Sorsby Loser Tuesday Open Thread

BWAHAHAHAHA

So I will admit- I had no idea that the NFL could just…not hold a Supplemental Draft if it didn’t feel like it. They haven’t held one in several years, but I stupidly assumed that was because no players had signed up for it.

But they seemingly can- per the current Collective Bargaining Agreement: “In any League Year in which the NFL deems it appropriate, there may also be a Supplemental Draft.” Which obviously implies the ability to NOT hold a Supplemental Draft.

Accordingly, in what I can only describe as a desperate but creative strategem to save league owners from themselves, Rog & Co. just noped right out of letting teams select Sorsby before next April’s regular draft.

If then. Who knows, maybe they’ll cancel that draft too. UP IS DOWN, LEFT IS RIGHT

According to official mouthpiece Adam Schefter, “league officials said they believed it would ultimately become a distraction to teams as they begin training camps.”

Translation: Jimmy Haslam was absolutely going to draft him, and some combination of Stephen Ross, Bill Bidwell and Woody Johnson were going to scream bloody murder about The Integrity of the Game (because they got outbid). Goodell was going to have to make a Big Boy Decision as to whether to immediately suspend Sorsby and for how long, while not making gambling sound tooooo evil and alienating the leagues online betting sugardaddies. Given how bad Goodell has historically been at Big Boy Decisions, whoever spoke up at the meeting with this idea to sidestep the entire thing probably got a large bonus and first pick of the drugs in Jim Irsay’s leftover stash.

Informally, the League’s letter makes it very clear that this is really a year-long suspension for The Gambling, talking about Sorsby not taking accountability and suchlike. Only coaches are allowed to dodge the consequences of their college misconduct by fleeing to the pros.

Look for this to reignite the litigation over eligibility at the college level, with a fun parallel litigation against the NFL.

I haven’t looked it up in Lexis, but I would be willing to bet this will be the first time someone has sued for the right TO work in Cleveland.