No CBA means no UDFA's

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  • steelerkeylargo
    Hall of Famer
    • Mar 2009
    • 2507
    #1

    No CBA means no UDFA's

    Without a new CBA in place there will be no contact with undrafted free agents and none will be signed.






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    • Oviedo
      Legend
      • May 2008
      • 23824
      #2
      Re: No CBA means no UDFA's

      A lot of young men will see their dreams shot down because of this. Being a UDFA is hard enough but when you can't show your stuff in OTAs, etc. it is probably a mountain too high to climb.

      I would hope that any agreement allows for a expanded practice squad to compensate.
      "My team, may they always be right, but right or wrong...MY TEAM!"

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        • StarSpangledSteeler
          Starter
          • Feb 2010
          • 560
          #3
          Re: No CBA means no UDFA's

          The conspiracy theorist in me wants to believe that somehow these UDFA's will get contacted by "un-official" third parties.

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            • steelblood
              Hall of Famer
              • May 2008
              • 4166
              #4
              Re: No CBA means no UDFA's

              As soon as there is a CBA, UDFAs will be signed. It is simply a delay. These fellas will go get a job a Lowe's and wait a few months. No big deal.
              Even if Bill Belichick was getting an atomic wedgie, his face would look exactly the same.

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                • birtikidis
                  Hall of Famer
                  • May 2008
                  • 4628
                  #5
                  Re: No CBA means no UDFA's

                  Originally posted by steelblood
                  As soon as there is a CBA, UDFAs will be signed. It is simply a delay. These fellas will go get a job a Lowe's and wait a few months. No big deal.
                  No big deal until you show up at camp behind everyone else.

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                    • RuthlessBurgher
                      Legend
                      • May 2008
                      • 33208
                      #6
                      Re: No CBA means no UDFA's

                      Originally posted by birtikidis
                      Originally posted by steelblood
                      As soon as there is a CBA, UDFAs will be signed. It is simply a delay. These fellas will go get a job a Lowe's and wait a few months. No big deal.
                      No big deal until you show up at camp behind everyone else.
                      None of the drafted rookies will have received any coaching or had access to a playbook until a new CBA is worked out, so all rookies, whether drafted or not, will be behind the 8 ball. I mentioned in another thread how I think the UFL may jump in and try to sign the top UDFA's shortly after this draft, since they are able to negotiate with these guys and guarantee them a paycheck playing professional football while the NFL is not able to do that at this time.
                      Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.

                      Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.

                      We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.

                      We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.

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                        • birtikidis
                          Hall of Famer
                          • May 2008
                          • 4628
                          #7
                          Re: No CBA means no UDFA's

                          Originally posted by RuthlessBurgher
                          Originally posted by birtikidis
                          Originally posted by steelblood
                          As soon as there is a CBA, UDFAs will be signed. It is simply a delay. These fellas will go get a job a Lowe's and wait a few months. No big deal.
                          No big deal until you show up at camp behind everyone else.
                          None of the drafted rookies will have received any coaching or had access to a playbook until a new CBA is worked out, so all rookies, whether drafted or not, will be behind the 8 ball. I mentioned in another thread how I think the UFL may jump in and try to sign the top UDFA's shortly after this draft, since they are able to negotiate with these guys and guarantee them a paycheck playing professional football while the NFL is not able to do that at this time.
                          Yea, but the UDFA are usually raw guys who are going to have to fight for a spot. every chance they get to show something is crucial for them.

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