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northernbillfan
08-14-2002, 12:56 PM
Mankato, MN (Sports Network) - The Minnesota Vikings and Kansas City Chiefs have been accused by the NFL Players Association, claiming the teams may have engaged in collusion while negotiating contracts with their first-round draft picks.

The union states that the Minnesota and Kansas City franchise may have had illegal knowledge of the signing bonus offered to a player chosen after the Chiefs picked Ryan Sims with the sixth selection and Bryant McKinnie was chosen seventh by the Vikings.

Story here: Vikings/Chiefs (http://netsports.footballworld.com/default.asp?c=footballworld&page=nfl/news/ABN2184191.htm)

I think that if a rookie won't take any reasonable offer he should sit. IMO the Vikings are doing the right thing. Let McKinnie sit.

Sabre Ally
08-14-2002, 03:28 PM
I think the key word there is reasonable. Apparently the NFLPA defines that word differently than the rest of us. Are they going to accuse every team of collusion that offers a player a lower signing bonus than a lesser pick got?

SABURZFAN
08-14-2002, 07:19 PM
can it be proven?