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NFL Draft For Now Still On As Scheduled For Next Month In Vegas

The NFL Draft is “still scheduled to go on” as planned in Las Vegas on April 23-25, though the league is "going over some contingency plans," according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. There are questions about "what actual form" the event will be held. Rapoport: "Will there be fans there? Will it be a big-time return-to-sports moment for the NFL if the nation gets over this virus in that time?” Rapoport noted the league did cancel the “annual meetings which were slated to go on in a couple of weeks in Florida” (“NFL Total Access,” NFL Network, 3/12). USA TODAY's Jarrett Bell writes while the NFL is out of season and suspending games is not of concern, the league can "still do something significant ASAP ... to demonstrate that the league understands the moment: Postpone the NFL draft." Bell: "What’s the harm in conducting a mid-May draft? I’m sure there are economic issues and staging considerations. But things happen. ... Pushing back the draft, which might attract hundreds of thousands to the Vegas strip, would be sensible enough. Just buy a little time, which would help with the adjustment" (USA TODAY, 3/13).

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