Draft day crowd

[Cbus cardsfan]

I think the NFL wants this labor issue settled before the draft.To me, that's the next un-official deadline. That's their marquee off season event. Do you really think they'll want the fans booing Goodell for 3 straight days and 4 hours straight in primetime? I think the fans will be pretty ugly at the draft and is a good chance for them to be heard. I can see them booing LOUDLY every time Goodell comes to the podium to announce a pick. It won't be a good day for the NFL.

 

[kerouac9]

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I was with you on this three months ago.

 

[asuhoopsnut]

I think the NFL wants this labor issue settled before the draft.To me, that's the next un-official deadline. That's their marquee off season event. Do you really think they'll want the fans booing Goodell for 3 straight days and 4 hours straight in primetime? I think the fans will be pretty ugly at the draft and is a good chance for them to be heard. I can see them booing LOUDLY every time Goodell comes to the podium to announce a pick. It won't be a good day for the NFL.

They could also choose to televise the draft and not have a live crowd. It would kill the buzz a little, but you can't tell me that they still wouldn't have high television ratings. It would still be watched by many fans.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

They could also choose to televise the draft and not have a live crowd. It would kill the buzz a little, but you can't tell me that they still wouldn't have high television ratings. It would still be watched by many fans.

They could do that but it would be horrible PR. Isn't it free to get in? and keeping fans away from that event would not be good. I agree the rating and everything else wouldn't be affected but it would be another kick in the gut to the fans.

 

[lobo]

I think the NFL wants this labor issue settled before the draft.To me, that's the next un-official deadline. That's their marquee off season event. Do you really think they'll want the fans booing Goodell for 3 straight days and 4 hours straight in primetime? I think the fans will be pretty ugly at the draft and is a good chance for them to be heard. I can see them booing LOUDLY every time Goodell comes to the podium to announce a pick. It won't be a good day for the NFL.

I do not see that happening at all...also rest assured that any signs will be confiscated before the people enter. I am not sure if they are holding the draft in Radio City as they always do...not relevant but less of a chance of too much hub-bub if away from NYC.

 

[football karma]

with television, there is a fair degree of what you can do as it relates to what cameras show, where microphones are placed and how the sound gets mixed.

The NFL network could likely sanitize the crowd coverage to the point where you could barely tell.

ESPN however could show what it wanted --- given that it would likely not want to go out of its way to embarrass the league.