Will Steelers be disciplined for talking to Lemon

The answers to all of this have been provided and documented in the linked materials in the thread. Some are simply not willing to believe it or let it go. Evidence provided has said the following:

1. Some, not all, teams call picks prior to being on the clock. Former Panthers FO dude Bucky Brooks said it was "common" practice but not universal. Steelers seem to do it with first round picks.
2. The rule is believed to date to the previous analog world where if you tied up the phone line long enough, a team would just draft someone else. Clearly that is no longer an issue with everyone having a hundred ways to be contacted, call waiting, and ever present agents for most draft picks.
3. The one individual saying there should be an investigation is a former front office guy for the Iggles looking to get retweeted.

It certainly has all the ingredients of a tempest in a teapot.

 

So if Dallas and Philly dont work the trade there is no issue? I'll admit I dont get into the draft nearly as much as some of you do so my first reaction was doesn't this stuff happen all the time? Im sure if it was the Steelers in the Eagles place I'd have a more negative opinion but I'm pretty meh about it.

 

There has, from what I have seen, been no announcement of an official NFL investigation from the NFL. Anything I can find is a dramatic headline on top of someone SPECULATING that the NFL MAY decide to investigate.

You are clearly convinced that this is a big deal. Maybe it is. Prior to someone showing me actual evidence that this is an actual issue, I am advocating consigning it to the "everything on the internet is a crisis" dustbin that it crawled out of.

 

Nonstory none of the big name media guys are even talking about this.

 

That's what I'm getting at. It seems there's a lot of other things they need to be looking into besides we were on the phone with a guy we thought we were about to draft then.

 

You keep repeating only PORTIONS of ALL the available information.

That is my point. I avoided quoting you in attempt to not get into it.

But, you clearly want this to be a thing and a big deal. The only evidence that it is a big deal, to date, is speculative sensationalism. All sourced and verified quotes squash this.

But you consistently only repeat the speculation/sensationalism and claim that this thing has legs with each of your posts.

 

Exactly. The only places talking about this are clickbait blogs and AI generated slop.

I do not pretend to know the whims of the NFL. They may slowly grind through their inscrutable process and determine this is a thing and mete out some punishment. But, as I sit here and type this, no one with any actual information has even stated this is on the league's radar.

 

I get both sides of the argument and why people are feeling one way or another about it, I just look at it as a calculated risk. This could be Ravens/Viking fiasco part 2 where nobody remembers it 2 years from now

 

It was posted that "interference" was originally focused on teams calling draft picks and not letting them off the phone to get in touch with other teams. Or for misleading a draft prospect about what another team is doing.

It was posted that no league sources are talking about opening an investigation. It was further posted that teams talk to players prior to selecting them often enough that some league watchers do not find it unusual.

But you and others keep asking the same questions. It seems as if the intent is to convince yourself and others that this is a simmering crisis.

Like, I said, the league may eventually determine they want to do something on this. But, currently, they have not and do not seem to be contemplating it.