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Is the NFL draft the most overhyped/overrated event in sports history?


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9 hours ago, njbuff said:

A lot of people I know who are sports fans think it is a ridiculous event.

 

i wanna keep the explanation in this thread short, cause I can go a million different ways.

 

What do you folks think about the actual event that is the NFL draft?

 

It's the best offseason event in all of sports.

The way I feel about day 1 of the NFL draft is probably what millions of single women feel about the Bachelor finale.....who's going to be the pick?!?!

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The Draft is only overhyped if you think you’re going to see a football game break out. It’s not a sporting event!

 

However, if you watch knowing that you’re about to see the childhood dream come true for someone about every 10 Minutes or so you’ll come away with a different impression. They’ll be making approximately 6 millionaires an hour! 

 

Or, if you watch with the intrigue and strategy of a good chess game, you’ll appreciate it more. (But don’t expect any blocking or tackling.)

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2 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Hell, put them on the clocks they use in chess matches.  10 minutes to decide, or you go to the end of that round.  That'll get some of these GMs and staff hustling.  ?

 

They are on a clock. A few years ago some team (I forget who) missed their time and the team behind them rushed up with their card and got ahead of them. I’m surprised it wasn’t the Bills or Browns....that I’d remember.  :wacko:

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2 hours ago, Augie said:

 

They are on a clock. A few years ago some team (I forget who) missed their time and the team behind them rushed up with their card and got ahead of them. I’m surprised it wasn’t the Bills or Browns....that I’d remember.  :wacko:

 

Vikings, wasn't it? They got beat by a handful of teams if I recall correctly. 

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14 hours ago, njbuff said:

A lot of people I know who are sports fans think it is a ridiculous event.

 

i wanna keep the explanation in this thread short, cause I can go a million different ways.

 

What do you folks think about the actual event that is the NFL draft?

It is the best marketed draft, it turned the NFL relevant for the entire year, not just a couple of months like the other pro sports. I enjoy everything that comes with it.

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As a college man pre career I was dissipointed in the move from all day saturday and sunday to Thursday and Friday night,  Saturday afternoon.  Now as a proffessional and father its much better.  I enjoy NFL and college football and its the merger of each sport.  The hype and potential for any rd and pick becoming the key to turning around a franchise has created more anticipation.  The Browns cant lose Thrusday but they could win, by getting the top qb and top offensive or defensive player.  More cleveland fans will watch the draft than any game they played in December.

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3 hours ago, NickelCity said:

 

Vikings, wasn't it? They got beat by a handful of teams if I recall correctly. 

 

That sounds right. It was a race to the desk to beat the Vikes! (You’d expect that to be the Browns, but even THEY have gotten that right.) 

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As a long suffering Bills fan I do find the draft exciting because we are always looking for that guy who is going to turn over a new page in Bills history...now if I was a fan of a successful franchise who has had a franchise QB in place for years(i.e. Patriots, Steelers) I don't think the draft would be all that exciting for me.

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The combine is worse by FAR but it's not highly rated so that's out.  Same for WNBA someone listed - no hype there to begin with - shoot, they need more love.

 

I vote television golf.  The game is fine but how to just watch it for hours with the sleepy whisper commentators?  Hell, I even love baseball too.  PGA is on the Tele way too much imo.  I don't get it.  At least nascar has infighting, crashes and loud noises. . .not something I'm sitting hours staring at either though.

 

Most under hyped for the quality of watching is tennis I think.  Tons of action, fast paced and often many tense moments all through the match where the final outcome is affected.  That game in the first set where your player lost on his service can haunt him hours later as he needs to maybe win a complete extra set over it.  And, when McEnroe played there was drama and anger too.  Ha.  

 

Replace some of the golf with tennis!  Cripes - I've been far more engaged in curling on the tv than I ever have golf.  :o)

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17 hours ago, Augie said:

How will the NFL draft TV ratings compare to MLB, or even the NBA playoffs? 

 

That may help answer the question. I don’t pretend to know, but I suspect

 

Football is king in this country. 

It sure is!

 

It always used to be baseball, and whatever #2 was was a mile behind.

 

Not anymore.

 

 

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9 hours ago, zonabb said:

Yes. And this year in the wet dream symbol of NFL greed and hype.... a massive taxpayer supported stadium. Gross.

 

Guessing the hotels, restaurants, bars and stores near the stadium aren't too sad...

 

 

What about Mike Tyson fights?  So much hype for a few seconds of action! :D 

 

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Fadingpain: "It always used to be baseball, and whatever #2 was was a mile behind"

 

the baby bombers are fun!  Even have a 5'7 infielder; altuve is 5'6 and won Am league Nov last year.  Very young group.  They won 14-1 last night.  

 

Houston returns with even better pitching than that which won them the world series last fall and the yankees return even younger and more offensively potent than the offense that got them to game 7 of the alcs last fall.  Then there's the red sox who are winning every game; bastards.

 

football may be king but baseball is still great; for those that like that sort of thing.

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2 minutes ago, Heitz said:

 

Guessing the hotels, restaurants, bars and stores near the stadium aren't too sad...

 

 

What about Mike Tyson fights?  So much hype for a few seconds of action! :D 

 

 

That’s funny! My next door neighbor used to pay for the Tyson fights. We’d sit around for hours eating, drinking and watching everything waiting for the main event! Then, 12 seconds later, we all walked home. 

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