+ NFL Draft

In our study of Leisure and Entertainment I’ll be focusing on professional football as a form of entertainment and leisure for fans.



In about 24 hours, the 2008 NFL Draft will commence. Fans will follow their favorite college player’s fate, and/or their hometown team’s future.

NFL fans have zero input into draft decisions (for obvious reasons) but we don’t mind, arguing about draft picks is a form of leisure and entertainment all in itself.

Sports writers and broadcasters conduct mock drafts every year, and fans follow it as intently as they do the real draft.

An interesting spin I found to the draft is the involvement of the fantasy football world. NFL.com itself brings this idea to the table.

“What if general managers and head coaches made their first-round selections based on how it would affect fantasy football?”
Click here to read the full article and draft report from NFL.com.

If this idea were to ever really happen, it would turn a leisurely form of entertainment into a full-time job for some fans – and I don’t think we would mind!