I Should Have Evaded the Draft

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PATTING YOU ON THE BACK! - ESPN & THE NFL
Published 4/28/2008 by WCT at Epic Carnival - Pop Culture, Sports, Celebrities, Babes, Rumors, Innuendo
... Also, Bravo to Michael Smith of ESPN for nailing the top four (at least) picks of the NFL Draft, and announcing them early. Some felt he was ruining the suspense and didn't like it, but I loved it. I think it is always better to get information as early as possible, and I think that the NFL GMs seemed to move quicker with their picks in the early rounds once they new that the information had been released. As a result, the first round of the Draft was much more watchable this year than it normally was. ...

The Media Circus
Published 4/29/2008 at JoeSportsFan.com
... pick, they found numerous ways to stomp the hell out of the suspense.   Normally our gripes with the network stem from too much “entertainment” and not enough journalism.  In this case, the gripe is reversed.  The whole reason the draft was an entertaining production was the anticipation of who would be picked next.  Essentially, ESPN was giving away their primary reason viewers tune in.   The Media Circus’ Patrick Imig expressed his disgust while guest-blogging on TheBigLead.com over the weekend:  “Imagine for a second, ESPN, that you and I go ...