Sean Payton said Saints will hold draft from the Dixie Brewing headquarters MERGED (1 Viewer)

[Mpro2]

As a person whose disdain for the current commissioner knows no bounds, this is the correct decision, notwithstanding Nick Underhill's comments. The playing field has to be leveled.

The wrong decisions were made earlier, notably the gag order and the initial "work from home" edict. These teams play in cities, not places with a post office, general store, and a gas station. I cannot believe that all them don't have large boardrooms where people can be separated by six feet so as to avoid internet problems. The Saints had the best solution, but the current commissioner didn't see it.

In addition to the Jefferson problem mentioned in the earlier post, certain teams may try to cheat by claiming they have an interNEt problem--not to mention any names. I wonder what would happen if a team were to get caught doing somethiNg dEvious. It would probably be depeNdEnt on which team was doiNg thE cheating.

I see what you did there!??

 

[sammymvpknight]

The correct decision is to even the playing field for everyone. The wrong decision was not to delay the draft. The way things are going, a 2-3 week delay would have changed nothing.

Football is not more important than anything else. We all should stay at home as much as possible. Period. No matter what.

This not only about GMs, coaches and executives not been able to be in the same room. The draft involves many people more. We are talking about broadcast in 1-3 networks, cameras in different locations (teams, draftees, analysts, etc). It involves technical preparation. IT guys will be moving around preparing for the event.

I hope we don't end hearing about draft parties or young players driving to the city of their new teams.

Finally, I wonder if teams will be gun shy with trades. I know normally they agree on terms before the draft date of possible drafts, but if a team receives 3-4 calls at the same time, I wonder if getting everyone to agree upon on time (owner, coaches, gm) will be possible.

I don't have a problem with them holding the draft as planned. If nobody is leaving the home, then what is the big deal? I think that America could use a distraction like the draft right now. And really...would delaying it a month really do anything? This virus could still be thriving for a while. I'm not sure there is ever going to be a great time to do this thing over the next few months.

 

[Bill]

This is NOT a big deal. Everyone has to make sacrifices right now and I'm confident that these multimillionaires with unlimited technological resources and support staff will figure it out. It's essentially be like the millions of fantasy drafts that get held every year. Shoot...maybe Yahoo fantasy should host.

And the league would be smart to give each club a few more minutes 'on the clock' just to make sure all the deals can get done. Particularly in the first two rounds perhaps.

 

[stevo3]

So, now with the "Stay at Home" policy which restricts going into the homes of others, teams will be sending IT guys into the homes of all required personnel to set up their secure and encrypted webchat / virtual meeting equipment where they could potentially infect the family living in said home or be infected themselves.

Genius.

 

[SAINTSFAN]

The correct decision is to even the playing field for everyone. The wrong decision was not to delay the draft. The way things are going, a 2-3 week delay would have changed nothing.

Football is not more important than anything else. We all should stay at home as much as possible. Period. No matter what.

This not only about GMs, coaches and executives not been able to be in the same room. The draft involves many people more. We are talking about broadcast in 1-3 networks, cameras in different locations (teams, draftees, analysts, etc). It involves technical preparation. IT guys will be moving around preparing for the event.

I hope we don't end hearing about draft parties or young players driving to the city of their new teams.

Finally, I wonder if teams will be gun shy with trades. I know normally they agree on terms before the draft date of possible drafts, but if a team receives 3-4 calls at the same time, I wonder if getting everyone to agree upon on time (owner, coaches, gm) will be possible.

I agree that the right decision would have been to delay this maybe for a month or two and see what the landscape is at that time. No one can claim to know what it will be like then, but we know what it is like now.

 

[guillermo]

I don't have a problem with them holding the draft as planned. If nobody is leaving the home, then what is the big deal? I think that America could use a distraction like the draft right now. And really...would delaying it a month really do anything? This virus could still be thriving for a while. I'm not sure there is ever going to be a great time to do this thing over the next few months.

Sammy, there is no right answer. And yes, we don't know if later will be worst.

But to be able to have the draft on time, people will be moving, even if they hold the draft at home.

I am just thinking about the amount of people that will need to move in order to broadcast the event with at least 2 networks (rumor is ESPN and NFLNetwork may have the same broadcast.

There will be cameras in coaches and/or GM homes, cameras with a bunch of analysts, a lot of tape of draftees to be prepared, cameras on Goodell place (I hope his kids boo him, it would be funny). A lot of people besides the teams are involved in a production like this.

But you are right, I don't know if two weeks will make a difference.

 

[sammymvpknight]

Sammy, there is no right answer. And yes, we don't know if later will be worst.

But to be able to have the draft on time, people will be moving, even if they hold the draft at home.

I am just thinking about the amount of people that will need to move in order to broadcast the event with at least 2 networks (rumor is ESPN and NFLNetwork may have the same broadcast.

There will be cameras in coaches and/or GM homes, cameras with a bunch of analysts, a lot of tape of draftees to be prepared, cameras on Goodell place (I hope his kids boo him, it would be funny). A lot of people besides the teams are involved in a production like this.

But you are right, I don't know if two weeks will make a difference.

I see what you are saying. I just don't think that we are going to be in the clear even two months from now. I think that they almost have to decide whether or not they want to play the season or not at this point.

 

[St. Geezy]

 

[mjf504]

This is just dumb not letting 5-10 people go to a single site. If the league cared so much they could require that each group that did go into the war room had to be quarantined for 14 days and tested before letting them out into the real world.
Btw. This is all CYA for the league as a claim they are trying to be safe. Just like the helmet and tackle issues in the past.

 

[stevo3]

It's like I'm Nostradamus or something....

So, now with the "Stay at Home" policy which restricts going into the homes of others, teams will be sending IT guys into the homes of all required personnel to set up their secure and encrypted webchat / virtual meeting equipment where they could potentially infect the family living in said home or be infected themselves.

Genius.