| 23 July 2009
A few months ago, the NFL floated the idea that they might extend draft day to three days and would start it on a Thursday night, primetime, and would include only the first round. Friday night would be all about rounds two and three. Saturday morning would kickoff early and finish off rounds 4-7. Wow, what a flippin' terrible idea.
So, y'know. It's official now.
PFT has the schedule and, no shock here, it is miserable to live on the West Coast and be a diehard football fan. Thursday's festivities start off at 4:30 pm PST. That's, y'know, the time that you're still at work. Don't worry though, by the time you get off work at 5 (or later), commute home, and flip on the TV you will have only missed the first 10-20 draft picks. And, y'know, no one really cares about those anyway. Friday it will be even better as they get started at 3:30 PST all but insuring that you will miss the second round. After a long night of bellyaching and bemoaning this absolutely idiotic idea, you get to wake up and be ready to go by 7:00 am. Rise and shine. And fume.
The idea behind this is that, WOW, the draft is really popular! Imagine how much ad revenue we could pull in on a Thursday (Must See TV?) night! What the NFL is overlooking is that the NFL draft is largely popular because there's no other game in town. What does your wife care if you're watching football on Saturday morning? Not to mention the fact that for many people, Draft day is a big party day. You will now not have the option to plan a party and start it right when the draft does (since even if you take off some time from work, your friends won't likely do the same). Beyond that, many people like to imbibe in the less soberiety-friendly beverages at Draft parties... well, there's going to be hell to pay come 6 am Friday morning.
This is as stupid as it was when first floated, and in case it's not obvious, I consider this another strike in the column for "NFL vs. West Coast". What do you guys think? Will you still party hardy? Take time off work? Not care since the Hawks will be picking 32nd (our pick) and will likely already have named our #1 overall (Denver's pick)?
written by USAFANARC, July 23, 2009
BTW, the site looks great.
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written by JayHawk, July 23, 2009
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written by DSAhawker, July 23, 2009
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written by JRuss, July 23, 2009
Seems like another money grab by the NFL at the expense of the fans. I hope this schedule change turns out to be a one-year experiment that fails miserably.
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written by JonPaul Campbell, July 24, 2009
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written by JonPaul Campbell-jpchawker, July 24, 2009
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written by whiskeychainsaw, July 24, 2009
I think it's dumb, and takes away from the fun aspects for us. However, this may allow for more trades overall, which we also love, because now teams will have more time between picks to adjust and "think things through."
It's my guess this will lead to more draft pick for role-player trades...
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written by Steve S., July 24, 2009
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written by Steve S., July 24, 2009
as opposed to the giant middle finger the league gave to us with the '09 start times.
I meant to say '09 kickoff times.
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written by gballs, July 24, 2009
Heartless idea.
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written by Hudson Hawk, July 26, 2009
I loved things how they were but times change and I will take the days off or leave early and party like it was 1999.
Besides with more time between the first two rounds we will see alot more trades.
UI think it is going to be great as always, and I will be right here typing again while we watch it.
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written by fendi watches for women, December 08, 2010
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