2010 NFL Draft moves to primetime.

[dbair1967]

They just keep screwing it up. It was fine the way it was before they changed it the last time.

 

[dbair1967]

The NFL will start broadcasting games Monday through Friday eventually if Goodell has it his way.

And the front of jerseys will no longer have numbers but they will say Quiznos or something stupid on it.

Yep, no doubt.

 

[dbair1967]

Hobbies I wish Roger Goodell would take up:

-- Skydiving

-- Cliff diving

-- Tightrope walking

-- Great White hunting

-- Black mamba collecting

:laugh2:

 

[Alexander]

It sucks.
Get used to it.

Goodell will not stop here.

Pretty soon the Super Bowl will be on a Monday PPV from Japan.

For someone that claims he has the best interests of the fans at heart, he has a very strange way of showing it.

Fact is, he doesn't. It is about the dollar and what I resent the most about that is not the avarice, but the insulting of our intelligence while he does it.

 

[dbair1967]

Goodell will not stop here.

Pretty soon the Super Bowl will be on a Monday PPV from Japan.

For someone that claims he has the best interests of the fans at heart, he has a very strange way of showing it.

Fact is, he doesn't. It is about the dollar and what I resent the most about that is not the avarice, but the insulting of our intelligence while he does it.

He's quickly becoming one of the worst sports commissioners ever IMO. He could be the downfall of the NFL as America's premier sports league pretty quick.

 

[Alexander]

He's quickly becoming one of the worst sports commissioners ever IMO.

In terms of popularity with longtime NFL fans, I agree.

He could be the downfall of the NFL as America's premier sports league pretty quick.

But he's successful for the owners and whether you are I like him much, he is probably doing what is best for them and that's not going to take the league down.

The NFL knows it has people hooked. And like an unscrupulous pusher, he'll continue to do as he likes without concern for us, all the while grinning and pretending he's "for the fan".

He's for growth and profit. I guess that is good for the league's potential as they'll gather more interest (hence revenue) from people it would not normally do, but I can say as a longtime fan, he disgusts me with his lack of respect for tradition.

 

[jswalker1981]

Unfortunately what a lot of you don't realize is that the vast majority of fans are not "hardcore". They don't know who is on their starting offensive line and if their team isn't on locally they don't watch. They don't buy Sunday Ticket to watch every game etc etc.

I think that moving it to primetime on Friday would have made much more sense but the NFL is a business. Sure this sucks - I'll have to try and find a TV at 2am because I'll be in Iraq this time next year! But in all seriousness yeah it bites but all of the fans acting like the NFL owes them something is ridiculous.

I definitely think that primetime on Friday would be better. Just have the first round on Friday, then have rounds 2-3 or 4 on Sat, then 4 or 5-7 on Sun. It would be much better than the new plan. But I still miss the way it was before he changed it to 1st and 2nd rounds on one day.

 

[Alexander]

I definitely think that primetime on Friday would be better. Just have the first round on Friday, then have rounds 2-3 or 4 on Sat, then 4 or 5-7 on Sun. It would be much better than the new plan. But I still miss the way it was before he changed it to 1st and 2nd rounds on one day.

Losing Sunday is what really bothers me. I don't quite understand the logic of Thursday. I think he believes it will get higher ratings then, but that no question will be offset by the loss of West Coast viewers over the two week day nights. I don't think this was thought through very well.

 

[5mics]

I really hope they move it out of NYC and around to some other areas. It doesn't have to be in a team's home town, but a city nearby. It needs to move around, and let other fans enjoy the draft. I live in FL, and I'm sure Bucs, Dolphins, and possibly Jags fans would love to see the draft. In TX, you obviously have Cowboys and Texans fans. In California, the NFL would have 49ers, Raiders, Chargers fans, and probably Cardinals and Seahawks fans as well. Heaven forbid we see something different besides Eagles, Giants, Jets, and Bills fans.

I personally don't want to see that happen. The NFL Draft just "fits" perfectly in a New York setting. I get there a day before and stay a couple days after the draft just to sight-see, etc.; make it a nice little 5-6 day get-away...

 

[big dog cowboy]

Just think, it wasn't that long ago when everyone celebrated Tags leaving office.

Be careful what you ask for........

