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The NFL Rookie Symposium is an annual event that is supposed to provide incoming football players with valuable advice for their pro careers. That advice comes courtesy of former NFL stars that have been through the process and have intelligent tips to offer to the guys in attendance.
Unfortunately, last year’s speakers were Cris Carter and Warren Sapp, two guys who clearly aren’t the best sources of advice for impressionable young men. If you’ll recall, Sapp was arrested for soliciting a prostitute and domestic assault earlier this year. Now, we have video evidence of Carter using the 2014 symposium to tell rookies they should find a “fall guy” that will take blame if they end up in trouble with the law.
The video was dug up and made public after former 49ers linebacker Chris Borland talked about the incident in a recent interview with ESPN, and now the NFL has been forced to address Carter’s comments.
This was an unfortunate and inappropriate comment made by Cris Carter during the 2014 NFC Rookie Symposium. The comment was not representative of the message of the symposium or any other league program. The league’s player engagement staff immediately expressed concern about the comment to Cris. The comment was not repeated in the 2014 AFC session or this year’s symposium.
Solid damage control there, NFL. Maybe don’t enlist these doofuses next year.
(Via Deadspin)
