Change in NFL Draft: Draft moves to Three Day format with first round on Thursday Night in Primetime.

The NFL might have done the smartest thing ever in the eyes of real draft fans when they announced a change ton the format of the draft broadcast a short time ago. By moving the draft's first round to thursday night's prime time slot you draw even more viewers and even more of the "casual" football fans then ever before. you also cut a few days of late hype off of the week leading up to the start of the draft because you have the actual first round selections taking place on a weeknight. Then Rounds 2-4 on Friday and 5-7 on Saturday.

What this does for the fan is to also involve them more in the broadcast. For the People working for the teams and the media this gives them(us) an extra Day off/travel day in Sunday, so that people can file their monday stories sooner and grab some relaxation before returning to the grind. In fact, anyone looking for the draft to be shortened should be happy with the reduction in time per pick on 2008 and the format change for 2010. Even if it means one more day of coverage, it's less time on each day.

The big winners here are ESPN and NFLNetwork, because they get to add an extra day of broadcasting to their schedules. So we get an extra Day of Mel Kiper proclaiming that some other front office doesn't know how to handle their business or another chance to hear some more drivel about what some player is going to do with his bonus money instead of real football journalism like "Why did that team pass on that Runningback and take the guy who looks like he'll be packing bags at walmart next month" or how horrible that owner really is, instead of what we really want to know.

Today (Sunday 8/2/2009)

We will Broadcast two Games Live on UStream.tv at 5pm (Westchester Nighthawks vs Bergen Bears) and 7pm (Orange Sprit vs Rockland Rattlers) all times eastern. The Games will also be shown on Verizion Fios ch. 32 in most east coast states. On Tuesday night don't forget to catc the CDFL Review and coaches show at www.Blogtalkradio.com/Football-Reporters at 7:30 pm Eastern

The CDFL Broadcast team is Tammy Prince & John Kelly on Play by Play and Dr. Bill Chachkes on color commentary.

CDFL READY for Week 2-By Dr. Bill Chachkes

After history was made last week during the CDFL's opening weekend, it was a quiet week of reflection and preparation for week two. On our bi-weekly CDFL coaches show Tuesday night on Blogtalkradio (link at the bottom) WR/DB Jon Fox of the Orange Sprit spoke about what it felt like to make the first TD catch in League History."I just went to the "Green" on the field(an uncovered zone in the defense) and Ty(Landrum) found me open and got me the ball." We also herd from Rod Mergardt from Max Preps (maxpreps.com) and Coaches George and Peter St. Lawrence, the co-founders of The CDFL, as well as Recruiting coordinator Coach Eric Sillen in interviews we did after the CDFL draft on July 9th.

Today (Sunday 7/19/2009)
We will Broadcast two Games Live on UStream.tv at 5pm (Orange Sprit vs Rockland Rattlers) and 7pm (Westchester Nighthawks vs Bergen Bears) all times eastern. The Games will also be shown on Verizion Fios ch. 32 in some east coast states, and will be rebroadcast(audio only) Monday(game 1) and Tuesday(game 2) on www.Blogtalkradio.com/Football-Reporters at 7:30 pm both days(edt).

The CDFL Broadcast team is Tammy Prince & John Kelly on Play by Play and Dr. Bill Chachkes on color commentary.

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