just pointed out: the investigation did not dispute that Ross said something about offering money to tank games. it says there were “differing recollections about the wording, timing, and context.” Hmm.
Wait, so the NFL found that Stephen Ross DID say something to Flores about paying him $100,000 per game to lose, but “it was not intended to be a serious offer.”? Of course, owners joke about that kind to thing to their coaches all the time!
The 2nd round will not have 33 picks.
It will be 32 at the most.
The “normal” number of picks is indeed 256 picks.
It is 7 picks for all 32 teams (224)… plus 32 compensatory picks.
In the past 2 drafts… there have actually been 259 picks (2021) and 262 picks (2022) because extra comp picks are handed out for hiring minority coaches and executives.
I believe there is a minimum number of total draft picks that were negotiated into the CBA, and it might be 255. That would mean if it fell short they would give out picks at the end of the draft to fill out the total.
I was never aware of a minimum. For years, there were 256 picks (7 rounds for 32 teams plus 32 compensatory picks) and when there were forfeited picks, it reduced the drafted players down from 256.
Maybe you are thinking of the compensatory picks. If there are only 30 compensatory picks given out, they add two at the end of the draft to the two teams with the worst record (drafting #1 and #2 overall). Detroit go this on at least one occasion.
I can’t blame Ross for wanting to shake up a moribund franchise that hasn’t given anyone much to cheer for, but there’s a time and a place for tampering, and that place is called Cabo…
This is pretty much a case study on how fake news is created by the media these days. The story gets better each time they borrow it from the previous guy. If you trace it back to the original, it’s generally nothing.
I don’t know what it said, I only saw the reaction posts, which appeared to be getting stronger as it went down the chain of media types. As far as I understand, it’s all a he said/ he said claim, without physical evidence, or even the large amount of complaints like Watson had, so proof is not something that I expect to ever be provided, unless someone has recordings.
