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Draft 1st round to last 32 days?

Terrible idea. I wouldn't and couldn't devote that kind of time to the draft.

Honestly other than the Steelers I don't give a **** about what the other teams do.
 
On a dumb scale of 1 to 10 that is literally 10 000 000 000. What makes the thing interesting is the immediacy of it. Your franchise can turn around in minutes. The clock makes things happen. You give teams a day to think about it and it takes a whole element out. Plus you are giving the bottom team 32 more days of evaluation. ****, player X at the top might fall off the cliff because of a character issue before team 27 even drafts. I would say there is no possible chance of that, but we are talking about Roger Goodell and the new NFL.
 
madinsomniac said:
would not work... teams of one fanbase would tune in at one time... TV wouldn't want that
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I agree the number of viewers would drop off considerably over time, but it wouldn't be anywhere near 1/32nd. They'd still get die-hards draft dorks and others would casually tune in and out and still others would watch to see if a player they like continues to drop.

So I think it would work for TV revenue. The networks would be selling ten times the amount of air time and would still be able to set a premium price for the first five picks.

We've already seen this with non-game type NFL programs. The NFL airs NFL Total Access everyday.
 
Troglodyte said:
I agree the number of viewers would drop off considerably over time, but it wouldn't be anywhere near 1/32nd. They'd still get die-hards draft dorks and others would casually tune in and out and still others would watch to see if a player they like continues to drop.

So I think it would work for TV revenue. The networks would be selling ten times the amount of air time and would still be able to set a premium price for the first five picks.

We've already seen this with non-game type NFL programs. The NFL airs NFL Total Access everyday.
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SteelerSask said:
On a dumb scale of 1 to 10 that is literally 10 000 000 000. What makes the thing interesting is the immediacy of it. Your franchise can turn around in minutes. The clock makes things happen. You give teams a day to think about it and it takes a whole element out. Plus you are giving the bottom team 32 more days of evaluation. ****, player X at the top might fall off the cliff because of a character issue before team 27 even drafts. I would say there is no possible chance of that, but we are talking about Roger Goodell and the new NFL.
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Not that I'm in favor of this, but I think you're discounting the drama of the first round.

Once a major prospect starts to drop, there'd be a "Is today the day?" aspect to it. Kinda like a pregnancy at nine months.

Also, I think there'd be a lot more wheeling and dealing of picks and maybe even draftees. All of a sudden some team trades way up and now everybody tunes in that night to see who they traded up for.
 
Troglodyte said:
Not that I'm in favor of this, but I think you're discounting the drama of the first round.

Once a major prospect starts to drop, there'd be a "Is today the day?" aspect to it. Kinda like a pregnancy at nine months.

Also, I think there'd be a lot more wheeling and dealing of picks and maybe even draftees. All of a sudden some team trades way up and now everybody tunes in that night to see who they traded up for.
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Then after three days of it we become bored. This is an instant access society and everything about the draft caters to that. Whether it is following on Twitter, mobile updates, etc., a day-by-day pick is a painfully slow process that will lose the attention of even the biggest fans.
 
SteelerFan448 said:
Then after three days of it we become bored. This is an instant access society and everything about the draft caters to that. Whether it is following on Twitter, mobile updates, etc., a day-by-day pick is a painfully slow process that will lose the attention of even the biggest fans.
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I have to agree I am a draft nut , but you spread it out like that and it is a **** you from me turn off the channel.

I would tune in for the Steelers pick, but being irritated I would spend less time watching that day as well.
 
So the guy with the big drop hangs out in the green room for a month waiting? This idea had to be a joke.
 
SteelerFan448 said:
Then after three days of it we become bored. This is an instant access society and everything about the draft caters to that. Whether it is following on Twitter, mobile updates, etc., a day-by-day pick is a painfully slow process that will lose the attention of even the biggest fans.
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I don't watch NFL Total Access very often, but there's a reason it's on every day. There's a reason there's an NFL Network year round.

