NFL Draft Moving to May?!?!?

by k2oconnor on Jun 18, 2009 11:19 AM EDT

I tried posting this in a Fanshot, apparently I can't figure it out...

The NFL is toying with the idea, and says it is a strong possibility the NFL Draft moves to a weekend in May! As a fan I think this a horrible idea, and the months of March and April are the longest months of they year!

Looking at from the NFL stand point the only thing I can see is playes like Hartline who could not attend OTA's because of Ohio States graduation rule...

I hope this does not happen

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It does suck

But it’s not so much they want to move it to May as it is they want to keep it the same amount of weeks after the Super Bowl. And the Super Bowl this year falls VERY late – like Feb. 7 or something….which might push the draft into the first weekend of May.

It would suck…but you can blame it all on the calendar….Labor Day falling on September 7 pushed everything in the NFL back this year because the league doesn’t want to start the season on Labor Day weekend.

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by Matty I on Jun 18, 2009 12:52 PM EDT reply actions

Can you imagine if they add those extra games!

They keep talking about it extending into the Winter and pushing the superbowl back. But they talk about eliminating two pre-season games, so why not play the two regular season games in August, where the Pre-season games were?

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by k2oconnor on Jun 18, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions

cus the NFL really doesn't like the idea of playing games in Labor Day weekend

But they used to….so I dont get the big deal

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by Matty I on Jun 18, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions

The Players Union is also

going to ask for more money because the players have to go through two more weeks of “manual labor”. Its all grubby money men looking for more.

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by TheTealDeal on Jun 18, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions

I just hate the idea of moving the Pro bowl

to a different date and location. Its so stupid, i rather go to Hawaii after 16 or so weeks or demanding football. Even if i was paid a couple million

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by TheTealDeal on Jun 18, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Nice explanation Matty!

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by Mosul_DolFan on Jun 18, 2009 8:07 PM EDT reply actions

NFL has been transformed from

National Football League to Nazis for Life. i don’t understand why they are fixing something that isnt broken.

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by TheTealDeal on Jun 18, 2009 8:53 PM EDT reply actions

My birthday is April 26th

So recently, I looked forward to the draft as a sort of birthday present. Now, I get nothing…

But yeah, I hate the idea of the expanded schedule, and this just seems silly. Other than an arbitrary time period between the end of the season and the draft, what sense is there in this move?

Does it also mean the free agency period will be moved back as well?

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by ocelotfox on Jun 18, 2009 11:58 PM EDT reply actions