[Husker] RichRod out at Michigan, according to ESPN

[Steve Reichenbach]

Really, Mike?  In what other profession are you told: work here for
this company or else no other company in the business will hire you?

I understand the NFL's desire for spreading the talent, but about all
workers can do in such circumstances is threaten to withhold services,
which Elway did (and he was not under contract).  Even doing that, at
risk of his opportunity to work in the profession, Elway couldn't get
more than he what an employer was willing to pay him.  And, his
judgment about his worth was vindicated both when he got the contract
he wanted and when he played under that contract.

Surely, you don't begrudge a man to control who he works for do you?
Sing along now:  You can't get me I'm part of the union....


> > Word here in 49er land is, he's going to the 49er's (Harbaugh, that is) 
> 
> It looks like Miami is making a big play for him, as in big $$.  I hear they're
> willing to offer him something like $8 million a year.  (Of course there's
> also the minor detail that they haven't fired their current coach yet.)
> 
> > and if Luck would be willing to pull an "Elway" the 49ers would take 
> > him as well! 
> 
> Yeah, I suspect there aren't very many teams who wouldn't take Luck if he
> said he would only go there, unless the price to pay for that privilege
> was just too high.  I was never an Elway fan because of that stunt,
> and I still cheer against the Broncos.
> 
> And there's no guarantee that he'll succeed (or stay healthy) in the NFL.  
> For every Elway, there are several QBs who fall short of expectations, 
> like Vince Young did in Tennessee.  Remember Tim Couch or Ryan Leaf?
> 
> And the possibility of a full season NFL work stoppage is high enough that 
> it could really hurt the under-classmen who decide to go this year, because 
> a year from now there will another crop of talented players to draft.