You just made Sanders case because everything in your post requires collusion on the part of each NFL team. That is the heart of an anti-trust case. Remember MLB has an anti-trust exemption, the NFL does not. I never said Sanders would be wise to do this, I only said he'd have a good case.
Not necessarily. A jury looking at the facts of the case, i.e. a first round rated QB fails to get drafted until the fifth, could reasonably conclude that teams would have had to collude for that to happen, whether or not they actually did collude. This is somewhat similar to the Kaepernick case. In that one the NFL reached a settlement. They would also settle with Sanders if he brought suit because the one thing the NFL doesn't want to do is lose an anti-trust case where damages awarded are automatically tripled.
He'd have a good chance of finding a lawyer that would take his money, winning the suit, not so much.
The case would be settled out of court. In my previous post, I gave the reasons why the NFL would never allow a case like this to go to trial.
Because many of the coaches and staff came to the same conclusion about his abilities, when coupled with his entitled attitude, does not mean there is collusion. He was 1-7 against ranked teams, 0-3 in bowl games. I don't watch near enough college ball to make my own judgement on his play, but his record in big games along with him reportedly not taking the interviews very seriously is more than enough for NFL teams to say no thank you all on their own without colluding.
Everything you say may be true. As I said before, it only matters what a jury might conclude (and it doesn't even need to be unanimous), after the lawyers battle it out. They might see it your way, but I think there is enough evidence, even if circumstantial, that they might see it Sanders' way. The key word here is "might" because the NFL can't afford to take a chance. For example, let's say Sanders sues for 40M (roughly the contract that Caleb Williams got.) If the NFL lost the suit, it would cost them 120M. Are you so sure of the facts of this case that you would risk losing that much? Easy to say yes if it's not your money, but settling out of court is what they would most likely do.
I don’t think there was collusion, but painting a broad brush on his record in “big games” doesn’t really take into account how bad Colorado was and how badly they lacked depth compared to their competition. Putting it squarely on Shedeur’s shoulders is unfair.
