Dear Mr. Goodell,
I wanted to write to you and thank you for one of the DUMBEST IDEA EVER FLOATED for the NFL:
Commissioner Roger Goodell notified teams Thursday that the draft will be spread over three days in 2010, running Thursday, April 22, through Saturday, April 24.
In addition, the first round will start in prime time at 7:30 p.m. ET.
“We continue to look for ways to make the draft more accessible to more fans,” Goodell said in a statement. “Moving the first round to prime time on Thursday night will make the first round of the draft available to fans on what is typically the most-watched night of television.”
ESPN and the NFL Network will televise the entire show.
The second and third rounds will start at 6:30 p.m. ET on April 23.
Rounds 4 through 7 will be on April 24, starting at 10 a.m. ET.
It is so good to see that you are surrounded by inept buffons who have no concept of what draft day means to the fans! It is an all day, non-game day, tailgate party! We see friends, we renew rivalries and we BBQ, laugh, have a few cold ones and enjoy the day watching every single selection of the first and second rounds.
But thanks to you, that will soon end! The draft will become a waste of time and half of your audience will stop watching. Good job, Roger!
Anyway, Roger, I just wanted to thank you for putting dollars before fans BUT ultimately without 39 million people watching on a Thursday night because we all have to go to work the next day (ie: no seeing friends, renewing rivalries and no BBQs, or laughter, or cold ones to enjoy while watching every single selection of the first and second rounds), there will be no mega-dollars for you and the NFL.
Signed,
Slugfest Mc-Hates-This-idea!