Staying Relevant All Year

The NFL continues to come up with great ideas to keep themselves relevant to fans throughout the year. Most sports have their off-season and fade away from the public eye, but  not the NFL. Under a new proposal, they will restructure some of their off-season activities to keep the interest of the fans.

The want to move the Scouting Combine into the first week of March. This is a great idea for them because it's a "Sweep Period" for television ratings. They also want to push free agency to the beginning of April and the draft to the first weekend in May.

This will allow them to have something going on all the time. Mini-camps in June will also keep them on the radar. I think it's a good idea that all teams have the same reporting date for summer training camp. I don't know why they haven't done it previously. It makes more sense to have one day dedicated to everyone showing up at the same time.

As much as they want to give more to the fans, it's also about making money. The NFL is the best at that.