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Only draft choices can be traded. And a team can't trade a player after he's been drafted, ala Eli Manning for Phillip Rivers in 2004.This brings up something I've been wondering about... does this mean that there are no trades at all during the draft or that there can be trades using only draft choices?
LINKFootball has taken Jim Barnes around the globe, but his most recent expedition proved to be an eye-opening experience for the former Augustana coach.
Barnes was part of a group that included NFL players Amobi Okoye and Connor Barwin of Houston, Frank Okam of Tampa Bay and James Ihedigbo of the New York Jets that spent 11 days in mid-March introducing American football in Nigeria.
Led by representatives of the International Foundation of American Football, USA Football and the Amobi Okoye Foundation, the group worked with coaches and youth players in the country as part of a contributing initiative to establish the sport of American football on the African continent.
OkOye globe trotting again this offseason.
I cant wait until this slacker is cut/traded.
It worries me that Barwin was also on the trip. He better hope he's fully rehabbed.
Doesn't suprise me that Okam was on the trip as well.
OkOye globe trotting again this offseason.
I cant wait until this slacker is cut/traded.
It worries me that Barwin was also on the trip. He better hope he's fully rehabbed.
Doesn't suprise me that Okam was on the trip as well.
+1I hate to break it to you, but life is a whole lot bigger than football. Some people use their work to help them fight cancer, juvenile diabetes, veterans of wars, whatever...to chastise a man for using a high profile position to give back to a cause that's important to him is unfair. Do you live and breathe your job 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? Doubtful.
I can't believe people actually ***** about Amobi or any other player off doing something altruistic. Every player goes on vacations in the off-season. We just don't hear about them because they aren't newsworthy while they are off snorkeling or whatever. It's ridiculous to call Amobi a slacker because he is off doing something charitable instead of getting a massage in Aspen.
+1
MSR.
Seriously. I think that if AO were a doctor in his spare time and he found a cure for AIDS in the offseaon there are a certain number of people on this board that would complain that he was not dedicated enough.
Mike
Why do you consistently keep getting your butt kicked at the LOS?
Are you a Nigerian 23?
Is saving Nigeria more important to you than mastering your craft as an NFL player?
I hate to break it to you, but life is a whole lot bigger than football. Some people use their work to help them fight cancer, juvenile diabetes, veterans of wars, whatever...to chastise a man for using a high profile position to give back to a cause that's important to him is unfair. Do you live and breathe your job 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? Doubtful.
I can't believe people actually ***** about Amobi or any other player off doing something altruistic. Every player goes on vacations in the off-season. We just don't hear about them because they aren't newsworthy while they are off snorkeling or whatever. It's ridiculous to call Amobi a slacker because he is off doing something charitable instead of getting a massage in Aspen.
I don't really understand the criticism here. What Amobi does in Nigeria has absolutely nothing to do with his success or lack of on the football field.
Why do you get paid millions of $$$$ to play a physical game like football when it's obvious you have a low pain tolerance?
Do you think you would be better suited for the bench in Cleveland?
I think people are going to hate on Amobi regardless of how he spends his offseason. If it was Andre Johnson who had a charity foundation and he stated he spent the entire offseason working on that and had no time to keep him self in shape which caused him to gain 60 pounds the people criticizing AO would laud AJ as the next Mother Teresa
AJ has been the best WR in the league for the past 4 years. He's earned a little slack.
Okoye may deserve more criticism than you think for his work in Nigeria. I'm IN Nigeria right now. This place is a shithole from any point of view. Check out my facebook pics under Dennis McCleney.You don't have to prove that you're the best in the business before you can help out your fellow country men. The criticism is downright stupid and foolish. There's plenty and I mean PLENTY of other stuff to bag on Amobi about, the work he does in Nigeria is not one of them. He should be applauded for the work he does over there.
LOL, I bet the people criticizing him have never even been to his foundation's website and have no clue about the work he does over there.
http://www.amobiokoyefoundation.org/cate/
There it is, check it out.
Okoye may deserve more criticism than you think for his work in Nigeria. I'm IN Nigeria right now. This place is a shithole from any point of view.
Check out my facebook pics under Dennis McCleney.
I deal with every day Nigeria every single day. There is no hope for this country for a long, long time. The people are too comfortable in what we call misery don't understand the fuss. If you haven't visited a true 3rd world country, you can't imagine how these people live day to day.
I could be wrong but I think the point some people are trying to make is that he should be spending more time studying film and improving his technique and he should postpone his humanitarian efforts until he's achieved a certain minimal amount of proficiency and success at being a DT (or possibly DE in the new defense.) Football might not be the most important thing in the world but if it's your job, you should devote some time to improving your ability to play it.
I've gotten off topic with all my stuff. I was like that when I 1st got here, but they've worn me down.So how does Amobi deserve criticism for that? The fact that it's such a desperate situation proves that the need for help is that much more important and urgent. Football is just a game. Every smile that he brings over there is more important than any sack he gets over here. What good is it going to do if people just wash their hands clean of the situation, because it seems hopeless?
I've been to 3rd world countries and have talked to people like that, their resolve to survive and flourish is great. When I saw what they had to live with and deal with, it became clear to me how much we take for granted in this country.
If Amobi wasn't over there he'd most likely be involved with some other camp (some players attend as many as 6 camps in a offseason) or be wasting his time in some other exotic place. Point is, his trip to Nigeria has absolutely nothing to do with his production as a Texan or as a NFL player. It's unfair to criticize his work over there or his devotion to football...especially when he's trying to build facilities to teach the game of football to the people over there.