Quote:Then you will have the player that gets a DUI days before the draft wanting to get out of the draft on the chance that a lawyer will get him off.  I know that is completely other end of spectrum from this but that is how people would work the system.  The league was only half of a member of the CBA the NFLPA was the other half and they both agreed on the rule. 

 

Who screwed him is the investigators on this.  If he truly is not a suspect then go ahead and tell the teams he is not a suspect.  And if it were me I would have been on the first plane to clear my name beating on the police station door knowing how it would change my draft status.  I think this one may be down a dark road in the coming days and weeks personally.

 

Again, I don't think this kind of consideration would be applied to that situation, but more than likely that's how the league viewed it.  This is a kid who as of today hasn't been charged with a crime, and very well may never be charged.  Very different situation from a playe3r getting a DUI days before the draft.

 

I agree that BRPD didn't do him any favors.  But, there may be reason for them not coming out right away and saying they've cleared him of any suspicion.  Odds are, his lawyer was the reason why he wasn't promptly flying back to LA. 

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