The NFL is constantly experimenting with different ways to make the game more interesting or appealing. Under Commissioner Roger Goodell’s watch, they’ve found many ways to boost the sport’s popularity. One such trick was to make the NFL Draft a 3-day event instead of two.
Could their next move be hosting the draft in two different cities? It sounds like that’s a possibility.
The New York Post’s Bart Hubbuch reported via Twitter Wednesday that the league is thinking of holding the first 1-2 nights of the draft in New York City, and then moving it to a second city for the third and fourth nights. Because of the complexities involved with the media and traveling to a second destination, Hubbuch said a rep told him many of the picks could be done virtually to combat the issues.
We’ve heard for a while that the league was considering moving the draft location. Personally, I feel like it being held in Radio City Music Hall is a great tradition and I hope they never leave that. But if they’re looking to give other cities a taste of the action, this would be a decent way of making that happen. It’s not like people are following the draft as closely after the first two days anyhow, so they could probably get away with this while still catering to a new city.
