NFL draft moves to Thursdays

HPF Bob · #1 07-23-2009, 06:03 PM

NFL draft will be a Thursday Night show next year.

Looks like 1st round Thursday night, April 22nd.
2nd and 3rd rounds Friday night
4th, 5th, 6th and 7th rounds Saturday afternoon.

ESPN and NFLN will still have tv rights.

edo783 · #2 07-23-2009, 10:04 PM

Seem to be trying their best to screw it up IMO.

bckey · #3 07-23-2009, 10:21 PM

This is a very stupid move. So many draft parties will be killed by this mine included. Unbelievable.

papabear · #4 07-24-2009, 09:07 AM

I'm not a fan of it either. I get really excited in the weeks leading up to the draft, but once it starts I don't want it to stop. Having it spread out over three days will make it drag out that much more. At first I thought it might be easier on the teams to not have 2 marathon days back to back....but now that I think about it it won't even really help them. I'm sure Thurs and Fri. will be all nighters to plan for every possibility the following day.

The casual fan only really watches the first round, so I guess this a move to expand that audience with the prime time Thursday start time. For me, the first round is just a warm up. There's always a guy that slips or maybe a trade that provides some intrigue...but you usually have a decent idea of how the first round is going to shake out. Having to watch the first round and then having to wait two more days to get through the best part of the draft which I think is rounds 2 through 4 or 5 is just a big tease.

It will kill draft parties too. I'm sure that the NFL doesn't think it needs to worry about that because there is no revenue in it for them...but it's kind of like tailgating, one of the reason so many people enjoy the draft or a game on Sunday is the party that goes with it.

nunusguy · #5 07-24-2009, 11:49 AM

My biggest complaint about the Draft is having it in NYC every year. The Draft was meant to be in one place IMO and that's Vegas and then it would have a much larger appeal for personal attendance (speaking for myself atleast), but I'd settle for rotating it between Vegas & NYC.

NBT · #6 07-24-2009, 01:39 PM

http://www.click2houston.com/sports/...42/detail.html

The first round will start on Thursday night April 22, 2010, with Friday & Saturday being the concluding days.

Nconroe · #7 07-25-2009, 01:11 PM

I wish the rounds would go quicker, especially the first round. I guess this let's teams do a lot more strategizing, studying for their draft picks. Wonder if success rate of good selections will go up.