PFT: NFLN Drops Combine Underwear Footage

[WoodysGirl]

Posted by Mike Florio on February 23, 2008, 7:40 p.m.

One of the dehumanizing aspects of the Scouting Combine involves RHE display of players in only their underwear for eyeballing by NFL scouts in attendance.

Previously, the exercise was televised by NFL Network. According to Alex Marvez of FOXSports.com, those days are over.

“There was concern from current NFL players that the participants would be more comfortable if they were not paraded around without their shirts on,” Scouting Combine director Jeff Foster told Marvez on Saturday. “It was an entirely appropriate suggestion. The weigh-ins should never have been televised.”

So it means that we’ll have to do without images like this one from eight years ago.

It’s unclear who complained about the airing of footage of these kinds of images. But thank you, whoever you are.

[DemonBlood]

Wait, they took this off? For some reason I remember them showing the OL guys doing this on the first day. I think Friday?

[David276]

haha thats kind of funny. yet it would be somewhat pointless to show all of that. They were probably coming from lets stop a potential problem before it happens way of thinking.

[Bob Sacamano]

Tom Brady is a pudgy *****

[CrazyCowboy]

wow....that is funny to look at ....who would of dreamed at the time he would of accomplished all that he has?

[big dog cowboy]

Originally Posted by Bob Sacamano

Tom Brady is a pudgy *****

You forgot "rich" in there summer.

[McCordsville Cowboy]

Guys must be concern'd about their small packages.....

[Bob Sacamano]

Originally Posted by big dog cowboy

You forgot "rich" in there summer.

hopefully he used some of that money to buy a personal trainer

[Big Dakota]

Originally Posted by Bob Sacamano

Tom Brady is a pudgy *****

The greatest 40 ever caught on film

[Biggems]

as long as they televize the cheerleader weigh ins in their underwear......