2014 draft dates, free agency, combine

May sweeps may be irrelevant. May is a big ratings month for network TV, but I don't think that November and May sweeps applies to cable ratings. If they did, you would see more cable serieses having their season finale's in May like on terrestrial TV, but cable serieses begin and end at their own times.

I think this is more about just 2 more weeks of exposure.