You ruined my weekend Mr. Goodell

It is all about the money. Prime time TV revenue.

I work nights as well, and it sucks. But it is a job so I deal with it. Sireric, waiting patiently for your 2011 Mock, last years was the best. Anyway, there is one positive. Last year when the Bills were making thier second round pick, I was in my car at work in the parking lot and the radio station I was listening too was just going to go to break when the Bills picked. My break was over and had to get back inside, but just before they breaked they announced the pick. Torrell Troup, thanks buddy for thinking of me, thirty seconds after the pick before and before the radio station could advertise, I got a glimpse of normaility.

For using the word coach instead of couch. Maybe someone does need to “hold the coach down” :)

Goodell killed one of my favorite traditions and holidays. The same 14 guys, every weekend. Go to my buddies place and bring over the extension cords. Beautiful sunny day, pull the television outside to the yard and set that baby up.

Two of the fellas gather cash and run out to grab steaks, chicken, dogs and burgers. Fire up the grill and keep that girl ready to go all weekend long.

4 of the fellas hop in the truck and grab 3 kegs, only 14 guys but hey, we’ll need em – its a whole weekend of all day drinking and between us there are going to be a lot of upset fans looking for a beer. A lot of happy fans looking for a beer too.

While the fellas are out, set up the tv, set up the horseshoes, grab some bocce balls, everyone brings their dog (or dogs), donning team jerseys, bring out the football, draft mags everywhere.

Sigh……Im going to miss the screams of “hey Jimmy! The Giants are on the clock in round 2!” instead of the silence of when the night ends after the at pick 32.

At least no one will see me make the fool of myself when I’m upset at the Bills pick. It does get tiring watching every face turn to you when “Aaron Maybin” or “Donte Whitner” are announced and your only safe haven is looking at a fellow Bills fan and seeing that your not alone in the look of exasperation on your face.

At least we’ll have Rumblings….

yeah I’m with you, The thing that gets me the most is on Sunday, there is no more draft.
I miss sitting back on a Sunday as the picks come one after another and before you know it the Bills are picking again. Now the only think I hear about is, how the Pats moved all around the board or who the Raiders reached for or How the Panthers drafted (I’m in Charlotte) it’s an outrage.

This is one of the dumber changes the Nfl has made recently. And as another poerson who works nights I sympathize with how hard it is to make the schedule’s match up. I have to take off thursday night,friday night and saturday night, and that really hurts me financially.(I still do it though.)

Mine is undoubtedly a unique perspective, but I like the changes – simply because I have to cover the thing, and it’s SO UNBELIEVABLY MUCH EASIER for me to keep track of what’s going on when there are two massive delays built in instead of one.

I hate the delays. I used to love watching the draft all day long and Goodell killed it for ratings. Damn him.

and then off come the pants?

The Saturday at noon (ding ding ding) was the best. The set up was perfect. And Goodell ruined it. 100% agree.

It’s about charging more for advertising dollars on a Thursday night versus a Saturday afternoon. It’s about money. You are absolutely right. Goodell sold us fans out for more bucks. He ruined a wonderful pants-less weekend and turned it into a reality show.

I renew my call here for us fans to be heard. If there is football this season, for no fan to attend any preseason game. Let them play to an empty stadium and sit in the corner and think about what they’ve done to “our game.”

As much as I am a Roger Goodell apologist, moving the draft sucks. Hard to have a draft party when we have to work the next day and the kid has school. I loved the old format.

My friend and I, would make a day of it all. Grilling, beer, talking junk on Saturday.
Now it is gone forever.
:-(

but I do miss the good ole days of spending 10-12 hrs on Sunday watching a bunch of lesser known athletes fulfill their dreams……..and hope and pray the Bills find a few diamonds in the rough.

Whats the difference anyway… with the media the way it is, now the draft lasts longer, but in some sense is actually quicker and fans dont have to WASTE their time watching what was one of the most boring events on television… Im sure there are plenty of BS reasons to drink beer and get fatter

I am one of those 9-5’ers and it is great for me. There is a whole extra day of drafting. Period. They used to do it in two days. Now, I get three. That’s a 50% increase in number of days I get to watch the NFL draft each year.

from one of the draft TV hosts saying how much better the new draft format is. How it benefits the traditionally weaker drafting teams because they get a chance to reset their board. (Which to me speaks of they didn’t do their homework right to begin with.)

But what upsets me most is New England will be on the clock for like 19 hours at the start of the second round. Isn’t New England good enough already? Do we have to give Belicheater 19 hours to steal another 1st round pick from a weaker team next season?

im on the west coast and that means it starts right when i get off. which means i miss the bills pick because theres no way i make it home or anywhere for that matter before the number 3 pick is taken. goodell did ruin it, and ruined the fun of watching the first round. but then again i suppose i should get used to the league completely disregarding the entire west coast by starting a majority of the games at 10am.

Work nights as well but I’m fortunate enough to be able to break away to a bar for “lunch” at 8PM. Maybe that’s an option? What about a smartphone?

while I am not one to sit on the couch and watch the entire draft (whether over one day or not) I do feel bad for those draft diehards to who made a annual ritual of it.