In news that should surprise no one, Alabama junior linebacker and Butkus Award winner Rolando McClain is being projected as the 15th overall selection in the 2010 NFL Draft. This is according to Todd McShay of ESPN's Scouts.Inc., who sees six SEC players being first-round selections.
The only one of the six from Alabama's team is McClain, but chances that McClain might be back for his senior season will dwindle as long as the star linebacker is projected so high.
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We can put another great LB in his place but
He can’t be replaced.
'Mark Ingram' is the Heisman Winner!
by rmathis on Dec 14, 2009 5:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
Fortunately, Hightower will be back. But McClain will be missed
by DennyChimes on Dec 14, 2009 5:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought cody was right up there? Did that change over the season.
Did I miss something.
by chinesedentist on Dec 14, 2009 5:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Cody dropped a little it seems, still prob a first rounder for a 3-4 team i think.
by Alabama ManDance on Dec 14, 2009 10:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
win us just one more game, ro.
then go get paid.
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by kleph on Dec 14, 2009 5:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Depending on how much
he contributes to our winning it (undoubtedly a lot), might that push him up into the top ten? As much as I hate to see top talent leave, it always does my heart good to see an Alabama man in the top ten of the NFL draft!
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by SugarBowl93 on Dec 14, 2009 5:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Especially when a couple years ago
we had NONE.
by Espyonage on Dec 14, 2009 5:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i believe this is the flip side of the conversation about recruits going on further down the front page right now.
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by kleph on Dec 14, 2009 5:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
most talented LB in the country
with the best defense in college football hammered into his head
he’ll be in the top ten before the draft gets here
Terrence Cody drinks your milkshake!
by Wallacewade04 on Dec 14, 2009 5:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Message to any Alabama players reading this...
by Nico2.0 on Dec 14, 2009 5:35 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
And your girlfriends...
your neighbors…
by BamaGirlinVegas on Dec 14, 2009 5:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't even accept a new aquarium...
…for the pet turtle of your little brother’s girlfriend’s little sister’s 3rd grade classroom.
by Nico2.0 on Dec 14, 2009 6:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Personally I wish
every agent who talks with a player before the season ends (or a kid who is still eligible who has not yet declared for the draft) would be jailed. That would put an end to it fast. These guys (the agents) who talk to kids too early are true low lifes.
I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.
by 5026 on Dec 14, 2009 5:56 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Woe is he...
….who wants the government to have MORE police power.
Lee Corso: How would you describe tailgating at Alabama?
Kirk Herbstreit: Barbecue and Ralph Lauren
by animalcracker on Dec 14, 2009 6:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You don't have to have them...
…go to jail, but the NFL could impose sort of penalty or sanction on them. Not that it’s the NFL’s place to police it, but the league claims to take character into account during the draft, that the owners would expect some sort of character from the people they have to do business deals with.
by Nico2.0 on Dec 14, 2009 6:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Go Betweens
The problem is, and its the same problem basketball has, that there are sort of go-betweens for the agent and any player. This person does not work for the agency, and often times bids his service to the highest bidder. It allows an agent to have plausible deniabilty and prevents them from getting any sanctions. It is really difficult to connect these people to agents.
by Kenny483 on Dec 15, 2009 6:29 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
just an example for the sake of argument
georgia’s knowshon moreno, 12th pick in 2009 by denver. $16.7 million contract that includes $13.135 million guaranteed and an additional $6.3 million through incentives.
divide by 10 percent and you get an idea of the incentive these agents/go-betweens/asshats are being lured by. and it only gets more enticing to these guys the higher up the pick might be.
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by kleph on Dec 15, 2009 8:17 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
if i'm not mistaken,
the % take an agent gets on signing contracts is far lower than 10%, possibly even lower than 5%. It’s been explained to me that agents, particularly pro football, make little to no money on initial contracts but more than make up for that in being allowed to place whatever take they want (typically up to 20%) on the endorsement contracts that they draft up
"Yeah, it's Tennessee, that's the way it is sometimes." - Corey Zickefoose, Pulitzer Prize winner and robbery victim
by Thomas Walker Esq on Dec 15, 2009 1:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Agent compensation is capped at 3%, it appears
(1) The maximum fee which may be charged or collected by a Contract Advisor shall be three
percent (3%) of the "compensation" (as defined within this Section) received by the player in
each playing season covered by the contract negotiated by the Contract Advisor, except as follows:
(a) The maximum fee which may be charged or collected by a Contract Advisor shall be:
(i) Two percent (2%) for a player who signs a one (1) year tender while subject to a
Franchise or Transition designation, or as a Restricted Free Agent;
(ii) One-and-one-half percent (1.5%) for a player who signs a one (1) year tender
while subject to a Franchise or Transition designation for the second time he is
tagged; and
(iii) One percent (1%) for a player who signs a one (1) year tender while subject to a
Franchise or Transition designation for the third time he is tagged.
