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==Other sham tryouts==
 
==Other sham tryouts==
 
In the early 1990s the Dallas Cowboys cut several players in order to cash in on options resulting from a massive [[Herschel Walker]] trade.  The Cowboys coach "planned to cut the five players and thereby 'rob' the Vikings of future [draft] picks."<ref>https://www.calebcolley.com/crazy-herschel-walker-trade/</ref>
 
In the early 1990s the Dallas Cowboys cut several players in order to cash in on options resulting from a massive [[Herschel Walker]] trade.  The Cowboys coach "planned to cut the five players and thereby 'rob' the Vikings of future [draft] picks."<ref>https://www.calebcolley.com/crazy-herschel-walker-trade/</ref>
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==Famous baseball sham tryout==
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The Boston Red Sox -- the last [[Major League Baseball]] team to accept a black player on the team -- held a sham tryout for [[Jackie Robinson]] on April 16, 1945.  “We’ll hear from the Red Sox like we’ll hear from Adolf Hitler,” another black player (outfielder Sam Jethroe) said about the same tryout.<ref>https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/stories/wendell-smith/355</ref>  He was right.
 
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