Behind the Scenes

I am a die-hard football fan, first and foremost, who believes the best time of the year runs from late August until the NFL Draft Weekend.   After that, it’s a little NBA action, but mainly vacation time from sports until training camp starts up in July.  I stopped following baseball religiously once the strike canceled the World Series, and baseball refused some sort of cap to keep a certain New York team from buying the best players, but continually celebrates them as some sort of dynasty.  Maybe fifty years ago it was true, but now they are simply the best team money can buy.  Anyway like most sports fans in America, football is my passion, but it’s not without its flaws, or should I say without areas where change is needed.   

Here is my growing list of what I would like to see changed (in no particular order):

1. Rotate the location of the NFL Draft.  Since East Coast and smaller market areas will never have a chance to host a Super Bowl, why not bring the NFL Draft, (a ratings juggernaut itself) to fans throughout the country, not just New York?  My suggestion is to rotate it every two years, with the cities presenting bids similar to the Super Bowl, but getting the chance to host for two years consecutively.  Spread the wealth around and let the fans from the whole country have the chance to come and watch the draft.   Imagine the draft in Green Bay, Buffalo, Kansas City or Pittsburgh.  They have some of the best football fans in the country, why not let them enjoy the draft in their city. If the league was really thinking, they could make it a whole NFL Experience type of event with such things as punt, pass and kick events, a chance to get autographs from the rookies from the previous season, and they could even raffle off the chance to announce a team’s pick in a later round.   They could use that money to benefit the retired players’ medical fund.  Think a season ticket holder would relish the chance to announce their team’s pick in round 3 or 4?  

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