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The disease of the NFL draft

By Tim Keown
Page 2

Tuesday, May 2, 2006

It occurred to me during the NFL draft that those of us who hold conventional notions about professional sports need to update our thought processes. The old-guard thinking, which emphasizes wins and losses and performance on the field, is no longer the prevailing mentality. I was seriously thinking about how the NFL draft could possibly summon enough national interest to merit the wall-to-wall, monthlong coverage when the whole idea of this shift in thinking became obvious. Drafts never used ...

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