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NFL cancels public draft events in Las Vegas due to Coronavirus

The most overblown sports event of the year just got some of the wind sucked from its sails.

On a social media post published Monday morning, the NFL announced the cancelation of all public draft events in Las Vegas.

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Don’t hyperventilate. The NFL Draft will proceed as usual, in all its self-important glory.

NFL vice president of communications Brian McCarthy said the scaling down of the draft day experience was “related to COVID19 and guidance from medical experts such as the CDC, and in coordination with public authorities in Nevada and the City of Las Vegas.