PatsFans.com Kicks Off 2016 1st Round Draft Day Blackout Initiative

Btw. I think we need a decal for this.

resdubwhite said:

Do we know if the organisation are holding draft party this year? I presume not but you never know

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That would provide waaay too much opportunity for fun. Imagine the attire...

Count me in too.

Not a chance I'm watching Round 1. I have unfollowed all my draft guys on Twitter, not buying any draft preview stuff, not watched Path to the Draft. Nothing. I'll tune in Day Two.

No way will I go anywhere near the NFL propaganda network or its flunkies at ESPN. We should also send emails to their sponsors threatening a boycott of their products

My only qualm with the production was that the background music came close to blaring out what the person was saying..

But, I won't be watching either..

Tunescribe said:

Isn't that a contradiction in terms?

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I weighed in on this and I have come to a conclusion...

It is, indeed, a contradiction.

I haven't watched the draft in years, y'all are late to the party.

An aside, but do you all remember watching ESPN when it was not live or before they became liars, and they would have the draft picks scrolling across the bottom of their feed?? Had to play close attention, or you would miss a pick..

I was not really planning to watch the first round anyway this year. I will just search the results.

I've been boycotting the draft since they moved to the Thursday night round 1 format..

I dropped all sports channels from my DTV service. Not only sticking it to BSPN but saving money in the process. It's a win-win.

I'm 100 percent in. I was planning on not watching any of it anyway. I don't watch the Superbowl or the playoffs or any game that doesn't have the pats playing in it. this will be easy.

Nothin' to it but to do it!

Oh great. I suppose this will mean no gameday thread on day one of the draft.

manxman2601 said:

Oh great. I suppose this will mean no gameday thread on day one of the draft.

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Not at all, just means keep your television tuned away from ESPN and NFL Network and stay off both ESPN.com and NFL.com.

denverpatsfan said:

I dropped all sports channels from my DTV service. Not only sticking it to BSPN but saving money in the process. It's a win-win.

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You can almost go OTA if you drop sports channels

I want the whole world to unite and boycott the NYFL* for 2 years. So I'm with everyone!

Just called Comcast and dropped NFL network

I'm in.

Any media product that requires my listening to four or more hours of Mel Kiper, Ray Lewis, Chris Berman et al in return for about ten minutes of real information (the total time it takes to announce the picks) is never on my list of things to do, but I'll be double sure to avoid it this year.

That said, this is a great idea. If the Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Portsmouth, Portland, Hartford and a few other NE markets tune this out on a large scale, it will affect the ratings. So, good luck!