By all accounts, it was another huge success in what has become a major obsession for fans. All you need to do is look at the first-round TV ratings and the quarter of a million people in Philadelphia who attended last week’s event to see how far and wide the draft’s reach has grown.
But it can grow more. In a way that would change sports.
The draft, to borrow journalism parlance, is the ultimate inverted pyramid: most newsworthy at the top, slowly narrowing down to the lesser details. And yet Kelly — who easily could have gone by the name Mr. Notorious for playing in the SEC and being the nephew of Hall of Famer Jim Kelly — is proof, however, that extremely talented players who are very well known to draft fans can still be on the board in the final stages.
By Eric Edholm.
Full story at Yahoo News.
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