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The NFL Scouting Combine amended their protocols and bubble restrictions due to a planned "boycott" by a large number of prospects. 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe with Jonas Knox, Brady Quinn and LaVar Arrington applaud the NFLPA and the agents for working together in the best interest of the prospects who were being taken advantage of by the NFL.
Brady Quinn: "The NFL tried to profit off of these young men who haven't signed a contract yet, who haven't been drafted yet and you're asking them to show up, shut up and follow your rules. It was so stupid on the part of the NFL, and it's shocking when you consider how powerful the NFL is, that they could have an event like this where they could lack any foresight into understanding what was going to happen.
So the good thing is, the agents stood up for the players, as they should. And now you got the NFLPA who actually back the agents, which we haven't seen in over a decade... So that is the one shining light aside from the fact that we now get the normal combine that I think we all hoped for. It's the fact that the NFLPA and the agents maybe have struck a common chord and can start working together moving forward."
LaVar Arrington: "The NFL has a show that the rights are being sold to, that has wall to wall coverage of, that has become really a major event for exposure for the players and for the league, and they're not paying the talent."
Jonas Knox: "So good for the players for stepping up and the agents for saying listen, 'We're not going to be part of a bubble combine it's not happening.'"