 

[Aikbach]

That's a terrible location, freeway congestion and out of the way.

 

[odog422]

What I think (and hope) is that once the ratings come in, and they see the "average" fan is not going to tune in or switch from their regular Thursday night programming to watch it, while also suffering the losses from the west coast market, it'll be switched back to the weekend "for the good of the fans."

 

[DallasEast]

What I think (and hope) is that once the ratings come in, and they see the "average" fan is not going to tune in or switch from their regular Thursday night programming to watch it, while also suffering the losses from the west coast market, it'll be switched back to the weekend "for the good of the fans."

I agree with that summation as well. While it has grown over the past three decades through increased visibility on cable television, the NFL Draft's core audience will always remain hardcore football fans.

That particular segment of the viewing audience can generate favorable numbers in the Nielsen ratings on Saturday and Sunday late mornings and afternoons, times which both broadcast and cable television do not slot their primary programming, but that will not be the case for Thursday and/or Friday nights. Will the draft pry away viewers of Grey's Anatomy or even reruns of CSI:Miami on A&E? While I don't have the league's programming projections as a reference, I highly think not.

 

[Alexander]

I agree with that summation as well. While it has grown over the past three decades through increased visibility on cable television, the NFL Draft's core audience will always remain hardcore football fans.

That particular segment of the viewing audience can generate favorable numbers in the Nielsen ratings on Saturday and Sunday late mornings and afternoons, times which both broadcast and cable television do not slot their primary programming, but that will not be the case for Thursday and/or Friday nights. Will the draft pry away viewers of Grey's Anatomy or even reruns of CSI:Miami on A&E? While I don't have the league's programming projections as a reference, I highly think not.

Even if this is a ratings disappointment, I still think the move to prime time would be permanent, perhaps on Friday night with the first round. Once that threshold has been crossed, I don't see Goodall going back to the weekend only format.

 

[DallasEast]

Even if this is a ratings disappointment, I still think the move to prime time would be permanent, perhaps on Friday night with the first round. Once that threshold has been crossed, I don't see Goodall going back to the weekend only format.

I would be willing to concede that possibility, but only if Goodell and the owners do not suffer some sort of financial drawback because of the move. All of the significant popularity inroads, which the league has experienced by showcasing the draft on ESPN and later on NFL Network, may slowly erode or could even possibly be wiped out by the draft's lesser visibility on a weeknight.

The NFL Draft has evolved into a weekend programming behemoth because of it long-term slotting in the television schedule. It's been a long standing practice for networks to switch the timeslots of very popular shows to gain an advantage over a rival network's. Often, they switch the shows back to previous time slots, but at a short-term detriment to that show's prior popularity amongst its viewers. This is a danger which both NFL Network and ESPN will share, but at what cost? That's my question.

 

[PullMyFinger]

Hobbies I wish Roger Goodell would take up:

-- Skydiving

-- Cliff diving

-- Tightrope walking

-- Great White hunting

-- Black mamba collecting

LOL thats pretty good CL.........

 

[PullMyFinger]

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Coming Fall 2009....

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Goodell: :jackpot:

ROTFLMAO.......

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

In terms of popularity with longtime NFL fans, I agree.



But he's successful for the owners and whether you are I like him much, he is probably doing what is best for them and that's not going to take the league down.

The NFL knows it has people hooked. And like an unscrupulous pusher, he'll continue to do as he likes without concern for us, all the while grinning and pretending he's "for the fan".

He's for growth and profit. I guess that is good for the league's potential as they'll gather more interest (hence revenue) from people it would not normally do, but I can say as a longtime fan, he disgusts me with his lack of respect for tradition.

Along what metric would that be? What measure do you use to say that hes good for the owners? Alienating your fanbase isn't good. Nor is looking like a poor decision making hypocrite. He can use the economy as an excuse for the bottom line but hes not helping there either.

He sucks the whole world round.

 

[dadymat]

this sucks.....no way they will gain more fan base by this move

 

[burmafrd]

All it has to do is get better ratings then what ESPN is putting there at the moment and they will be happy. And it almost certainly will= probably several times the audience that ESPN would get on a thursday night, or a friday night in April. So those of you thinking this will tank in ratings have another thing coming.