Lions docked seventh-round pick for tampering

Nonstopdrivel
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14 years ago

Lions docked seventh-round pick for anti-tampering violation

By Jason La Canfora NFL Network
NFL Network Insider
Published: Feb. 18, 2011 at 02:17 p.m. Updated: Feb. 18, 2011 at 07:27 p.m.

Following a review and a hearing, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell determined Friday that the Detroit Lions violated the league's anti-tampering policy by publicly commenting about their desire to acquire players then under contract to the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Lions also were cited for impermissible contact with a player (or his agent) then under contract to the Chiefs. According to the Detroit Free Press, the player in question was safety Jarrad Page, whom the Chiefs traded to the New England Patriots last year.

Goodell decided on the following disciplinary action to resolve the matter:

The Lions will forfeit their seventh-round selection (acquired from the Denver Broncos) in the 2011 NFL Draft.

The Chiefs and Lions will switch fifth-round picks in the 2011 draft. As a result, Kansas City now owns the ninth selection in that round and Detroit the 23rd.

Either team may appeal the decision by advising Goodell in writing of its desire to do so by Feb. 28.

The violations occurred in 2010 and center around Lions defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham, who served as the Chiefs' coordinator from 1995 to 2000. He told the Free Press that he wouldn't mind signing players the Chiefs might release.

"(Kansas City) keeps wanting to dump their players. I would like to be there to catch a lot of them because I know a couple of those guys," Cunningham told the newspaper in February 2010.

The Chiefs filed tampering charges against the Lions to initiate the proceeding.

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Zero2Cool
Elite Member

14 years ago

Good! Cheating bastards!

wpr
Preferred Member

14 years ago

tampering should be a higher penalty than a 7. should be a 3 or 4.

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

14 years ago

I think they swapped picks too, but I'm not sure. Only skimmed the article at PFT.

Wade
Veteran Member

14 years ago

Lions caught tampering...

In a press release correcting an earlier announcement, the league office today announced that while indeed the Lions were caught tampering, it was in fact the Vikings who were penalized for the offense.

In semi-related news, the league office categorically denied that the Patriots were given an extra 1st round draft choice for compensation as a result of interference of another NFC North team with the hegemony of the Patriots.

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Packers_Finland
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14 years ago

tampering should be a higher penalty than a 7. should be a 3 or 4.

"wpr" wrote:

I don't think it's that big a deal really.

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wpr
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14 years ago

tampering should be a higher penalty than a 7. should be a 3 or 4.

"Packers_Finland" wrote:

I don't think it's that big a deal really.

"wpr" wrote:

Apparenty neither does the League.

Nonstopdrivel
Preferred Member Topic Starter

14 years ago

The wording of the article is a little fuzzy, but what I got from it is that the Lions are in fact forfeiting an extra 7th round pick obtained in a trade. Kind of like when the Patriots forfeited their extra 1st round pick in the aftermath of the Spygate fiasco. Giving up an extra pick doesn't seem like a harsh penalty to me, even though the extra pick is a luxury nice to have.

dhazer
Veteran Member

14 years ago

so tampering is making a comment of I would like to get some of their players. Are you fricken kidding me.

The violations occurred in 2010 and center around Lions defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham, who served as the Chiefs' coordinator from 1995 to 2000. He told the Free Press that he wouldn't mind signing players the Chiefs might release.

"(Kansas City) keeps wanting to dump their players. I would like to be there to catch a lot of them because I know a couple of those guys," Cunningham told the newspaper in February 2010.

Just Imagine this for the next 6-9 years. What a ride it will be 🙂 (PS, Zero should charge for this)

wpr
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14 years ago

#10

"dhazer" wrote:

You can think it. You can talk about it in the coaches, GM offices but you can put it in the press. Otherwise you will have players wanting, trying to be cut by one team so they can go someplace better. Maybe for more money.
Using baseball as the example, if the Yankees listed all the players they would liked to have had over the years there would have been a long line of guys trying to fix it so they would go. It is just not good for the sport as a whole.

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