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Rams Made Deal With NFL To Draft Michael Sam To Not Film ‘Hard Knocks,’ Report Says
newyork.cbslocal.com ^ | March 23, 2016

Posted on 03/24/2016 7:26:47 AM PDT by TroutStalker

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A longtime NFL reporter revealed Wednesday the NFL agreed to a deal where the Los Angeles Rams — then St. Louis — didn’t have to do HBO’s “Hard Knocks” series in 2014 if they drafted Michael Sam.

“Sources say NFL agreed not to have Rams on Hard Knocks in 2014 if they drafted Michael Sam,” Howard Balzer tweeted.

Sam was the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team. The Rams selected him in the seventh round of the 2014 NFL Draft.

Sam was not shocked by the report.

“I’m not surprised at all,” Sam tweeted.

Balzer reported the NFL was concerned Sam wouldn’t be drafted, so a deal was made with the Rams.

“Rams didn’t want Hard Knocks even without Sam. League concerned he wouldn’t be drafted. Deal made,” Balzer said.

(Excerpt) Read more at newyork.cbslocal.com ...


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To: TroutStalker

That’s not much of a deal really. All being on Hard Knocks does is show everybody why your team sucks.


21 posted on 03/24/2016 7:45:48 AM PDT by discostu (This unit not labeled for individual sale)
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To: cdcdawg

Notice he never played.


22 posted on 03/24/2016 7:47:33 AM PDT by discostu (This unit not labeled for individual sale)
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To: TroutStalker

It’s official: the NFL tampers with team rosters to advance a left-wing, anti-Christian agenda.


23 posted on 03/24/2016 7:47:56 AM PDT by crusader71
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To: TroutStalker

I’m starting to tire of the NFL.


24 posted on 03/24/2016 7:50:05 AM PDT by stockpirate (We must burn down the republican party, to save it for “We the People” (Palin Trump is the 1st wav)
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To: RoseofTexas

Nobody crucified Tebow. He’s not on the field for the exact same reason Sam’s not. Neither can play well enough.


25 posted on 03/24/2016 7:50:13 AM PDT by discostu (This unit not labeled for individual sale)
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To: TroutStalker
This story is a complete fabrication.

Michael Sam could have been the next Reggie White but the homophobic owners shut him out.

Tragic story.

26 posted on 03/24/2016 7:50:51 AM PDT by caltaxed
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To: originalbuckeye
.Leftists are very patient in their incrementalism.

And conservatives keep losing because they insist on all or nothing and usually wind up with nothing while the left just keeps chipping away at the foundation upon which thsi country was founded.

27 posted on 03/24/2016 7:59:58 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: caltaxed
Michael Sam could have been the next Reggie White Love...
28 posted on 03/24/2016 8:02:23 AM PDT by newfreep
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To: TroutStalker

The Rams coach denied any truth in the story on Mike & Mike this morning. He claimed the decision to draft Sam was totally his with no NFL interference.


29 posted on 03/24/2016 8:03:04 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: TroutStalker

LOL - if you draft a worthless queer player, your team won’t have to do a worthless reality TV show. Do they play football anymore in the NFL?


30 posted on 03/24/2016 8:04:41 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: T-Bird45

Of course he did, the NFL told him too.


31 posted on 03/24/2016 8:04:57 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: TroutStalker

Never heard of “Hard Knocks”...what’s it about and why were NFL teams forced to do it?


32 posted on 03/24/2016 8:05:28 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: newfreep

33 posted on 03/24/2016 8:06:05 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Arm_Bears

It was a $cam from the get-go. Now this comes out. The whole delaying the “coming out” before his senior year at Missouri was nothing more than a $cheme to force the NFL to draft and undraftable player. He and his handlers timed his “courage” accordlingly

“Courage Award” $am The $ham has been exposed as the fraud he is. Now the consequences of his homosexuality are coming home to roost.


34 posted on 03/24/2016 8:07:56 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (This household proudly voted for TRUMP)
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To: cdcdawg
“But ... but ... but ... the NFL is meritocracy, where the best play, regardless of any other considerations .... right? They would never push a social agenda ... right?”

I have been told the NFL is “meritocracy only” by many, many sports fans that watch a lot of sports on TV - and who are themselves champion recreational beer drinkers.

Still, this report makes me wonder if Tebow, the wholesome quarterback that won at Denver, was passed over by other teams for less qualified players upon guidance from the NFL leadership.

The league was just one unguarded Tebow comment (”I believe marriage is between one man and one woman”) away from being set-upon by Hollywood, the Democrat party, the lame-stream media, Disney and all the demons in Hell.

Plus, wholesome football players are just . . . just wrong.

35 posted on 03/24/2016 8:09:17 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: pepsionice

He’s obviously not NFL material but don’t minimize his collegiate career, especially his senior year. He was very good and SEC Co-Defensive POY.


36 posted on 03/24/2016 8:10:36 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (This household proudly voted for TRUMP)
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To: DouglasKC

It’s a “warts and all” look at one team’s training camp. So far no good teams have ever been on it, and it’s usually unintentionally hilarious. And apparently they Rams are going to be on it this year.


37 posted on 03/24/2016 8:10:58 AM PDT by discostu (This unit not labeled for individual sale)
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To: A_Former_Democrat
He was very good and SEC Co-Defensive POY.

Says more about how poor SEC defenses were that year.

38 posted on 03/24/2016 8:11:38 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: DouglasKC
Never heard of “Hard Knocks”...what’s it about and why were NFL teams forced to do it?

It's an HBO reality series where a camera crew comes into training camp and pitches a tent up the coaching staff's arse for six weeks. Teams have come to loathe and hate it as it is a major disruption to preparations for the season. But the show is popular and good PR for the league, so the NFL puts great pressure on teams to go along with it.


39 posted on 03/24/2016 8:12:03 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog
It's an HBO reality series where a camera crew comes into training camp and pitches a tent up the coaching staff's arse for six weeks. Teams have come to loathe and hate it as it is a major disruption to preparations for the season. But the show is popular and good PR for the league, so the NFL puts great pressure on teams to go along with it.

That sounds awful...talk about a team distraction.

40 posted on 03/24/2016 8:15:17 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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