Former 49ers LB Borland talks about "fall guys"

Borland and other rookies were instructed by the NFL to hire "fall guys" to shoulder the blame if they ever got in legal trouble and the league would bail them out.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/former-player-says-nfl-rookies-131752383.html

HAWKAMANIA":1fbqgcyo said:

Borland and other rookies were instructed by the NFL to hire "fall guys" to shoulder the blame if they ever got in legal trouble and the league would bail them out.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/former-player-says-nfl-rookies-131752383.html

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To be fair, he said one NFL vet told him that. It's BAD in a big way, but it wasn't exactly the league sanctioning it as much as one vets advice.

Marvin49":2tm5xvxp said:

HAWKAMANIA":2tm5xvxp said:

Borland and other rookies were instructed by the NFL to hire "fall guys" to shoulder the blame if they ever got in legal trouble and the league would bail them out.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/former-player-says-nfl-rookies-131752383.html

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To be fair, he said one NFL vet told him that. It's BAD in a big way, but it wasn't exactly the league sanctioning it as much as one vets advice.

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True, but the NFL brought in the vet to act as their representative. And I doubt the NFL would disagree with what the vet told them. Well, behind closed doors anyway.

I guess most Niner players ignore that advice.

Shameful. Zero integrity. Terrible advice.

Cris Carter is the "veteran" that discussed "fall guys" at rookie symposium.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...when-they-get-in-legal-trouble-201018948.html

HAWKAMANIA":w32xoue8 said:

Cris Carter is the "veteran" that discussed "fall guys" at rookie symposium.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...when-they-get-in-legal-trouble-201018948.html

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Thanks for that. Cris Carter doesn't represent the NFL. And there's no way in he'll the NFL would support that kind of policy, behind doors or otherwise.

Was a stupid thing to say. Bit of a glimpse into how some of these guys perceive themselves imo. Above the law, entitled.

(obviously talking about Carter - relax, Marvin)

When Carter said that he got a laugh. Not to get in the way of the moral umbrage, but I think it was pretty clear he was joking, or at least, giving advice through a "joke."

And really, fall guys are common for EVERY high income/high status position. Corporate CEOs have 'em, politicians have 'em, middle managers even have 'em. We don't need to play stupid about that.

The 49er players screwed up the strategy. They thought Carter meant they should be fall guys for each other.