08.06.09 CRABTREE MIGHT GO BACK INTO THE DRAFT
Michael Crabtree was anointed with the “prima donna” label when he came out of Texas Tech for the NFL draft; that’s not so good if you’re a wide receiver hoping for a big payday. Nevertheless, San Francisco took him with their 10th overall pick. And Crabtree seems to be putting his hope in the bank–by threatening to sit out the entire year and re-enter the draft in 2010.
“We are prepared to do it,” [David] Wells [Crabtree's cousin and adviser, not the fat guy that used to pitch for the Reds and Yankees] said. “Michael just wants fair-market value. They took him with the 10th pick and you have Darrius Heyward-Bey [the seventh overall pick by the Oakland Raiders] getting $38 million? This week is crucial. Michael was one of the best players in the draft and he just wants to be paid like one of the best players. This week is very crucial.” via.
Crabtree’s agent, Eugene Parker, said this is all news to him, whatever that means. I haven’t seen any confirmed reports of what kind of money Crabtree wants, but I don’t care. I just want to see somebody sit out for an entire year and then go into the draft AGAIN. He’d be the 20-year-old guy that couldn’t finish high school for a day. Those guys are great; they always have the best weed.
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CRABTREE MIGHT GO BACK INTO THE DRAFT
Oh what, too good to play for Oakland, but wants Oakland 1st round draft pick money?
What a bitch! Fuckim in the ear.
I dunno. I think having a prima donna wide receiver is just the kind of out-of-the-box marketing the NFL needs right now. After all, aren’t we all a little bored by all those “team-first” guys at the position?
funny part is that this is the team that would have passed on Stafford because he wasnt over his parents divorce.
I like how he has his cousin as an adviser. I am sure that he has a lot of experience negotiating a street corner crack deal, and that makes him qualified to negotiate a multi-million dollar deal with an NFL GM. Way to keep it rill, dawg.
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