We are incredibly fortunate that a few remnants of our sports culture have persisted through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chief among them, the NFL draft is set to take place April 23 completely online and remote, requiring team officials to be isolated from one another and somehow still make informed decisions for their teams’ futures. This will include draft day trades, countless video chat delays, and championship hopes hanging in the balance.
Count me among the skeptical that a bunch of 40-70-year-old men who use terms like “old-school toughness” and “establish the run” unironically as people that will suffer from increased reliance on technology.