http://www.nflplayers.com/images/pdfs/Agents/NFLPA_Regulations_Contract_Advisors.pdf
by burntorangehorn on Dec 15, 2009 1:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
thanks
I knew it was a misconception that these guys make bank on draftees. They make the overwhelming majority of their money on drafting endorsement deals; the problem there is that with a down economy, endorsement deals are few and far between for “non-elite” players. Seems to me that the money as an agent would be in golfers, not football players
"Yeah, it's Tennessee, that's the way it is sometimes." - Corey Zickefoose, Pulitzer Prize winner and robbery victim
by Thomas Walker Esq on Dec 15, 2009 2:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
$90,000
$90K is 3% of $3,000,000, so it’s not like these guys are hurting off of what they’re making on a contract negotiation.
by Nico2.0 on Dec 15, 2009 4:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
Just had to point out that these guys don’t become Ari Gold or Arli$$ from signing a first rounder and a few mid-rounders. When it comes to being a successful agent, it’s quantity, not necessarily quality
"Yeah, it's Tennessee, that's the way it is sometimes." - Corey Zickefoose, Pulitzer Prize winner and robbery victim
by Thomas Walker Esq on Dec 15, 2009 4:53 PM CST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
the point i'm making is...
if you are an agent and you want to make money, you target players likely to be picked high in the first round. and that’s enough money these days to make quite a lot of less-than-scrupulous folks do less-than-scrupulous things to get that player’s signature.
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by kleph on Dec 16, 2009 7:56 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That is retardedly true
Nothing bugs me like agents in the ear of a kid who needs another year of maturity or football development before he’s ready to move to the NFL.
by burntorangehorn on Dec 16, 2009 8:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
the state
Already has laws restricting that sort of thing. They can revoke an agents license and hit them with a hefty fine.
by Go Hide in the V-berth on Dec 14, 2009 7:41 PM CST via mobile reply actions 0 recs
That's of limited value though...
….there needs to be something in place on a national level.
by Nico2.0 on Dec 14, 2009 7:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
please come to the Titans
I will so buy that jersey and rock it every sunday
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by comer4tide on Dec 14, 2009 9:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
yes!
the defense certainly needs some help
by billycthulhu on Dec 14, 2009 10:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Not a Tide fan
But I’d be thrilled if KC “reached” for McClain in the top ten. I’d also be happy if they were to instead trade down a bit and take Cody. I think if the character and conditioning checks return at least acceptable results, Cody’s worth more than the #25-30-overall projections I’ve been seeing. I’d go for top-15.
by burntorangehorn on Dec 15, 2009 12:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I should add that I'm also high on Arenas
Which begs the question, could anyone NOT be? IMO the guy’s a day-one pick, no question.
by burntorangehorn on Dec 15, 2009 12:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm surprised they project McClain only at 15.
I thought he would easily be a top 10, if not top 5 pick.
The guy reminds me of Ray Lewis. He has a great nose for the ball and is excellent in pass coverage. He has great hands, and is the most disruptive college linebacker I have seen in a very long time. He would be a steal with the 15th pick.
by Jumpn_JackFlash on Dec 15, 2009 2:33 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
A lot of it depends...
…on what a team needs though.
by Nico2.0 on Dec 15, 2009 4:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s true, team needs do have a lot to do with the draft order, but I can’t see a guy with his type of game changing talent dropping to 15.
If he decides to come out, I think he jumps up the draft boards after the combine.
by Jumpn_JackFlash on Dec 15, 2009 5:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wasn't Ray-Ray a very, very late 1st?
Obviously in hindsight he would have gone much earlier, but without the benefit of hindsight for McClain yet, I think top-15 is respectable territory. He’s an amazing player, and I think he could easily skyrocket with good post-season workouts, but a traditional (read: not a rush OLB for the 3-4) linebacker isn’t going to be projected that early until things shake out a little more. This isn’t a particularly strong draft in the first round, except for DT and safety, but McClain probably leads one of the two other strong positions (LB and WR). He’ll have his chance to move up to Patrick Willis territory.
by burntorangehorn on Dec 16, 2009 8:52 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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