible" for the draft?

Why should they? Football is a game where injuries happen. If he blows out a knee or a spine or whatever and can never play football again, that's just the nature of the game.

The three year rule is meant to minimize these permanent types of injuries. If he wins the case and gets to play early, I'd be expecting him to get sidelined permanently with some injury. He's just not physically mature enough yet.

248 posted on 09/24/2003 6:56:27 AM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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