The NFL Draft has grown in to one of the largest non-game sport spectacles of the calendar year. And like every other sports event, social media has become an integral part of the proceedings. However, this year ESPN and NFL Networks agreed to not tweet the draft picks before Roger Goodell announces them on stage. In previous years, picks were tweeted moments before they aired because networks were informed early for production purposes, thus making Goodell’s official announcements mere formalities. But this year fans spoke out and said they wanted to enjoy watching the draft on television and not have Twitter upstage the many inevitable surprises that every draft provides.
It would be nice to have more behind the scenes insight to an NFL Draft Pick’s experience on their big day like Robert Griffin III last year One round. Nineteen trades. Thirty-two selections. Zero intrigue. Only those four numbers are needed to describe the viewing experience of last year’s opening round of the NFL Draft. Chris Berman’s cheesy verbal clues and premature cuts to the green room gave way to Twitter, as NFL insiders jockeyed to be the first to report draft picks. And at the viewers’ expense, that meant spoiling the mystery of the 2012 Draft on social media. “Social media kind of took over the whole thing,” said Shawn Zobel of DraftHeadquarters.com. “Five minutes before every pick, you...
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Sqor is a new sports social platform that will connect fans directly to the athletes. It is a channel for professional athletes to communicate with their fan base rather than posting on Facebook and Twitter. “Our goal is to facilitate the relationship between fans and the professional athletes,” says Social Marketing Manager Liz Kantor.
