Russell claims that at one point recently an NFL team -- he says he does not know which one -- spied on him for a period of several days and possibly longer by assigning someone to follow him.
http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/story/10151477/1
Did you go anywhere fun while you were being followed, he was asked?
"Every time," Russell joked.
Russell was clearly irked at the spying. He should be. If true -- and knowing how some in the NFL work, I have no doubt that it is -- whatever team employed such a Draconian tactic as to actually follow Russell around town as if he were a member of the Taliban should be fined a bazillion dollars and docked draft picks.
There should be some sort of investigation by commissioner Roger Goodell.
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What a crazy world we live in, when teams outright spy on draft picks. Go ahead with the background checks and talk to everyone that ever knew him from his elementary school janitor to his dentist....but don't stalk the man.
http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/story/10151477/1
Did you go anywhere fun while you were being followed, he was asked?
"Every time," Russell joked.
Russell was clearly irked at the spying. He should be. If true -- and knowing how some in the NFL work, I have no doubt that it is -- whatever team employed such a Draconian tactic as to actually follow Russell around town as if he were a member of the Taliban should be fined a bazillion dollars and docked draft picks.
There should be some sort of investigation by commissioner Roger Goodell.
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What a crazy world we live in, when teams outright spy on draft picks. Go ahead with the background checks and talk to everyone that ever knew him from his elementary school janitor to his dentist....but don't stalk the man.