If Arians Waits to Sign a Contract...

[Slapstick]

...can he have contact with Roethlisberger or any other Steelers' offensive player?

If he is not officially an employee, does that violate any rules?

Can he wait until any CBA is in place to re-up his contract?

[hawaiiansteel]

NFL warning coaches not to talk to players during lockout

Posted by Michael David Smith on February 24, 2011


Although the NFL is downplaying the significance of today’s big meeting with all 32 head coaches and general managers, the league office does have an important message for the bigwigs who run every team: Once the lockout starts, cut off all contact with players.

Last month Charley Casserly of CBS, who was a Redskins executive during the 1982 and 1987 players’ strikes, pointed out that there was sure to be some contact between coaches and players during the looming 2011 lockout. Casserly also noted that such contact would be cheating, and the league would discipline the involved coaches.

Today Chris Mortensen of ESPN reported that coaches and executives will be reminded at today’s meeting that they’re not allowed to have any contact with players once the lockout starts. And Mortensen said coaches will be threatened with fines, forfeiture of draft picks and other discipline for breaking that strict rule.

We find it hard to believe that every coach will obey that strict directive. Surely, some individual coaches who have close relationships with some individual players will stay in contact during the lockout, and hope the league office doesn’t find out.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... g-lockout/ (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/24/nfl-warning-coaches-not-to-talk-to-players-during-lockout/)

[BradshawsHairdresser]

NFL warning coaches not to talk to players during lockout

Posted by Michael David Smith on February 24, 2011


Although the NFL is downplaying the significance of today’s big meeting with all 32 head coaches and general managers, the league office does have an important message for the bigwigs who run every team: Once the lockout starts, cut off all contact with players.

Last month Charley Casserly of CBS, who was a Redskins executive during the 1982 and 1987 players’ strikes, pointed out that there was sure to be some contact between coaches and players during the looming 2011 lockout. Casserly also noted that such contact would be cheating...

WWBBD? (What will Bill Belichek do?) :lol:

[flippy]

This division between coaches and players is nuts.

[Crash]

So Tom Coughlin can't talk to his son n law or go visit his grandkids?

[papillon]

So Tom Coughlin can't talk to his son n law or go visit his grandkids?

He can talk to him about the grand kids, life, his daughter, etc., but he can't talk to him about the Giants. :P :wink:

Pappy

[SteelCrazy]

NFL warning coaches not to talk to players during lockout

Posted by Michael David Smith on February 24, 2011


Although the NFL is downplaying the significance of today’s big meeting with all 32 head coaches and general managers, the league office does have an important message for the bigwigs who run every team: Once the lockout starts, cut off all contact with players.

Last month Charley Casserly of CBS, who was a Redskins executive during the 1982 and 1987 players’ strikes, pointed out that there was sure to be some contact between coaches and players during the looming 2011 lockout. Casserly also noted that such contact would be cheating, and the league would discipline the involved coaches.

Today Chris Mortensen of ESPN reported that coaches and executives will be reminded at today’s meeting that they’re not allowed to have any contact with players once the lockout starts. And Mortensen said coaches will be threatened with fines, forfeiture of draft picks and other discipline for breaking that strict rule.

We find it hard to believe that every coach will obey that strict directive. Surely, some individual coaches who have close relationships with some individual players will stay in contact during the lockout, and hope the league office doesn’t find out.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... g-lockout/ (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/24/nfl-warning-coaches-not-to-talk-to-players-during-lockout/)

I understand this is supposed to be a "if there is a lockout" but it definitely sounds like it is going to happen.

[Slapstick]

I understand what the official position is, but as of right now, Bruce Arians is not a Steelers' coach...officially...

His contract expired and he hasn't signed a new contract...yet...

Right now, he is a coaching free agent...

That's all I was asking...

[Crash]

I understand what the official position is, but as of right now, Bruce Arians is not a Steelers' coach...officially...

His contract expired and he hasn't signed a new contract...yet...

Right now, he is a coaching free agent...

That's all I was asking...

In the realistic world you would be correct.

But Goodell's world is totally different.

If the lockout begins and he hasn't signed a contract? He should be allowed to talk to players.

And if he is? Wouldn't shock me at all if thats how the Rooney's and Arians are playing it all along. Art II is a lawyer, I'm sure he's looked into it. Just another way to beat the system.

[hawaiiansteel]

Lockout would tie up team websites

Posted by Mike Florio on February 28, 2011


The league’s prohibition against coaches and executives talking to players during a lockout extends to other employees of the teams’ football operations.

Specifically, it extends to the folks who maintain the various team websites.

Alex Marvez of FOXSports.com reports that the league will conduct a conference call on Monday aimed at advising the franchises regarding the dos and don’ts in a work stoppage.

One team, per Marvez, expects to pull all player photos. Another team expects to lose the ability to talk to players.

Incoming rookies likely remain fair game, until the draft. Once the players are picked, they enter the union and consequently the pool of persons to whom the NFL teams won’t be permitted to speak.

The end result? Traffic to team websites will plummet. As will any revenue streams generated by those websites.

Though the money pales in comparison to the stakes of the labor dispute, it’s one of the ways that the league — and in turn the players — will lose revenue if/when a lockout is launched.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/ca ... umor-mill/ (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/category/rumor-mill/)