The NFL draft is this weekend and unless you’ve been under a rock lately or hate sports, you already knew this. Talk shows, ESPN, FSN, Yahoo, and any other sports site has devoted countless pages and air time to the draft since the end of the Super Bowl. To me, it’s amazing the excitement the draft brings. No other sport and their draft comes close to the excitement, coverage that the NFL draft generates. As Chris Studer says, it’s insane. I just don’t get the hype the draft brings.

While working out the other day, ESPN was running a special on the draft. Who’s going to go where, who will be traded, blah blah blah…..too much speculation, too much guessing done by the so called experts. And what really baffles me are the mock drafts that predict what player will be taken by said team in the 6^th round. Seriously, I know it’s a mock draft, but that’s a bit crazy. Quit speculating after round one.

Live coverage begins at like 6 in the morning on networks and runs till like midnight Sunday. People plan their day/weekend around the draft (which for this guy, is insane). I’m bored after five minutes watching the draft. Now, the No Fun League has moved the draft back. It will now start at 2 and the first day will be only two rounds instead of the usual three. What was wrong with starting at ten??? You drew monstrous ratings. People watched. You could start the draft at midnight and people would watch.

They’ve also decreased the time allotted each team gets to pick (seriously, other than the Vikings, do you need 15 minutes to figure out who you want on your squad….you spend months collecting data and scouting players yet when it’s your turn, you can’t make up your mind)….Give teams five minutes, do the draft in one day and get it done with. It just baffles me that there’s actually people out there that will spend their entire weekend parked in front of a couch watching the draft.

Now I know what you’re thinking, don’t watch. Trust me, I won’t. I’ll log onto the internet and see who my hometown team, the Saint Louis Rams take, but other than that, I won’t follow very closely. The Vikings traded away half their draft for Jared Allen (which is a great trade by the way) so for me professionally, I won’t be paying that close attention (yes I will be following local athletes closely)

It just is crazy how much excitement the NFL draft brings.

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