changing draft??15 to 10?

[GameTime_3]

I for one am all for it!! I think the draft takes to long and most of the time they just waste time..i say move it to 10 mins and second round to 7 mins. i think it will get better ratings. what does everyone think???

[HDMAVS760CA]

They need 2 do something. I've thought of that before. Maybe trimming the minutes of the 1st round to 12 minutes. I know that sometimes the team knows who they gonna draft & still wait the whole 15 minutes to select. Just pick the player & speed up the draft.

And its not because I reside in a fast paced state eihter..CA

This year's draft was considered the longest 1st day draft ever.

[PhilipNelsonFan]

Goodell should institute this rule change and then not tell the Vikings.

[Monkeyfeng06]

it will just create more hilarious draft picks.

[UTMCretin]

Trim it down to 5 minutes. I want to see those execs sweat as they fumble through their poorly wrought draft-related trade proposals

[Icness]

I just wish that teams who knew exactly what they were going to do didn't exhaust their entire alloted time. Like this year with the Bucs--once they were on the clock their phone rang once, and it was Atlanta calling to tell them they were no longer interested in trading for the pick. End the suspense and make your freaking picks!

Another thing that came out of potential draft revisions is to have the draft in different locales every year, which would be cool IMO. I went in 2000 and it was dreafully long, boring, and uncomfortable, yet at the same time pretty neat and intriguing. I'm not going back to NYC but I'd be willing to go to Chicago or Detroit or Indy (all ~3 hour drives) to see it.

[J.Kim]

I just wish that teams who knew exactly what they were going to do didn't exhaust their entire alloted time. Like this year with the Bucs--once they were on the clock their phone rang once, and it was Atlanta calling to tell them they were no longer interested in trading for the pick. End the suspense and make your freaking picks!

Another thing that came out of potential draft revisions is to have the draft in different locales every year, which would be cool IMO. I went in 2000 and it was dreafully long, boring, and uncomfortable, yet at the same time pretty neat and intriguing. I'm not going back to NYC but I'd be willing to go to Chicago or Detroit or Indy (all ~3 hour drives) to see it.

Couldn't this be used as a relatively cheap barometer to see what Football interest is like in certain cities? I.E. London or Toronto?

[A-Town Connection]

not a bad idea

[Icness]

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Couldn't this be used as a relatively cheap barometer to see what Football interest is like in certain cities? I.E. London or Toronto?

Hmm, I hadn't thought of that angle. I don't think it would work too well unless there is an established rooting interest. Toronto might work because of all the Bills fans, maybe. Plus I think the travel expense would rule out overseas locales. Teams have several hundreds of thousands of dollars of tcom equipment and personnel on site at the draft--just this past draft the Falcons had 47 officially credentialed people at the draft itself, plus another 20 or so back in ATL.

I like the suggestion from Jim Miller on Sirius NFL radio--hold it in LA as a bigger giant middle finger to the fans there.

[Ex-hippie]

TiVo is a wonderful thing, people. Do something else early in the afternoon, don't look online to see what any of the picks were, then tune in and zip through. Watch it as you fast-forward, and slow it down for anything that looks interesting. It works.

[Pierce 4 3]

good idea

[Shzm13]

Its a great idea.. Teams have months upon months to plan out different scenarios. Ten is more than enough.. 8 should be better.

[NeverGoingToWin]

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Couldn't this be used as a relatively cheap barometer to see what Football interest is like in certain cities? I.E. London or Toronto?

The NFL have known for a while that Toronto could support a team but do not want to move to Canada yet. I only want a team in Toronto if Buffalo moves because there are too many teams in the NFL already.

[Elway=GOAT]

Im all for, moving up from 15 to 10. That would spead things up a bit.

Id rather keep it in NYC. Its fine the way it is. Why the hell move it to Canada? Nobody cares about Canada here(No offense canadians,its blunt but honest imo), and the NFL obvioualy isnt moving any teams anytime soon there. They dont need to anyways.

[gswhoops]

I agree, 15 minutes is too long. Though if teams who knew who they were picking didn't take the whole time like Iceness said then we wouldn't have this problem.