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2/23/2008

Combine craziness

The oddest part of the combine is always the convergence of people, especially on Saturday. Here's the scene:

The combine itself is held at the RCA Dome, which is attached to the Indiana Convention Center. Coaches, players, scouts, agents and other NFL personnel travel a hallway from their hotels past the media room to the Dome. Along with several hundred credentialed reporters waiting for interviews, the hallway is clogged with memorabilia dealers seeking autographs (and tens of their runners, many of them teen-aged kids) and the parents and participants of a dance show going on elsewhere in the center. It's hairy to say the least. In fact, one agent reports that an autograph hound spilled coffee on Cowboys owner Jerry Jones when he was harassing him for a signature today.

If I was a player or coach asked for an autograph, I'd make sure to personalize my signature. That way the few well-meaning kids not trying to make a profit off the day can have their memories.

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