NFL to move draft to prime time, expand to 3 days[views:2149][posts:5]_________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 6:01pm - RustyPS ""] http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4351601 "The audience for the NFL draft has been growing, and the league has responded by expanding the event from two to three days. Commissioner Roger Goodell notified teams Thursday that the draft will be spread over three days in 2010, running Thursday, April 22, through Saturday, April 24. In addition, the first round will start in prime time at 7:30 p.m. ET. "We continue to look for ways to make the draft more accessible to more fans," Goodell said in a statement. "Moving the first round to prime time on Thursday night will make the first round of the draft available to fans on what is typically the most-watched night of television." ESPN and the NFL Network will televise the entire show. The second and third rounds will start at 6:30 p.m. ET on April 23. Rounds 4 through 7 will be on April 24, starting at 10 a.m. ET. More than 39 million watched the draft during the 2009 two-day broadcast. From 1988 to 1994, the NFL held its draft on Sunday-Monday two-day blocks. From 1995 to 2009, the league made it a Saturday-Sunday event." pretty ghey if ya ask me |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 6:06pm - arilliusbm ""] fucking stupid. roger goodell is a tool. just like david stern and all the other pricks that run sports. what is this, the WWF? I mean WWE? |
| _________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 6:16pm - RustyPS ""] most-watched night of television = most people are already watching something else and will stay loyal to what they're already watching evening on Friday = most people are out/not around a TV and most people don't watch the late rounds really, really dumb |
| _______________________________ [Jul 23,2009 7:53pm - Pires ""] Yeah I don't see how this can be good at all. Ratings are going to plummet and then they'll just change it back to the weekend. Same thought goes to changing the pro bowl to the week before the super bowl. Not that I care about that wretched game, but the players in the super bowl won't play and the players would rather go to Hawaii then go to Indy or Minnesota in early February. Just my two cents. |
| _________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 8:09pm - RustyPS ""] as far as the Pro Bowl goes, don't have a game, just name the teams and send the players who get named to Hawaii after the playoffs are over...having the game makes no sense anymore |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 23,2009 8:10pm - arilliusbm ""] probowl is just one giant risk of injuring your best players haha |