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02-17-2003, 05:03 PM
INDIANAPOLIS -- Bill Polian remembers the time Ryan Leaf missed his scheduled interview with the Indianapolis Colts. The explanation: Another team had corralled Leaf at the 1998 NFL scouting combine.
Now it appears the league might have a solution to prevent similar conflicts.
When players begin arriving for this week's combine, they will be handed a list of interviews and meeting times, a change in the process that is intended to prevent the kinds of missteps that often go unnoticed by college prospects.
"It was becoming unwieldy, and ridiculously so," said Polian, the Colts' president. "As a result, we had to get a handle on how to do the interviews in a more reasonable, organized fashion."
The result will be some major changes to a process that still goes on primarily behind closed doors but can be one of the most critical components in evaluating college talent.
MORE (http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/6194902)
Now it appears the league might have a solution to prevent similar conflicts.
When players begin arriving for this week's combine, they will be handed a list of interviews and meeting times, a change in the process that is intended to prevent the kinds of missteps that often go unnoticed by college prospects.
"It was becoming unwieldy, and ridiculously so," said Polian, the Colts' president. "As a result, we had to get a handle on how to do the interviews in a more reasonable, organized fashion."
The result will be some major changes to a process that still goes on primarily behind closed doors but can be one of the most critical components in evaluating college talent.
MORE (http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/6194902)