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The NFL Draft -This Weekend!

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The third most important day in the NFL behind the Super Bowl and Opening Day, the NFL Draft is the college-selection process of the NFL and the culmination of a young man’s career.  It allows young athletes the opportunity to compete on the same level as their lifetime heroes and role models.

Everyday fans with little to none athletic experience and limited game knowledge have a chance to evaluate as well as make predictions and projections of an athlete’s talent, skill and impact on their favorite team.  The excitement of a mock draft is similar to that of Fantasy Sports in which a fan can play coach or general manager.  Just type in NFL draft or Mock Draft on a search engine such as Yahoo! Or Google and you will see hundreds of thousands results.

The NFL Draft also constitutes a moment of truth for cagey veterans that fear replacement on the Draft.  Experienced Pro Players are on the edge because their job is in jeopardy.

The anticipation caused by the NFL Draft is tremendous. Pro Football fans are investing more time on the game and are becoming even more passionate: some will appreciate seeing familiar faces get drafted (a son, nephew, neighbor, friend) get drafted, while others will be infuriated by fact that their predictions were wrong or their all-time favorite was replaced.

Sports Sponsors are no strangers to the NFL Draft phenomenon and so it is a huge to drop big money bombarding the media. Ivin Ray “Pete” Rozelle, NFL commissioner from January 1960 to November 1989, is credited with the success of the NFL broadcastings today, as well as the legacy of former Jets quarterback Joseph William Namath aka “Broadway Joe”. The NFL Draft first broad casted on ESPN in 1980 and today, it is said that the NFL Draft has more ratings than the World Series. Imagine that!

NFL's first ever player draft was held in 1936. There are 32 teams and 1 pick respectively for each team in all 7 rounds in the  NFL.  The team with the worst record the previous year is assigned the first pick on the Draft.  Unfortunately, our Miami Dolphins have the 1st pick on each round this year; however, our Tampa Bay Bucs have the 20th pick on each round.

Pro Football is undoubtedly America’s number one sport and the NFL Draft shapes the destiny of all Pro Athletes in the NFL and their career.    Some of the drafted are “boom” players, impacting their team instantly, while others are considered “bust” players, a waste of time and money for the team for low performance.  Tom Brady got picked in the 6th round to become the star he is today; with low expectations while Ryan Leaf, drafted in 1998 as pick number 2 for the San Diego Chargers was debated to be better than Peyton Manning that year and became one of the biggest disappointments on the Draft. Peyton Manning is widely regarded as one of the best active quarterbacks in the NFL and has become the NFL's most marketable player.

The Draft takes place over two days, with rounds one and two on Day 1 and three to seven on Day 2.  It will be airing Saturday, April 26, 2008 on both ESPN and the NFL Network from 3 p.m. ET through Sunday, April 27. Don’t miss it!

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