The Facts:
The NFL Players Association is putting into place a plan that would prevent each top college prospect from attending next month's draft in New York, according to multiple league sources.
Reported by ESPN.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
The NFLPA already has contacted 17 top prospects that ordinarily would have received an invitation to attend the draft and informed them not to go. Thus, when NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announces the name of the first player selected, the player will not walk on to the stage as has been the custom. And the player will not be there to do interviews with ESPN or NFL Network. The draft will go on, but not in the manner in which it has been conducted before. Some are suggesting picket lines with current players will be part of the strategy. The Players Association even has gone so far as to consider placing the players on another competing network to do post-pick interviews, though no final decisions have been made. ESPN's Adam Schefter added it's possible that the top prospects also could appear on a social media network platform, only.
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