Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay announced early Thursday morning that he has started the movement towards giving each NFL player a Participation Trophy at the conclusion of each NFL season. Said Irsay, "I'm sure I echo the thoughts of many other owners when I say that our team has worked too gosh darn hard to go home empty handed at the end of each season." Reports state that Irsay knocked on Commissioner Roger Goodell's office door for three straight hours before he could talk about the Participation Trophy dilemma.
(Above is the first of many trophy designs proposed by Irsay)
In a press conference, Commissioner Goodell stated that "Mr. Irsay made some pretty solid points in favor of handing out those trophies. Nobody can look me in the eye and tell me a guy like Coby Fleener, someone who works his tail off each day in practice, shouldn't be taking home some hardware at the end of the day." While discussions about switching the league from tackle to flag football were put on the back burner in the meeting between Irsay and Goodell, the NFL is expected to implement the Participation Trophy idea at the end of the upcoming 2015 season.
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