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Report: NFL Draft to be conducted from studio setting

The NFL Draft will not take place under the bright lights and flair of Las Vegas. Rather, because of the coronavirus pandemic, the event will occur in a studio setting, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.

Sam Farmer of The Times is reporting the April 23-25 NFL Draft will take place “from some type of studio with cut-ins from the headquarters of the teams making the selection at a given time.”

Farmer adds the paper was able to obtain a memo sent from Commissioner Roger Goodell to all league employees. Goodell wrote “Planning for the Draft is a good example of how we need to think differently, embrace technology and collaborate.