Dr. Bill Chackhes, SBS Personality, and Managing Partner of Football Writers Online.com took time to talk with me about the 2008 NFL Draft. Bill is a 34 year NFL Draft veteran; 22 years as a credentialed media member.

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http://www.sportsbusinesssims.com/bill-chachkes.htm

US Army Cadet Caleb Cambpbell has been selected by the Detroit Lions in the 7th Round of the 2008 NFL Draft.

Amid Cheers by the fans of his Name and "USA USA" as he was interviewed he explained to us the new policy of the service academies allowing their "Cadet Athletes" to compete in professional sports.

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According to NFLMedia.c, there are 450 people representing the credentialed media here, or...I'll let them tell it:

NEARLY 450 MEDIA – not including ESPN and NFL Network – are on site at Radio City Music Hall in New York City to cover the 2008 NFL Draft.



That includes 13 of the top 20 newspapers; media from 12 states plus the District of Columbia; television outlets such as ABC News, CBS News and CNN; international media from England and Japan; and non-sports media such as Forbes, the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal.

The Chad Pennington Era may finally be over in New York, as the Jets have just selected University of Tennessee QB Erik Ainge. He has shown tremendous promise throughout his career, ranking third in school history behind only Casey Clausen and Peyton Manning, with 6,107 total offensive yards. Ainge will join the crowded QB group with Kellen Clemens, Marques Tuiasusupo, and Pennington.

The 2008 NFL Draft is bigger and better in terms of media coverage -- or at least media demand for coverage -- but it has just a few steps to go in terms of being perfect online.

The NFL Draft produced one major headache that the league came through and solved expertly -- the Wifi issue. For some reason Internet access was next to impossible, but then it was solved and the channel dedicated for use worked like a charm.

What happened was what has happened in years past: between Draft Rounds 1 and the middle of 2, it got overloaded with computers, cell phones, PDAs, and perhaps some android who's plastic brain's tapping into the system.

Whatever the case, it was hell.

In my view, solving this overload problem should be number one on the NFL's list of "things to do" for the 2009 NFL Draft.

We are at Day two of the draft. So far we have not seen any reay surprises, except for the superbowl The New York Giants chose Mario Manningham The WR from Michigan who admitted he had experimented with "substances" in his past, yet has a world of talent. Some had him rated in the Top 50 players overall in the entire country in this class, and anywhere from the 2nd to the 6th receiver in the class. Several other draft experts we have spoken to about Manningham this morning, including Tony Pauline of the TFY draft report disagree with the selection based on his decline during the 2007 season. He ranks 4th all time in school history in TD catches with 27. Hopefully for New york, he will have a career much like his middle name, cashmere.

Agent Ian Greengross On The Thursday Before the Draft talks about character and the chance of a holdout should the Raiders draft McFadden.



Agent Greengross after the Raiders pick McFadden and McFadden Press Conference



Darren McFadden Interview after press conference