Dungy Critical Of NFL Decision To Mandate Promo Appearance
Colts coach Tony Dungy “took exception to an NFL decision that kept first-round
draft pick Anthony Gonzalez from participating in this weekend’s mandatory
three-day minicamp” so he could attend Reebok’s Player Rookie Premier,
a “major event for the league and its sponsors,” according to Mike
Chappell of the INDIANAPOLIS STAR. Dungy: “It’s a bad message.”
Thirty-five players selected in the NFL draft were invited to the event and “invitations
were mandatory” (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 5/19). In S.F., Gwen Knapp
wrote the NFL “ordered elite draft picks to come to L.A. to pose for trading-card
pictures and hobnob with sponsors rather than attending minicamps with their teams.”
Knapp: “The NFL happily will buy into the cult of individualism, borrowing
from [NBA Commissioner] David Stern’s playbook and cribbing [MLB Commissioner]
Bud Selig’s notes. ... This event is a vanity project for a privileged class,
elevating one type of player over another” (S.F. CHRONICLE, 5/20).
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