Under NFL-draften i weekenden stod det klart, at Arizona Cardinals havde besluttet sig for at vælge Notre Dame-runningback Jeremiyah Love som deres tredje spiller. Men da draftklokken ringede, var der et problem: holdet kunne ikke få fat i Love.
»Hvis du vil have den ærlige sandhed, havde vi det forkerte telefonnummer,« fortalte Cardinals’ general manager Monti Ossenfort til Saad Yousuf fra TheAthletic.com. »Det nummer, vi havde fået, var forkert. Det var den eneste årsag til forsinkelsen. Da vi fik rettet nummeret, ringede vi til Love, og det lykkedes at få fat i ham. Det var hele problemet – tekniske vanskeligheder.«
NFL har strammet reglerne for adgang til spillernes telefonnumre efter flere tilfælde af praktiske opkald sidste år. I år blev listen over numre overdraget til en enkelt kontaktperson i hver klubs fodboldafdeling, som havde til opgave at sikre oplysningerne.
Det er endnu uklart, hvordan NFL nåede at rette fejlen i tide, så Cardinals kunne nå at ringe til Love, inden de skulle indlevere draftkortet. Der var dog kun minimale handelsforhandlinger omkring picket, og intet tyder på, at holdet overvejede at flytte sig væk fra deres oprindelige valg.
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