The NFL is considering using police experts to check tattoos of prospects for potential gang affiliations.
In the wake of the Aaron Hernandez saga, teams now seem more committed than ever in trying to find out as much as they can about the players they bring into their organizations, according to CBSSports.com.
The logic in that appears if a prospect has gang-related tats on his body. Finding out about the source and reasoning behind them might be in the best interest of the team considering drafting them.
In addition, the league is also rumored to be considering banning academically ineligible people from the league-wide combine.
Hernandez, meanwhile, remains jailed without bail in the execution style slaying of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd. The 27-year-old Connecticut man’s bullet-riddled body was found less than a mile from Hernandez’s North Attleborough, M.A. mansion late last month and police ultimately charged the former New England Patriots star with first-degree murder.
The Patriots have since severed all ties with Hernandez and are seeking to void the remainder of the $40 million contract they had recently inked with him. Hernandez also faces a separate suit in an unrelated case where a Florida man claims the 23-year-old shot him in the face in the heat of a quarrel they were having as they drove away from a local strip club.
Hernandez is scheduled for probable cause hearing later this week.
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