It has been said that the reason the NFL moved its 2014 draft from the typical late-April date to mid-May is because of a conflict with an Easter show at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. It has been said there exists the probability of future conflicts at Radio City as well. It has been said the NFL could respond to this either by moving the draft into May permanently to accommodate Radio City, or it could look for another venue in New York City, or it could look for another city – or some rotation of other cities – to host the draft. If the draft indeed is to vacate New York City, Steelers President Art Rooney II believes Pittsburgh should be in the mix, Bob Labriola of Steelers Digest reports. “Sure, I’d like to see the draft move around (to other cities), and I would love to see it come to Pittsburgh some time,†said Rooney. “It’s a great event and attracts tremendous fan interest. It would be a fun event for Pittsburgh to host, and I think our city could do a great job with it.†“I’m happy we didn’t move (the draft) back any further than we did,†said Rooney. “There was some chance it was going to get moved back one more week in May, but they only moved it two weeks. To me, I think we can live with that. One or two weeks is not going to make that much of a difference, but once you get beyond that it does start to affect the football side of things and really how much time you have with the rookies, in terms of getting them in and starting to work with them. That has to be considered, and I think it will be. Next year it will be a little bit of a trial run, and we’ll see how it goes.†Source: Author, Source
It would be awesome it if would rotate around the country even if only regionally. Pittsburgh, Chicago, Denver, San Fran, Dallas, Atlanta, Washington, then back to New York. I bet a ton of fans would go solely because you only get a chance once in a decade.
Agreed fallout. With this event, it would be very easy to rotate and give more fans a chance to attend.
