Oldskool Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Updated Mar 13, 2011 10:50 PM ET The NFL lockout has made business relations between teams and player agents far more difficult. Not only is communication between the two parties about current NFL players now against league rules, two sources have told FOXSports.com that the league is requiring general managers to keep a log of every conversation held with an agent. The two parties are allowed to discuss college prospects in this year's draft. The same goes for personal business if a player agent also represents a general manager or head coach. The NFL, though, has warned coaches and team officials that discussions of current players or pending free agents during a lockout is prohibited. NFL employees are also prohibited from contact with players. The league is concerned about violations potentially being used by the NFL Players Association in litigation. With a previous lack of regulation and punishment for all but the most blatant of tampering charges, the NFL's mandate probably won't discourage all prohibited contact. But it may make some GMs think twice before being willing to risk NFL punishment. For the rest of the article, see: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/nfl-general-managers-must-keep-log-of-all-agent-contact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voice_of_Reason Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Well, this was part of the rules, so it's not surprising, but it is unfortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goingforburgundy Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 I trust that bruce wont try to side step the rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Am I the only one that thinks it's crazy how sports are actually allowed to punish you for just talking? NCAA violations every week, NBA coaches FINED for saying they don't like a certain official, etc.. The only other time I can think of such a thing is in communist countries or something. Never in any workplace I've been.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFskinsfan Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Well actually in the military you can get in some trouble for publicly slamming your leadership; but then again the military is a socialist system. Just for the record I have been in the military for over 18 years now and I am currently in Iraq. So im not just making stuff up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symbol Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Well actually in the military you can get in some trouble for publicly slamming your leadership; but then again the military is a socialist system. Just for the record I have been in the military for over 18 years now and I am currently in Iraq. So im not just making stuff up. True, I was in the Navy back in '91-'94, but look on the bright side, while in the military, you're government property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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