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Why is the draft starting at 3pm? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Soaring Eagle
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Mystery Achiever
Footballguy
sorry for misinterpreting, deuce; never occured to me the teams would take less time than alloted.Theoretically the first 2 rounds could last almost 9 hours.I wasThey switch over like this every year.ESPN: 3PM ET - 8PM ET
ESPN2: 8PM ET - 11PM ET
over the time. 8 hours for 2 rounds, even with the shortened time limit?
espn needs to allot for the time; they'll probablly just do draft analysis a/o go to sportcenter early if it finishes earlier.
3C's
Footballguy
I go down to the shelter and walk dogs on Saturdays. I'm usually gone until around 1. I like it.
Phurfur
Footballguy
It is starting a noon for me, so this is great. It is a little harder to start drinking a 9 AM.
RBM
Footballguy
Same hereMore time to deal with annoying speculation
3C's
Footballguy
pretty sure draftguys are doing a blog
49erBamBam52
Footballguy
The first two rounds will still end up bieng at least 6-7 hours long, so what he was saying is if they started at prime time (lets call prime time 8pm) the first round of the draft would be just over half way done by 11pm, and the 2nd round would not end until 3am-ishEven with it starting a noon last year (i was there) we walked out the door, litterally at 1130 at night, this move makes sense for the NFL... one of the only usefull things Goodell has done since he came to power!!15 minutes was an obscene amount of time of every team to have to pick... most teams allready know who they are going to pick, they just sit there for 14.5 minutes, hoping they get some crazy rediculous trade offer... whihc happens about less than 1% of the time...This is a good move.. believe it!!BAM1st round has been cut from 15 minutes to 10, potentially saving 2 hours 40 minutes.2nd round has been cut from 10 minutes to 7, potentially saving 1 hours 36 minutes.3rd round has been moved to Sunday, potentially saving 3 hours 44 minutes.Despite starting 3 hours later, day one could end 4+ hours earlier than last year.it always goes into prometime. if they start it in primetime, they'll be lucky to get in half a rounf on saturday.
PatrickT
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