Report: 49ers mystified by tampering penalty
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The 49ers organization was stunned by a league ruling Monday that it must forfeit a fifth-round draft choice and swap third-round picks with the Bears (Nos. 7 and 12), according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell handed down the punishment after determining that the 49ers contacted Lance Briggs' agent Drew Rosenhaus before the October trading deadline last season. San Francisco GM Scot McCloughan released the following statement shortly after receiving the commissioner's ruling. "The 49ers organization respects Commissioner Goodell's ruling today, ...
NFL Tuesday: 49ers Guilty of Tampering; Favre Not Retired?
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It's not a good time to be charged with tampering
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Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert Among the reasons the Minnesota Vikings are livid about a tampering charge from the Green Bay Packers: The NFL has made a renewed effort to patrol illicit recruiting and is handing out relatively high penalties for relatively low-grade offenses. Consider the recent case of the San Francisco 49ers. The Chicago Bears charged them with tampering this winter, claiming the 49ers had talked to agent Drew Rosenhaus about the future availability of linebacker Lance Briggs in October 2007. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the main evidence was phone records that showed a 49ers official had called ...
