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Originally posted by NotFromHere
If the NFL drags the appeals for a few more years, what good does that do him?
And even if college age kids don't realize that they're not physically able to compete, the NFL players certainly know that. And isn't that what the players union is for?
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The one thing any union knows is that prices/salaries are kept up by excluding entrants. Why do you think it costs so much to get a plumber? Unions. That's why this restriction was more suspect--it wasn't for benefits among players already in the union--it was a union deciding whom to let in, in collusion with the league.
As for appeals, the league will need a stay. The District judge won't grant one, because a) she' thinks there's no likelihood of ultimate success adn b) the harms tip in his favor--let him into the draft, and decide later to void the pick , if necessary. So they have to get an appeals court to issue a stay and/or decision before mid-April (or whenever the draft is). Unless they have a dead-bang winner of an argument, which I don't understand them to have (rather, it's a net benefit proposition), they are in trouble on this one. Of course, they may win on appeal, and Clarett will be a one-off oddity.
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