If the 2020 NFL Draft turns into a television-only event without fans, or even an ordinary, old-fashioned conference call, that will be unfortunate for the host city of Las Vegas, NFL first-round picks denied the once in a lifetime walk across the stage experience and fans who have come to expect a draft spectacle.
With a national emergency declared in the U.S. and countries all over the world trying to come to grips with the COVID-19 global pandemic, how — and when — the draft is conducted is anyone’s guess right now.
Money lost by Las Vegas and experience lost by young men about to become extremely well-compensated professional football players could be an unfortunate consequence of the scary and uncertain times in which we live.