Social media is part of the reason I think it would work as everyday it would be full of speculation and rumors about who the pick will be.

One problem the NFL would face is they'd need to implement a gag rule on contacting prospects and talking to the media. Otherwise, if word got out who the pick was beforehand, it would turn the show into a formality and nobody would watch.
 
Fiji Mariner said:
So the guy with the big drop hangs out in the green room for a month waiting? This idea had to be a joke.
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As I mentioned before, I think they'd do away with congregating for the 1st round. No way do they make all 32 teams and 20 prospects hang out in a city for a month.
 
They already ruined the draft experience for fans when they idiotically moved it to a Thursday to Saturday.
 
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So if you trade for a pick, does the clock reset and you get an extra day?
 
Troglodyte said:
I don't watch NFL Total Access very often, but there's a reason it's on every day. There's a reason there's an NFL Network year round.

Social media is part of the reason I think it would work as everyday it would be full of speculation and rumors about who the pick will be.

One problem the NFL would face is they'd need to implement a gag rule on contacting prospects and talking to the media. Otherwise, if word got out who the pick was beforehand, it would turn the show into a formality and nobody would watch.
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I think this is a reason it wouldn't work. The draft plays out so well for social media because it moves relatively fast and generates a lot of discussion. As it stands now, there is too much time to prepare for the draft, hence all of the rehashed articles and players "rising and falling" because guys need more to write about. One pick a day leaves zero intrigue in the process, especially when you have insiders that get a hold of the information ahead of time. There is little incentive for the media (not NFL Network or ESPN) to stay quiet when there are 24 hours between picks. Another argument against it is once you get outside of the top 5 or 10, does anyone really care? It's like having the same show on for 32 consecutive days, but you only care about maybe 3 or 4 of those episodes.
 
SteelerFan448 said:
I think this is a reason it wouldn't work. The draft plays out so well for social media because it moves relatively fast and generates a lot of discussion. As it stands now, there is too much time to prepare for the draft, hence all of the rehashed articles and players "rising and falling" because guys need more to write about. One pick a day leaves zero intrigue in the process, especially when you have insiders that get a hold of the information ahead of time. There is little incentive for the media (not NFL Network or ESPN) to stay quiet when there are 24 hours between picks. Another argument against it is once you get outside of the top 5 or 10, does anyone really care? It's like having the same show on for 32 consecutive days, but you only care about maybe 3 or 4 of those episodes.
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Yea, like I said, once word leaked out about who the pick was that day and the show becomes a formality, I'm sure viewership drops through the floor. I don't know how the NFL could effectively sensor the information to keep that from happening.

I'm not in favor of this, much like I'm not in favor of increasing the number of regular season games or expanding the playoffs, but I understand why they might want to do it - $.
 
Troglodyte said:
Yea, like I said, once word leaked out about who the pick was that day and the show becomes a formality, I'm sure viewership drops through the floor. I don't know how the NFL could effectively sensor the information to keep that from happening.

I'm not in favor of this, much like I'm not in favor of increasing the number of regular season games or expanding the playoffs, but I understand why they might want to do it - $.
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Oddly enough, the NFL isn't playing any Saturday afternoon games once the college season ends. Having games all day Saturday and Sunday would surely be a nice cash boost, but also fill the void left by college football.
 
Troglodyte said:
Logistically, how do you televise that? A half-hour show every night? I'm not sure as many people would tune in, especially after the first 5 or so picks. Rather they would be content just finding out who was taken after the fact. But I guess selling 640 minutes of advertising spread over a month might be more lucrative than seedling 90 minutes in one night.

I think it might significantly increase the number of trades.
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1. Yep, can make more money selling commercial time.

2. You are right about the trades. In fact I bet there will be a squad of mini pot stirrers hired by the NFL to give rumors and "leads" to the LaCanforas and Mortensens of the world.
 
I wish it was like before during the weekends when most of us could catch it.. Roger and his infinite wisdom..(sarcastic). God what else is this man going to do to make football lousy? Rozelle must be turning in his grave!
 
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