Dear Riddle Me This, Jishman Readers and NFL football fans everywhere,

I have been asked by many people over the past few weeks, “when are you putting out your first NFL Mock draft?” I am not. I won’t mock draft the NFL draft this year. And I won’t watch the NFL draft this year and I am asking all of you to join me in a grassroots movement throughout the Blogosphere; I am asking all of you to join me in boycotting the 2010 NFL Draft!

Why?!

Simple. As an avid NFL fan, I was not happy last summer when the NFL announced the dumbest idea to date! Roger Goodell “notified teams Thursday that the draft will be spread over three days in 2010, running Thursday, April 22, through Saturday, April 24.”

The NFL has no idea what draft day means to true NFL 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 the new NFL Draft Schedule will alter those NFL Draft day celebrations because Goodell and company are pitting the potential for advertising dollars in prime time against the NFL Fans. Money over loyalty.

But we can stop it! And it is as simple as turning off the television. Do Not Watch the NFL Draft in 2010!

If the ratings tank, advertising dollars will be lost and the NFL will be forced to revisit their idea!

I am asking for your support. One person will not make a difference, I need your help as well as the support of your friends and family. We have three months to mobilize an effort to do one thing; turn off the NFL Draft in 2010!

Send this message to everyone you know who loves the NFL and NFL draft day:

“Boycott the 2010 NFL Draft!”