Remembering the original draftnik on the 40th anniversary of his deathWe all understand how important the NFL draft is to each and every NFL team and how much millions of fans have come to enjoy and look forward to it. Check back with me in two or three years and we’ll see if I knew what I was talking about. The NFL was founded in 1920, and massive preparations are going on right now for the celebration of its 100th anniversary. My bigger point is it’s been going on for 84 years — and for a long time no one but the teams themselves really cared. He hired full-time scouts, Carl and Pete Marasco, who were both eventually hired away from him by NFL teams, making PFW the first ever other than the NFL teams to employ scouts.

Source: Daily Sun March 22, 2019 18:22 UTC