Briggs To Skip Mini Camp

by Adam T on May 17, 2007 10:56 PM CDT in News

Shocking absolutely no one, disgruntled linebacker Lance Briggs will skip mandatory mini camp.

Without a deal in place, Briggs is technically precluded from participating in the minicamp. Since he is not currently under contract, Briggs, who has not attended any of the offseason conditioning sessions, cannot be fined for skipping the mandatory minicamp.

Briggs' journey to this point has been one of the more interesting ones I can recall. Before the season, most had a 'wait and see' approach towards him, by the end of the season, we all were rooting and wanting the Bears to pay him, then he went on a tour that saw him turn all his fans against him, now he is just grasping for straws hoping that something happens that will finally let him get out of this hole he dug for himself.

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Just curious...

What is the point of re-posting information that has already been posted in the diaries?

visit the mindful mission.

by big_lowitzki on May 18, 2007 7:15 AM CDT reply actions

A number of reason's

most of them have to do with site traffic. Diaries don't show up in RSS feeds and that sort of thing.

After that, it is Bears news and I was planning on posting it, but somebody just dropped it in a diary first.

by Adam T on May 18, 2007 7:22 AM CDT up reply actions

I realized last night...

...this is a non-article. It is 100% to get I-traffic. There are no new quotes, no new facts, nothing. Pasquarelli simply remembered/looked-up a rule that says if a player doesn't have a contract, he can't come to mini-camp. It's not that he doesn't "have to", but that he can't.

I like this part: It is believed that both sides have held firm in their respective stances. Len, did you even call anyone about this? How far apart are they? Have they attempted re-negotiations?

WTF? I'd understand if he just wanted to get this out there to remind everyone of the situation, but had actually talked to someone "in the know" about it? It's a decent recap of the situation. But it comes across way too much like "I'm sitting in my cubicle, needing something to type in ten minutes. Damn, I don't have time to call anyone. Well, since I haven't heard anything, I'll just rehash old garbage."

Stupid.

by tyger1147 on May 18, 2007 9:53 AM CDT reply actions