I hate only doing the 1st round the 1st day

[boogiewithstu2007]

Why not do rounds 1-3 the first day, 3-6 the second day and then finish it all off the 3rd day.... I just don't get the logic of setting everything up, getting the place filled with people and just doing 1 round the first day... I liked the draft way better prior to 2010 when we got to sit down and enjoy it all day... But hey, if they're hell bent on making it 3 day's at least split it up better....

 

[megalodon30]

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

They do it just to upset you

 

[cdumler7]

I can guarantee the teams love the new set up though. Gives them a chance to really reset their draft boards a couple of times and get on the phone to find out what it would take to get the players they want. Leads to a lot more trades throughout the 3 days

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

They do it just to upset you

Those dirty bastards!

 

[night]

Why not do rounds 1-3 the first day, 3-6 the second day and then finish it all off the 3rd day.... I just don't get the logic of setting everything up, getting the place filled with people and just doing 1 round the first day... I liked the draft way better prior to 2010 when we got to sit down and enjoy it all day... But hey, if they're hell bent on making it 3 day's at least split it up better....

Because they can get headline news today through the weekend.

 

[DHoey]

The draft is pretty much a two day affair for the Hawks anyway

 

[Duffman]

They do it for ratings, they want people to watch all 3 days and chances are if they put rounds 6-7 or just 7 by itself on the last only the most diehard people would watch. The way they do it now is the best for keeping people interested all 3 days.

 

[Sharkonabicycle]

Worst feeling in the World when your team is drafting late...

Watch draft for 3 hours. And *insert team* has traded the 31st overall for the 42nd overall (and whatever). GOD DAMMIT!!!! Makes day 2 slightly more exciting I guess.

 

[NWPATSFAN]

Worst feeling in the World when your team is drafting late...

Watch draft for 3 hours. And *insert team* has traded the 31st overall for the 42nd overall (and whatever). GOD DAMMIT!!!! Makes day 2 slightly more exciting I guess.

I know a worse feeling this year.

 

[NWPATSFAN]

I wonder if BB could work a backroom deal? Like SD when they drafted Eli? NE has a team draft a certain player in the 1st. Then NE sends the draft picks and or players to that team after the fact

I wonder if that's legal?

 

[broncosmitty]

I wonder if that's legal?

What doesn't kill you, makes it legal.

 

[Dolemite censored]

Why not do rounds 1-3 the first day, 3-6 the second day and then finish it all off the 3rd day.... I just don't get the logic of setting everything up, getting the place filled with people and just doing 1 round the first day... I liked the draft way better prior to 2010 when we got to sit down and enjoy it all day... But hey, if they're hell bent on making it 3 day's at least split it up better....

I disagree.

Only round 1 has any shot at getting prime time numbers and broad general interest.

Only hard core fans watch rounds 2 through 7 anyway.

 

[NinerSickness]

Why not do rounds 1-3 the first day, 3-6 the second day and then finish it all off the 3rd day.... I just don't get the logic of setting everything up, getting the place filled with people and just doing 1 round the first day... I liked the draft way better prior to 2010 when we got to sit down and enjoy it all day... But hey, if they're hell bent on making it 3 day's at least split it up better....

It's the Hunger-Games, The Hobbit rule. Why give people what they want when you can break it up into little snippets and essentially let people 3 times to watch instead of twice?

Pretty soon, they're going to have the first half of games on Wednesday night and finish the games on Sunday.

 

[TBBishop]

Sometimes you can't look at something as anything other than a money grab. Like the NFL doesn't make enough money. I have plenty of shit on DVR that I want to spend my Thursday (GD THURSDAY TO BOOT!) night watching beside the draft and I probably will watch those other things rather than the draft. It's just nonsense. This is not a primetime event IMO. Also, I loved getting up Saturday morning and gearing up to watch the draft for 2 days pretty much nonstop. Now I'll watch very little of the first, maybe none of the second and third because I have a softball game and since I've now missed all the good stuff maybe none of the 4th-7th. I think they've just screwed this all up simply because there are more dollars to be made at night. It's a shame!

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

I disagree.

Only round 1 has any shot at getting prime time numbers and broad general interest.

Only hard core fans watch rounds 2 through 7 anyway.

If your taking the time to even watch the draft you would think most would have more interest than just the 1st round... Even if they at least did rounds 1-2 the first day most would stay tuned in...

 

[TBBishop]

It's the Hunger-Games, The Hobbit rule. Why give people what they want when you can break it up into little snippets and essentially let people 3 times to watch instead of twice?

Pretty soon, they're going to have the first half of games on Wednesday night and finish the games on Sunday.

I don't disagree but I don't like the Hobbit reference. 2-3 hours is rarely enough to tell the entire story of a novel. 8 or 9 hours is. It's why Game of Thrones is so good. 10 hours per book essentially is enough to tell the story. Just my opinion of course. We should have gotten 3 times as much Lord of the Rings too.

 

[Dolemite censored]

If your taking the time to even watch the draft you would think most would have more interest than just the 1st round... Even if they at least did rounds 1-2 the first day most would stay tuned in...

They have to temper that with the ability to sell advertising during prime time.

 

[NinerSickness]

I don't disagree but I don't like the Hobbit reference. 2-3 hours is rarely enough to tell the entire story of a novel. 8 or 9 hours is.

I'll take your word for it. I didn't even like the book, so I didn't bother watching the movie.

I'm sure it was well done.

 

[Thruthefog]