Comment on Why is the NFL draft day so "special"?
Donjuanme@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
The draft is being held in your state this year, it’s the first time as far as I can recall, they want to make a good show of it so it might return some day.
Comment on Why is the NFL draft day so "special"?
Donjuanme@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
The draft is being held in your state this year, it’s the first time as far as I can recall, they want to make a good show of it so it might return some day.
SolidShake@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
How is it a show? Isn’t it just guys reading names off a sheet of paper?
wjrii@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
There’s constant running commentary and speculation, and biographical segments, and sometimes a little drama when surprising things happen, or expected things don’t, and a large group of people simply care enough that they want to know as soon as a pick happens, though how organic that the growth of that group has been is certainly open for debate.
Donjuanme@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
The sheets of paper are getting filled in minutes before they’re announced,
The teams can trade their picks between each other,
It’s not known what teams are going to take what players, if my team (4) thinks team 1 is going to take player A, and team 2 isn’t interested in that player but team 3 is, if team 1 takes player b instead my team might talk with team 2 about trading draft pick positions so we can get that player.
There’s a lot of talking between a lot of professionals representing a lot of teams, the whole situation is very fluid, and it might change the course of your franchise (unless you’re the Jets)
It’s also 3 days of spectacle.