According to a story in the New York Daily News, the New York Jets are accused...again...of tampering with a player that they have no rights or negotiating options with. This time, it's with the 49ers holdout/moron, rookie wide receiver Michael Crabtree.
Check out the story from NYDailynews.com here .
((Maybe the only time Michael Crabtree holds a 49er Jersey//Courtesy: Jeff Zevalansky/Getty Images))
Crabtree is the one and only holdout from this past years draft class and has stated (or at least his agent, Eugene Parker has) that he is willing to sit out until 2010. Ironically (or not), the if the 49ers don't come to an agreement with Crabtree by November 19th, they lose the rights to him.
Crabtree and Parker are demanding a contract similar to or better than Number 7 pick Darrius Heyward-Bey of Oakland, despite the fact that Crabtree was the 10th pick. Good luck to the Crabtree/Parker partnership if they think that they will get that kind of money. They have been pretty universally laughed at for this holdout, while it hurts the 49ers off the field a bit for wasting a number 1 pick...it hurts Crabtree much, much more...even with the formidable talents that he posses, most NFL G.M's won't want the headache associated with trying to get a deal with someone or someone's agent who has an incredibly inflated opinion of themselves.
Oh..by the way. The Jets aren't so innocent here either. Even if they didn't do anything this time, it is nowhere near the 1st time that there name and the word "Tampering" have been in the same sentence. In 2006, it was their pursuit of then New England Wide Receiver Deion Branch. Just this past off season, they were linked with Denver troublemaker Brandon Marshall. Now they are linked to Crabtree. True or not, it doesn't look very good and if the NFL were interested (we don't think they care), one could very easily see a pattern developing here....Just sayin'.
Here's some video highlights of Crabtree when he was still liked in NFL circles. Courtesy: Prodraftparty.com/YouTube
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1 comment:
"if the 49ers don't come to an agreement with Crabtree by November 19th, they lose the rights to him."
Actually, this is not correct.
If they don't sign him by November 17 (I think), then he cannot play for any team this season. if he does not sign by then, the 49ers would retain exclusive negotiating rights to him until the day of the draft next year. Beginning in March 2010, up until the draft, they could trade his rights to another team.
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