Twitter: NFLN gave players Top 100 ballots today, plenty seen in trash

[WoodysGirl]

 

[Alexander]

So, this means they make it up themselves which is pretty much what we guessed the first year they did it when Donovan McNabb made it.

 

[AnHero]

Why would they not just send them a list with last years top 100 then another couple pages of info or something?

I don't think most of these guys have time to sit around and make a list in the middle of the season.

 

[Direwolf63]

You mean these 100 lists are worthless? Shocking.

/sarcasm.

This is nothing more than for the NFL Network to fill dead air time during the offseason.

 

[BlindFaith]

A multi billion dollar company can't find a way to put a survey on the internet? They still have to pass out ballots? Sheesh.

 

[LandryFan]

A multi billion dollar company can't find a way to put a survey on the internet? They still have to pass out ballots? Sheesh.

Electronic or manual, doesn't matter. Most players aren't going to waste their time with it either way and I don't blame them. I wouldn't either.

 

[DFWJC]

This silly top 100 comes out every year and the NFLNW makes it sound like it truly does reflect what the players thnk.
Not so much in reality.
A very small percent fill these things out.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Just more NFLN programming I won't watch this off season.

 

[BlindFaith]

Electronic or manual, doesn't matter. Most players aren't going to waste their time with it either way and I don't blame them. I wouldn't either.

Well they could certainly make it much easier to fill out by putting it online. Then with the additional billions of dollars the NFL has they could maybe donate a thousand bucks to a players charity if they fill it out. Give access to players that start or play a significant amount of plays. It would cost around a million bucks. Chump change.

 

[LandryFan]

Well they could certainly make it much easier to fill out by putting it online. Then with the additional billions of dollars the NFL has they could maybe donate a thousand bucks to a players charity if they fill it out. Give access to players that start or play a significant amount of plays. It would cost around a million bucks. Chump change.

Now, you're maybe onto to something to get them involved. If there's nothing in it for the players except taking up some of their time (which is heavily demanded in the first place), then I doubt the majority of them would participate. Throw in a little money/notoriety for charity, you may be talking a significant difference.

 

[BlindFaith]

Now, you're maybe onto to something to get them involved. If there's nothing in it for the players except taking up some of their time (which is heavily demanded in the first place), then I doubt the majority of them would participate. Throw in a little money/notoriety for charity, you may be talking a significant difference.

Hey, I'd happily take on Goodell's job, and for a mere 20 mill a year. I'd fund all of these special projects with the other 20 mill they'd be saving.

 

[LandryFan]

Hey, I'd happily take on Goodell's job, and for a mere 20 mill a year. I'd fund all of these special projects with the other 20 mill they'd be saving.

His salary is actually $44M, so you would have another measly $4M to play with.

 

[Deep_South]

You know, they could just use the Pro-Bowl ballot as a standalone template and write a little code to let the players assign numbers 1-100 to the ones they pick.

 

[Direwolf63]

Well they could certainly make it much easier to fill out by putting it online. Then with the additional billions of dollars the NFL has they could maybe donate a thousand bucks to a players charity if they fill it out. Give access to players that start or play a significant amount of plays. It would cost around a million bucks. Chump change.

Good idea. Fill it out and the NFL sends $1,000 to concussion research.

It's still a useless exercise, but at least there would be some good coming out of it.

 

[perrykemp]

Players have to write in 100 names? Are you kidding me?