NFL Draft 2011 : Oakland Raiders’ Options After Day 1

You've gotta give the NFL credit; despite the fact that it was used against them in court, the NFL always insisted there would be a 2011 draft. They never wavered, even when it made legal sense to delay the draft.

After Judge Susan Nelson ruled to void the lockout, and then ruled against a stay request by the owners that would delay the start of the NFL season, league officials, among more uncertainty and unrest than they could've fathomed hours before the draft, had a very real choice to make.

To draft, or not to draft?

The NFL, from a business and legal perspective, would've been well served to delay the draft, at least until all potential antitrust violations and contingencies were addressed, understood and some kind of emergency framework of labor rules put into pl...

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