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Following up on a previous item. ... As the possibility of the NFLPA suggesting that incoming rookies invited to the 2011 NFL Draft choose not to attend, NFLPA spokesman George Atallah says it’s not a boycott. “[T]he NFLPA is not asking anyone to ‘boycott’ anything,” Atallah wrote on his Twitter page earlier today. “NFL Draft in particular.”
Reported by Profootballtalk.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
But according to PFT's Mike Florio, the NFLPA also is considering an alternative event, to which the players would be invited. Absent the ability of the players to duplicate themselves, accepting the invitation from the NFLPA would mean rejecting the offer from the NFL. SI.com's Peter King reports the alternative event could feature members of the newcomers' next team welcoming them with open arms. King says that the NFLPA is exploring the possibility of bringing at least one veteran player from every team to New York for the event.
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