2008 Draft questions... (1 Viewer)

[el centro]

I had a couple of questions, perhaps some of the draftknicks can answer...

1. Where is the draft being held @ this year?

2. I thought I had heard that Goodell was trying to move the Draft into PrimeTime - are they switching the first/second round(s) to Friday night?

3. Did they shorten the alotted time per pick for the first round this year? 15-minutes is too painfully long!!!!

 

[TheHosers]

When: April 26 and 27

Where: Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Format: Rounds 1-2 on Sat.; Rounds 3-7 on Sun

New Start Time: 3pm Eastern

Round 1 is down to 10 minutes/pick, Round 2 is 7 minutes/pick. Rds 3-7 are 5 minutes/pick

 

[TLEF316]

no start till 3? Seriously? That's a big mistake.

 

[CanadianNFLJunkie]

I agree 3 pm ET is probably the worst starting time for the draft. Move it to 5 pm, draft ends around midnight Saturday, and then resume on Sunday starting at 12 noon.

 

[TheFanatic]

I had a couple of questions, perhaps some of the draftknicks can answer...1. Where is the draft being held @ this year?2. I thought I had heard that Goodell was trying to move the Draft into PrimeTime - are they switching the first/second round(s) to Friday night?3. Did they shorten the alotted time per pick for the first round this year? 15-minutes is too painfully long!!!!

1. It's pretty much the same place every year (NYC) although there are talks to have it rotate from city to city to drum up interest in it2. The plan is to move it to primetime but in order to do so they have to shorten the time for each pick. They are testing the new time this year to see how that goes and moving it back a few hours (as well as the 3rd round to day 2)3. They shortened rounds 1 and 2. If this works well we could see the draft in coming years moved to prime time on Sat and all day on Sunday