49'ers Drop Tampering Charges Against Jets

by David_Wyatt on Nov 24, 2009 12:17 AM EST

ESPN Mike Sando has reported that the 49'ers have dropped the tampering charges against the Jets they filed earlier this year regarding Michael Crabtree

San Francisco 49ers president Jed York is dropping the team's tampering charge against the New York Jets over Michael Crabtree, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter on Monday.

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The 49ers filed tampering charges with the NFL regarding their then-negotiations with first-round draft pick Crabtree. Former player Deion Sanders said he knew two teams that were willing to pay Crabtree what he wanted while he was holding out from the Niners. The 49ers investigated and filed the charge against the Jets.

The 49ers signed Crabtree to a six-year contract in early October. He has 22 catches for 292 yards and one touchdown since joining the 49ers.

Crabtree caught 97 passes for 1,165 yards and 19 touchdowns last year during his sophomore season at Texas Tech. He finished his college career with 231 receptions for 3,127 yards and 41 TDs.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

We said at the time here at GGN that we expected nothing to come of this, not only because it would make absolutely zero sense for Mike T to be involved in tampering with Crabtree because of the deadlines for the trading of rights, but also because tampering charges are so hard to prove, unless they had phone records of actual conversations (remember that just having records of calls to his agent from the Jets would not of been enough with Dustin Keller also being a client) then nothing was being done.

So there we have the end of that.

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That was weak sauce for them to initially file charges anyway.

And like you said, it’s impossible to prove.

Fireman Ed is the man!

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by Matt Birch on Nov 24, 2009 12:22 AM EST reply actions

They must have nothing

Draft pick compensation even a low one was possible if they could provide any evidence at all, so by dropping them outright without a decision from the league. Makes me think that they have absolutely nothing on us.

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by David_Wyatt on Nov 24, 2009 12:28 AM EST up reply actions

Sorry for cursing

but what a bunch of shitheads!

and the home of the... JETS!!!

Go, Pac, Go!!! Manny Pacquiao!!!

by dvdvil on Nov 24, 2009 8:06 AM EST reply actions

Agreed

If anything we should get compensation for them dragging our name through the mud

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by David_Wyatt on Nov 24, 2009 9:39 AM EST up reply actions

Or at least some kind of public apology.

“We didn’t know how to deal with our draft pick, and so we blamed the Jets in oder to take the focus away from the ineptitude of our front office.”

and the home of the... JETS!!!

Go, Pac, Go!!! Manny Pacquiao!!!

by dvdvil on Nov 24, 2009 9:43 AM EST up reply actions

Apology would be nice

I really don’t think teams should be able to get away with making serious allegations and then months down the line, saying “you know what, never mind, we’re not going to follow this up because we have no evidence”

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by David_Wyatt on Nov 24, 2009 9:50 AM EST up reply actions