Who knows the date of the draft

kwikkyd · January 10, 2009, 11:48pm

Does anyone know the date of the draft? I heard that it might be televised?

RichardVeilleux · January 11, 2009, 7:53pm

To be held Saturday,May 9,2009.

Richard

Fantuz4life · January 11, 2009, 9:59pm

is it televised?

ro1313 · January 11, 2009, 10:00pm

Prob not but last year it was webcast

chris101 · January 12, 2009, 1:24am

yes, it will be televised.

kwikkyd · January 12, 2009, 1:45am

Thanks....

Chief · January 12, 2009, 2:08am

Chris, do you know for certain? I know Cohon discussed it in the State of the League, but I wasn't sure if any concrete deals had been made.

JerkFaceLoser · January 12, 2009, 6:41pm

Usually it's the Wednesday after the NFL draft, which would be April 29th.
But if TSN is planning to televise it that would explain moving it to a Saturday.

footballmad · January 13, 2009, 7:30pm

I believe i watched it on tv. can;t remember though because mycomp screen in my room was bigger then my tv at that time. i do like how it is televised though, you can get more of an appreciation for who is signing who. just waitin till it gets big enough to actually be done in a theatre not a studio. more so like the nfl where the players are actually there.

Rids78 · January 14, 2009, 7:59am

Last year the CFL draft was webcasts for the first two rounds.

Years ago the draft was held in larger facilities with many of the top three round potential draft picks there in person. I attended the 1993 CFL Draft held in Calgary with roughly 1,500 folks in attendance and a full array of merchant tables set up as well.