they started televising the nfl draft in 1980.
they started televising the nfl draft in 1980.
when did they start televising the nfl draft?
1980
during the 1970s bum phillips had traded away draft picks for veterans several times and between the 1974 nfl draft and the 1981 nfl draft the team only had four first round picks, but reached the afc championship game twice during the decade with veterans. they went to the playoffs in 1980 as well. however, by 1981 they were below .500 with an aging team. from the 1982 nfl draft to the 1987 nfl draft they had nine first round choices. they complemented their drafting with the signing of warren moon out of the canadian football league and mike rozier out of the united states football league (usfl), a league that attempted to compete with the nfl in the 1980s.
keith bostic (american football)
the nba eventually took notice of the criticisms and managed to persuade cbs to eliminate its original halftime show. in its place, came human-interest shows about the players (similar to the ones seen on the network's nfl pre-game "the nfl today"). there also was a possibility that cbs would start televising a single national game on sunday afternoons.
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