Will QB Brendan Sorsby’s NFL Future Be Decided by Four High-Stakes Questions Amid Gambling Scandal?
As one longtime ranking executive put it, “Probably the first question to a labor lawyer is whether the league has to grant him permission to join the supplemental draft. I could see the NFL trying to deny the application given the [alleged] circumstances.”
But another executive pointed out the rocky terrain that a denial could open up for the league. Yes, the supplemental draft is a league-created process where players have to apply and be approved. And yes, the league can set the approval standards and has a level of discretion when it comes to imposing certain hurdles. But the NFL has to be mindful of antitrust risks that come along with blocking a player who has not broken a law, but instead allegedly violated the integrity of NCAA standards.



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