With NFL Minicamps Underway and Pre-Season Training Camps Looming, SPECULATION GROWS AS TO WHICH NFL PLAYER IS MOST LIKELY TO HOLD-OUT OR SIT OUT
Written by Reed Richards
Tue, 17 Jun 2008
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BetUS Posts Odds on NFL Player Hold-Outs and Training Camp Sit-Outs
With some of the NFL's teams starting minicamps and training camps and pre-season a little more than a month away, grumblings have already begun on behalf of some of the league's players about potential hold-outs during pre-season. Additionally, some disgruntled stars have been talking about sitting out training camp for one reason or another. Most notably this season, complaints have come from Chad Johnson, Plaxico Burress and a few others. The possibility for hold-outs and trained player-front office relations during the pre-season seems to be at an all time high as the summer rolls toward the start of the season.
That said, and with fan speculation growing at a fever pitch regarding whether or not their teams will see pre-season strife, BetUS posted odds on which NFL player is most likely to hold out or sit out prior to the start of the season.
"Passion for the NFL, teams, and players on the part of fans is always high," stated BetUS spokesman Reed Richards. "What doesn't seem to be such a constant is a return of the adoration and respect on the part of players. Fans are extremely intuitive when it comes to their favorite players and teams and they can sense when something is amiss. As such, we saw it as our duty to provide them answers and relieve some of their speculative angst regarding any pre-season blow-ups between players and their team's front office."
Analysts at BetUS posted the following odds on players who might sit-out or hold out:
Titans DT Albert Haynesworth 3/1
Ravens OLB Terrell Suggs 2/1
Lions WR Roy Williams 10/1
Cardinals WR Anquan Boldin 5/1
Giants TE Jeremy Shockey 1/1
Dolphins DE Jason Taylor 2/1
Eagles CB Lito Sheppard 10/1
Rams RB Steven Jackson 15/1
Bears LB Brian Urlacher 15/1
Bucs QB Jeff Garcia 7/1
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