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Feeling a Draft During a Pandemic

A more sensitive league leader may have pushed the upcoming NFL Draft back a month or two. That said, I'll be the first to selfishly admit, I'm glad the commish is of singular mind when it comes to promoting the game that keeps a roof or two over his head. As the horror show COVID-19 global pandemic is likely moving toward it's peak level of damage to humanity here in the United States, sports fans will have tiny beacon of escapism to look forward to amongst the carnage. Despite a number of NFL general managers asking for the event to be pushed back, Commissioner Roger Goodell says the show must go on. On one hand, the NFL seems to lack empathy, or a sense of fair play as teams are on various stages of lockdown, depending on which state they are in. Those are absolutely legitimate concerns. However, for a nation that's had to stay in quarantine away from other people for nearly two months in some places -- an NFL Draft presents some evidence that the world w