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NFL draft getting bigger in 2010?
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07:52 AM ET 04.28 | The NFL draft is big. It could be getting bigger. Much bigger. The NFL inched its annual draft toward prime time last weekend. Next April, the NFL is considering giving the first round its own day -- and a prime-time television slot. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday the league was discussing the possibility of staging the first round of the 2010 draft on a Thursday evening, the second and third rounds Friday evening and the final four rounds Saturday. The event would remain the cable television domain of ESPN and the NFL Network. "We're more confident now, with the timing of the first round, that it can fit a 3 1/2-hour window," Goodell said. "We think it can be very appealing from a fan's standpoint and an audience standpoint. "We'll talk to our teams about it. We have to see what impact this would have on them. But I think it has potential." The NFL has been pondering such a move for a few years, but there was one major obstacle -- those cumbersome six-hour first rounds. Goodell and the league had to figure out a way to shrink the opening round to fit into an abbreviated prime-time window.
Roger Goodell, AP
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Why not......The NFL is the biggest sport all around........almost seems anything they do is golden....
HellAwaits!!
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Find out what Berman's deodorant and Kiper's hair products are and buy stock now!
twelve is next
Toledo, OH
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Thursday night @ 8:00pm. Thats a Cosby slot,thats money.
twelve is next
Toledo, OH
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The NFL should consider giving teams just 5 minutes to make thier pick in the 1st round in the draft. This way the draft would have a better pace and things would get done very quickly in the 1st round.
YDT8523
Flushing , NY
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Yeah, but the alloted time we have now allows for previous pick analysis and then advertisement to get air time. As big as the NFL and the draft are now i can only see more and larger bags of money being handed over for advertisement rights.
And now a word from our sponsor.........
twelve is next
Toledo, OH
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What I want to see televised is Goodell's meetings with Vick, Pacman and all the other problem children.
Lemnjelokid
Norwalk , OH
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lets see how thin we can stretch our product until it becomes a joke much like the nba...they better be carefull
*Chaser
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Put it on the NFL Network so we have to pay to watch it.
beerndrums
Bloomington, MN
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Replace them both they're terrible. Boreman's schtick has gotten old (are you ready for some NFL draft) and Kiper looks like a 70's mafioso ala Don Corleone. Of course, thanks to McShay, Kiper actually seems competent.
F J J
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Bring back Emmitt. You can turn it into a comedy with everyone playing guess the sentence.
F J J
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I'll have to DVR the Office!!!
Chi-Town Riddy
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They cant make the time that short for the 1st round picks because they would make it almost impossible to make trades with that little time in between picks. The 1st rounders are more valuable in terms of trade value so they cant just fly thru the 1st round for your convenience.
Lou Dobbs 11
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LMAO
forexmoose
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.......and the draft picks will be that much bigger
forexmoose
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Would Emmitt's comments come with subtitles?
Mister K
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The 2010 NFL Draft has been brought to you in part by NutriSystem, Right Guard, and Bosley Hair Restoration.
Tim Deebo
Gator Nation, HQ
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With that kind of advertising package, you'd think the NFL was marketing to Carl Brutananadilewski.
Tim Deebo
Gator Nation, HQ
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Lol nice one
jabbawockeez
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Lol nice one
jabbawockeez
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Whoops sorry for the double post...
jabbawockeez
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