sports.yahoo.com - 2/22/2008
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INDIANAPOLIS The NFL is investigating a charge by the Chicago Bears that the San Francisco 49ers tampered last year by making overtures to linebacker Lance Briggs , three league sources said. Chicago and San Francisco discussed a trade in October that would have sent Briggs, a Northern California native, to the 49ers. However, the Bears’ grievance claims that San Francisco held contract talks ...
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BEARS CHARGE NINERS WITH TAMPERING
ProFootballTalk.com —
In a rare move between the 32 business partners who usually play nice with each other, the Chicago Bears have charged the San Francisco 49ers with tampering . According to Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports, the Bears claim that the Niners talked to Briggs about a possible contract without permission during the 2007 season. Surprisingly, the Niners admit they communicated with Briggs’ agent, Drew Rosenhaus. But the Niners claim that the discussions occurred only after the Niners and the Bears held preliminary trade discussions. The irony is that the 49ers soon learned that Briggs couldn’t be signed to a new contract during the 2007 season because he had not signed a ...
Did The 49ers Tamper With Lance Briggs?
FanHouse —
Filed under: 49ers, Bears, NFL Gossip, Chicago, San FranciscoThe Bears are making a fuss with the NFL about some contact between the San Francisco 49ers and Lance Briggs's agent Drew Rosenhaus. Jason Cole of Yahoo says that the league is investigating these claims, although that seems like a waste of time and money on par with the search for Spock. Why? Because the Niners admit they did it. The 49ers' counter is that they talked to the Bears first about a possible deal, then contacted Rosenhaus and the NFL Management Council about signing Briggs to a new contract. Because Briggs was ...
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