This cracks me up. The NFL is investigating whether or not there was tampering between its teams and potential free agents. Of course this tampering comes outside of the officially condoned “Legal Tampering Window” the NFL allows prior to free agents being able to sign with other teams.
The Oxford dictionary defines “tampering” this way:
1. Interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations.
2. Exert a secret or corrupt influence upon (someone).
Sounds bad. I’m not sure prefacing it with the word “legal” softens it as much as some lawyers thought it would.
My reaction isn’t about the monkeyshines that happens when players and teams are trying to one up each other. That would be akin to being shocked if there was gambling going on in a casino or in NFL locker rooms. All’s fair in love and war and apparently in billion dollar businesses that can tamper with language in ways that only a lawyer can love.
Just who do they think they’re fooling?
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