"When you go up there in the draft and give up those numbers in future drafts and in dollars, if you're wrong, it sets you back drastically.
The poor quarterback class was most likely an aberration for the N.F.L., but Barkley's experience is likely to resonate in future drafts.
The roughest parts of the novel may turn out to be the most compelling in future drafts.
The 49ers will forfeit third- and fifth-round picks in a future draft and pay a fine of $600,000 to $1 million.
The big decisions in the Eagles' future — draft picks, selection of coaches — hinge on whether he can.
"They gave up a lot in regard to future draft picks to get him, but he scores, he passes, I think he knows how to lead a team.
Commissioner Roger Goodell levied fines of $500,000 to Coach Bill Belichick and another $250,000 to the Patriots and took away a future draft pick — nothing, in other words, to stop a great team from proceeding to the Super Bowl.
If a club thinks it is on the brink of contention and its immediate rivals are on the downswing, it can "go all in" and swap a bunch of future draft picks for a star on a struggling franchise; conversely, a team that sees its window of opportunity closing can hold a "fire sale" and hope to rebuild in two years rather than five or six.
The dispute was resolved when the elder Fownes Luttrell offered to resign that December, in favour of Pownall, on the condition that Pownall seek his approval before nominating any of his friends or himself in future; a draft document outlining his other conditions included a payment of £3,000 in return for his resignation.
Dimitroff has afforded Ryan sufficient receivers, signing the likely Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez in 2009 and nearly emptying the vault of future draft picks last year to draft Julio Jones.
