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How can Dallas be publicly talking about acquiring Peterson

How is this not tampering? How can the league allow this?

I don't get it.
NY Post Story - ( New Window )
Agreed  
Mike in Philly : 4/18/2015 8:44 am : link
Seems pretty blatant to me, but then who knows how Goodell views anything?
Its an opinion piece by a staff writer  
ron mexico : 4/18/2015 8:51 am : link
Its not coming from the team

That would be like accusing the Giants of tampering
For something Paul Dottino said
NFL live  
fanatic II : 4/18/2015 8:57 am : link
explained this yesterday.

It has to do with the rules allowing a website to speak in this manner.

They explained that it's a grey area that the NFL is going to have to define better.
is he an impending FA?  
aquidneck : 4/18/2015 9:01 am : link
Cowboys interest in him irrelevant if under contract to Vikings and they aren't interested in trading him.

Don't know. Just a thought.
Paul Dottino is not the Giants.com writer.  
SanFranNowNCGiantsFan : 4/18/2015 9:02 am : link
& I have a hard time believing Jerry Jones doesn't know what's being written on the official website of the team he owns. It's toeing the line for sure.
My take  
Pat from Inside Football : 4/18/2015 9:06 am : link
If the piece appears on a team-back production, eg a radio program, blog cast, web site, etc., it's tampering unless it's from a guest writer/panelist from a third party who contributes to the afore mentioned productions and who doesn't receive a stipend.

I firmly believe the Cowboys know exactly what they're doing here just as I believe the NFL will do nothing about it, citing that "gray area."
RE: is he an impending FA?  
Peter from NH (formerly CT) : 4/18/2015 9:14 am : link
In comment 12238846 aquidneck said:
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Cowboys interest in him irrelevant if under contract to Vikings and they aren't interested in trading him.

Don't know. Just a thought.
I think it is really relevant. He doesn't want to be in Minnesota. By showing interest they are encouraging a guy who is under contract to behave in a way that he could be traded.

As to the writers, they appear to be employees of the team. How does that make it OK? Its crazy. If Jerry Jones said something it would be clear tampering, however, if an employee of his writes the same thing on a team website, it is OK? That makes no sense.
I believe this whole thing about wanting out of the Viking is  
George from PA : 4/18/2015 9:15 am : link
A Dallas Cowboy/Peterson plan from the beginning
Thanks  
Peter from NH (formerly CT) : 4/18/2015 9:15 am : link
Pat
cap problems..  
grizz299 : 4/18/2015 9:27 am : link
would seem to make that an impossibility....They are right up against the cap even after getting Romo to re-negotiate. How the heck they can even talk about acquiring one of the most expensive players in the league is beyond me.
It's not tampering  
Milton : 4/18/2015 9:35 am : link
It's like speculation from Michael Eisen or the other bald guy who's name escapes me. If it was coming from coaches, ownership, or management it would be a different story, but this is like when players chime in about who they would want added to the team.
Come on, every single team and player does this  
Mason : 4/18/2015 11:26 am : link
Leak it to a trusted source. Make sure said party gets it out there along to the mass media and fans to create pressure for action. LOL, sports, politics, movies and entertainment all use the media game to push their agenda.
RE: cap problems..  
dguy901 : 4/18/2015 12:01 pm : link
In comment 12238868 grizz299 said:
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would seem to make that an impossibility....They are right up against the cap even after getting Romo to re-negotiate. How the heck they can even talk about acquiring one of the most expensive players in the league is beyond me.

You may have missed the Romo re-structure which deferred $12.5M of 2015 compensation to a later time. You would need to be deaf, dumb and blind to think Peterson and the Cowboys are not colluding! IMHP.
It's Dallas  
SwirlingEddie : 4/18/2015 12:30 pm : link
The NFL has always had special 'Cowboys' rules, well at least since Jones' 1995 lawsuit against the NFL.
RE: My take  
UberAlias : 4/18/2015 1:53 pm : link
In comment 12238853 Pat from Inside Football said:
Quote:
If the piece appears on a team-back production, eg a radio program, blog cast, web site, etc., it's tampering unless it's from a guest writer/panelist from a third party who contributes to the afore mentioned productions and who doesn't receive a stipend.

I firmly believe the Cowboys know exactly what they're doing here just as I believe the NFL will do nothing about it, citing that "gray area."


Spot on Pat. This is a blatant slap in the face of the league's tampering rules but the league will sit back and do nothing.
Didn't Jerry Jones make a comment during the season??  
TheShade : 4/18/2015 10:06 pm : link
I thought I remember him saying that he loved to have Peterson on the Cowboys.
DuGuy  
grizz299 : 4/18/2015 10:23 pm : link
Sure, and , in fact, I referenced the Romo restructure ...but that went to sign Hardy at 11 mil. Somehow they also came up with the 14 mil to tag Dez. Now how the heck do they sign Peterson...
Romo restructuring notwithstanding, this is a team that went to the off season with no cap room and signed Dez and Hardy....that's 26 mil or about a quarter of the cap..now they are going to sign Peterson, remember Smith has a mega contract too..... Dez, Romo, Peterson, Witten and Hardy would probably leave room for two waterboys and one tv commenter singing commercials a Capella. Waterboys, generally speaking, are not good blockers or tacklers in a 4-3. Generally speaking, that is.
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