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I know the logistics would be hard but Free Agency should have a draft like TV format.

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I know the logistics would be a challenge since FA is set up differently than the draft, but if the NFL could some way and some how find a way to make it work, they should have a 3-4 day period of Free Agency live on TV, have real time signing ceremonies and players holding up jersies etc.

I'm sorry but waiting for the draft all the way until end of April is torture. I would like to hear ideas on how you think this could work? With how the NFL is always looking for cash grabs, I'm suprised they haven't found a way to turn Free Agency into a prime time spectacle like the draft.

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I sometimes wish they did free agency after the draft so you could see what kind of young talent you could draft prior to spending your free agent dollars. I know the NFLPA would NEVER go for it but it's fun to think about.

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The logistics wouldn't be hard, they'd be virtually impossible.  The draft has a very predictable order with a clock on the picks.  Free agency is a free for all and with the 24 hour news cycle that came along with the internet, news of the contracts breaks immediately.  Almost always before they're even official.

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Should be run like a Fantasy league with bidding on the players. Get the auctioneer from Storage Wars to run the bidding. Could schedule it over a couple of days, offense first day, defense second day. Put the players names into a hat, pull one out, and let the bidding start.

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Should be run like a Fantasy league with bidding on the players. Get the auctioneer from Storage Wars to run the bidding. Could schedule it over a couple of days, offense first day, defense second day. Put the players names into a hat, pull one out, and let the bidding start.

 

Please tell me you're joking.

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That's a pretty dumb idea, sorry.  Just signed some 32-year old vet, and he has to fly all the way to some expo just to so he can smile and hold up a jersey of his new team?  I don't even know who would watch that, because you'd ALREADY know he was on the team due to the internet, etc.  It'd be pointless.

 

It's called ESPN and NFLN, OP.  They spend a good bit covering every big FA signing as it happens.

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Should be run like a Fantasy league with bidding on the players. Get the auctioneer from Storage Wars to run the bidding. Could schedule it over a couple of days, offense first day, defense second day. Put the players names into a hat, pull one out, and let the bidding start.

 

I dont see why not?

 

Huuuuuuge TV ratings.  

 

March them out on to the stage like fashion models let them spin and dance maybe pickup something heavy or do a backflip whatever to make the price jump.

 

Slate the players into tiers based on production and age with production weighted heavily on young guys while the age would be negatively weighted on older guys.

 

 

 

 

the more i type the more it starts to feel dirty... almost like ive heard of this type of "auction" before........

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