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NFL Draft - Cancellation Possibility?

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Looks like the Coronavirus is starting to get
public events cancelled and finally the biggest one to date, SXSW in Austin.

My wife asked me the other day if my hotel booking for the draft is refundable and thank goodness it is.

What do you guys think? It would be hard for the NFL to cancel the draft outright but might limit the fans attendance to a degree.
 
I mean I doubt the draft would be cancelled or postponed, but I could absolutely see it being scaled down as we get closer.

As a person that loves booking non refundable rates for the savings they provide, I am so glad I haven't committed to anything in 2020.
 
They may end up being forced to bar fans from attending but the Draft is happening unless thousands start keeling over in the streets.
 
Cancelled? Holy **** no.

Postponed? Maybe, but there's a tight time limit, more likely just scale it back to remove the public congregation element. None of the decision-makers are at the venue anyway.
 
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I could see them not holding a public draft, maybe just the gms or maybe just everyone making the selections via a league wide video conference connecting each team's war room and the league office. Just have the event in private and then have a tv show a few days later announcing the picks. I love watching draft, but sometimes it just drags on waiting 10 minutes between picks. I think there would be just as much excitment and drama if the picks were announced days after they were made in a countdown format with the number one overall pick named last.
 
It's not the only virus in Las Vegas!!!! Bad joke, I know. Seriously, I think anything is possible at this time.
 
The draft itself won't get canceled. But it could be they limit the fan base to certain events and at safe distances? I expect huge public service announcements all throughout draft weekend in Las Vegas. But for the most part the fans will have to be very cautious. Imho, the event goes on.
 
Damn. I might cancel my trip to Vegas if the draft gets extremely restricted.

NBA is going to start having teams play without fans in attendance (Warriors).

And the NCAAB tournament is cancelling all fan attendance to the tourney.
 
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They wouldn’t need to cancel the draft. They would need to cancel the sideshow that the draft has become.

The players will be selected, we will watch it on TV.

I’m good with that.
 
If you look at the PL in England, they recently said there is no justification for postponing any games. I think the same is true here, but the one thing that might influence the NFL into pulling the plug on the Vegas event is the fact that a lot of folks are staying at home and not flying out. Vegas is a destination, there are not going to be a huge amount of locals at this event. The NFL won't want to put on a show to empty seating.

The draft will still go on though, perhaps in a different form however, but the league calendar is too planned out to entertain a cancellation or a postponement really.
 
I could see them making sure there is plenty of space separating the fans from the stage where the players and commissioner are.

Bring binoculars!
 
They could do it like the old days.

All done by phone and or Skype.

There is no need to gather together anyway.I would not miss the Goodell hugs or the stupid team hats and bad interviews.
 
That's would be awesome. Well, not the draft but the event that goes with it. Then all the teams can draft in one day and release a statement saying who was drafted.
 
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