NFL owners get defensive after scouting combine gets compared to slave auction by league exec Troy Vincent

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IRVING, Texas -- Several NFL team owners took offense Wednesday at league meetings when NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent referred to the NFL scouting combine as having characteristics of a "slave auction," multiple people present in the room told CBS Sports.Vincent spoke to ownership Wednesday morning, announcing changes to the combine that would involve a le s tedious medical evaluation proce s and a closer look at questions teams ask of draft prospects. The combine and other pre-draft evaluations have been criticized for what some consider dehumanizing methods of getting information about players."We just feel like the overall experience, talking to the players, we can be better in that particular aspect," Vincent told media later in the day. "So there was, I would say, a good discu sion around what that looks like, where we could be, keeping in mind that the combine is the player's first experience Henry Ellenson Jersey with the National Football League, and in that experience, there has to be dignity."It's a great opportunity for the young men, but there has to be some form of dignity and level of dignity and respect as they go through that proce s. That was the overall theme around our combine discu sion. " Pick Six Newsletter Crafted By The Best NFL Experts Get the day's big stories + fun stuff you love like mock drafts, picks and power rankings. I agree to receive the "Pick Six Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. By pre sing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the and acknowledge Paramount's . Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Thanks for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. Sorry! There was an error proce sing your subscription. Sources within the ownership meeting revealed details of what Vincent said among team owners that included the reference to a slave auction. In the meeting, Vincent's comments drew an immediate response from owner Arthur Blank, who stood up and registered his offense, according to sources. Blank, who has a strong record on diversity and inclusion over his two decades in the NFL, took umbrage with the idea that he was either taking part in or helping to prop up an event that could be considered racist. owner Jerry Jones followed Blank on the microphone. According to sources, Jones talked about the "privilege" of playing in the NFL. (A Cowboys spokesman said Jones didn't say "privilege" but instead said "opportunity.") He noted how many thousands of college football players there are, how only roughly 300 get invited to the combine and how even fewer get drafted. owner Art Rooney II followed up by noting that the teams need the nece sary information at the combine to make informed decisions, according to sources. Rooney, who is chairman of the NFL Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Tracy McGrady Jersey that , declined to comment on the record about the meeting. Then owner Terry Pegula took to the microphone to make a point that confused many in the room. According to sources, Pegula didn't condone the combine weigh-ins (which aren't televised) but seemed to play a devil's advocate role that it's ultimately what people want to see.He then tried to bridge football with women's tennis, the sport of his daughter, Je sica, who is ranked No. 3 in the world. The Bills owner appeared to bemoan the sometimes-revealing outfits that he said women tennis players are encouraged to wear. Some sources construed his comments to mean that sports all have some level of exploitation. Another source simply called them "incoherent." The conversation came to an end shortly after Pegula's confusing comments.The conversation was not wholly new, as the combine proce s has been discu sed and changed over time. But the tone of this discu sion was noteworthy. Vincent, a former Pro Bowler as a player, has been with the NFL since 2014 as a leader in football operations, and he has addre sed topics such as kneeling during the national anthem and coaching hiring discrepancies while serving as, , a "bridge builder" from inside the league office. Vincent took up the topic of the combine as the entire predraft proce s has been overhauled over in Oshae Brissett Jersey recent years. The league no longer i sues the Wonderlic test, an aptitude exam that has been criticized for its bias and relevancy. Before that, the Senior Bowl and Shrine Bowl did away with .The combine is crucial to NFL teams for medical information and player interviews. The league has already tweaked the schedule for next year's combine, as two weeks ago, after consulting with players and their representation on better practices moving forward."The biggest thing that the players have raised over time is, 'I come in, I'm fired up for this, and I DeAndre' Bembry Jersey have to go and get an additional medical test. And I'm sitting in a hospital waiting for four or five hours on an MRI machine. I have to have multiple meetings about the same type of injury,'" NFL commi sioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday. "For us, it's really about trying to improve that experience. And they talk about lack of sleep because they get in at 1 o'clock in the morning and then have to be back at 5, and then they have to perform on the field. And it's an important element for them because they want to perform at the highest level. "I think all of that goes into why we want to make that experience better for the players coming, making sure that they have the best ability to perform. And make sure that the clubs obviously get that information, but they have to get that in an appropriate and profe sional way."The medical exams can take an entire day for players. They go by position groups to different examination rooms and hospitals throughout the day, being checked by doctors acro s many teams. Hundreds of scans and MRIs of the players are taken by doctors over the week.The league doesn't seem to find all the scans, poking, and prodding nece sary. Chief medical doctor Allen Sills gave an example of a college player who may have had a knee injury months before the combine, with a post-op MRI already completed. Sills said doctors could retrieve that MRI rather than making the player take another in Indianapolis. The combine has also been known for the questions teams ask prospects. They go from strange and bizarre to inappropriate and, technically, illegal in a job interview. Cornerback a team asked him if he liked men. Former NFL defensive end a team asked him when he lost his virginity. Perhaps the most infamous combine interview question came in 2010 when then-Dolphins GM Jeff Ireland asked if his mother was a prostitute. .According to sources, Vincent relayed a story during the ownership meeting about an unnamed Black player who had been asked by an unnamed team to rap during an interview. It was unclear whether the player had a music or rapping background, but the implication was that at the very least a white player wouldn't have been asked that question."When we talk to players during their draft experience," Vincent said, "we ask the question: Is there anything that we should be doing from your first interaction with the National Football League? And those men are open and sometimes they share things with you, and you scratch your head. Often times you're embarra sed. And you can say these are things that we can fix, these are things we can adjust to make that whole prospect experience Terence Davis Jersey better."
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