Does anyone remember the contingency plans?

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The earthquake today got me to thinking.

A few years or so ago we had a conversation on these very boards (i think) about the contingency plans various leagues have in case of a team disaster. It's a little morbid, but for instance if a team's charter plane went down, if memory serves the NFL actually had contingency plans. If I recall, each league did.

Does anyone remember what they were? Google's not being terribly helpful for me.

Thanks for satisfying my morbid curiousity :)
 
EastDallasCowboy;2165126 said:
The earthquake today got me to thinking.

A few years or so ago we had a conversation on these very boards (i think) about the contingency plans various leagues have in case of a team disaster. It's a little morbid, but for instance if a team's charter plane went down, if memory serves the NFL actually had contingency plans. If I recall, each league did.

Does anyone remember what they were? Google's not being terribly helpful for me.

Thanks for satisfying my morbid curiousity :)

I'm pretty sure that the Giants get to play them in New York, but that the game counts as a road game.
 
Not as funny as ZeroClub's reply --

http://espn.go.com/gen/s/2001/0328/1163463.html

National Football League

In a "near disaster," in which fewer than 15 players are killed or lost for the season, teams would be required to play out the season but would receive priority on all waiver claims.

In a "disaster," in which 15 or more players are killed or lost for the season, the commissioner decides whether the team will continue its season. If it does, the "near disaster" plan would kick in. If not, a restocking draft would take place in the offseason and the team would get the No. 1 pick in that year's NFL draft.​
 
AdamJT13;2165300 said:
Not as funny as ZeroClub's reply --

http://espn.go.com/gen/s/2001/0328/1163463.html

National Football League


In a "near disaster," in which fewer than 15 players are killed or lost for the season, teams would be required to play out the season but would receive priority on all waiver claims.​


In a "disaster," in which 15 or more players are killed or lost for the season, the commissioner decides whether the team will continue its season. If it does, the "near disaster" plan would kick in. If not, a restocking draft would take place in the offseason and the team would get the No. 1 pick in that year's NFL draft.​
Kind of sobering, but contingency planning is necessary.
 
AdamJT13;2165300 said:
Not as funny as ZeroClub's reply --

http://espn.go.com/gen/s/2001/0328/1163463.html

National Football League


In a "near disaster," in which fewer than 15 players are killed or lost for the season, teams would be required to play out the season but would receive priority on all waiver claims.​


In a "disaster," in which 15 or more players are killed or lost for the season, the commissioner decides whether the team will continue its season. If it does, the "near disaster" plan would kick in. If not, a restocking draft would take place in the offseason and the team would get the No. 1 pick in that year's NFL draft.​

What exactly is a restocking draft? I'm picturing a Madden-esque fantasy draft...but there's no way that that can be right. Would it be like an expansion draft maybe?
 
Future;2166090 said:
What exactly is a restocking draft? I'm picturing a Madden-esque fantasy draft...but there's no way that that can be right. Would it be like an expansion draft maybe?
Probably a variation on the expansion draft where current teams can protect a fewer number of players.
 
So if a team loses a boatload of players they are rewarded with the #1 overall pick? Great. So we have a huge cap hit with the departed guys and now we throw $40 million in guaranteed money at an undeserving rookie. That should put the team in a hole they can't climb out of for a decade.
 
Thank you Adam, that's exactly what I was looknig for.

I wonder what they would do with the contracts of the dead players? And how would it be weighted against the cap?

What a surreal thing this would all be, here's to hoping it never happens.
 
PullMyFinger;2166030 said:
And I can be Cheerleader inspector!!!

Yeager and I have claimed that way back when...sorry bud i heard Rowdy needs a masseuse...you down?
 
PullMyFinger;2166030 said:
And I can be Cheerleader inspector!!!

Do you really want that, Hos may be the new kicker, but Brainpaint is the replacement cheerleader. :eek:
 
CowboysFan02;2167578 said:
Do you really want that, Hos may be the new kicker, but Brainpaint is the replacement cheerleader. :eek:
The Kid 05 has already volunteered to inspect the replacement cheerleader.
 
AtlCB;2167785 said:
The Kid 05 has already volunteered to inspect the replacement cheerleader.

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http://i43.***BLOCKED***/albums/e390/KoRnKiD05/cheer.jpg

if a tefflon bag was ever needed...it is now
 

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