Let Him Play!
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Pretty sure our very own Andrew Hawkins got second place on that show.
http://mvmag.blogspot.com/2009/07/jesse-holley-winner-andrew-hawkins.html?m=1
Wow, you're totally correct! And he's already outperformed the winner and has a fat new contract.
This is a great idea, but l'll play devil's advocate a little bit.
Whenever you have an undertaking involving this many people, doctors and lawyers, it can be a logistical nightmare. The NFL has the power for sure, but is the risk/reward there?
Injury liability: sure, everyone signs a waiver. Doesn't mean someone might try to sue if they really get hurt bad.
Who will evaluate these players? I don't think any NFL coach is going to want to dick with this. They have enough to do. Especially if they just had a bad season. Maybe have popular former players do it, like l assume was done in the reality tv show.
$100 entry fee is too low if you can only take 200 players. Let supply and demand set that. Make it more like $500. If a player can't afford that but really thinks he's got the goods, then family and friends will start pitching in. The more people invested, the more chance of success for the event.
I imagine the cost of equipment, practice facilities, and coaches will be hefty too. Something would have to offset that.
Also, it seems like something like that should entail something people could watch. Games, most likely. It could be a part of the Sunday Ticket, or NFL channel.
http://mvmag.blogspot.com/2009/07/jesse-holley-winner-andrew-hawkins.html?m=1
Wow, you're totally correct! And he's already outperformed the winner and has a fat new contract.
This is a great idea, but l'll play devil's advocate a little bit.
Whenever you have an undertaking involving this many people, doctors and lawyers, it can be a logistical nightmare. The NFL has the power for sure, but is the risk/reward there?
Injury liability: sure, everyone signs a waiver. Doesn't mean someone might try to sue if they really get hurt bad.
Who will evaluate these players? I don't think any NFL coach is going to want to dick with this. They have enough to do. Especially if they just had a bad season. Maybe have popular former players do it, like l assume was done in the reality tv show.
$100 entry fee is too low if you can only take 200 players. Let supply and demand set that. Make it more like $500. If a player can't afford that but really thinks he's got the goods, then family and friends will start pitching in. The more people invested, the more chance of success for the event.
I imagine the cost of equipment, practice facilities, and coaches will be hefty too. Something would have to offset that.
Also, it seems like something like that should entail something people could watch. Games, most likely. It could be a part of the Sunday Ticket, or NFL channel.
The benefits would have to offset the costs by a large margin, sure.
No coaches would partake in the event, I'm sure. It would be run by the scouting and marketing departments.
I set $100 as a low example just to show how feasible it is. Even at a $100 sign up cost, each team would be making $20,000 in fees alone.
But they wouldn't just be making money from fees. Sponsorship packages would supply a hell of a lot more money than sign up fees.
Each team could run the tryouts privately, pick their five highest recruits or whatever, then hold a combine and televise the event on the NFL network. Even more money from sponsorships, ad revenue, etc.
Call it a charitable event, donate the funds to a charity, then it's a tax write-off.
But, best of all, it drives customer engagement. Even if customer engagement were to increase by 2%, that's 2% higher ticket sales, merchandise purchases, NFL Network subscriptions, TV ratings, etcetera. In the long run, it would be worth it.
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