Why is the NFL Draft still happening? (4/1)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Today's word of the day is 'fools' as in today is April Fools Day but that doesn't mean you should act like one (0:06). Wimbledon has been canceled; not postponed; not rescheduled; it has been canceled (3:36). NFL says it will start the season on time... okay (6:49). A very prominent voice in the NFL came out and questioned why the NFL draft was still happening and Roger Goodell is not going to like that (8:18). There's a report out that the Miami Dolphins want to trade up for the 1st pick in the draft. I just want to know if that's even worth it (14:12). So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me if when I was team president, did a question ever fluster me... I will be honest... no.. but it almost happened once (22:44). Review - The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez 30:22). A college in Texas has hired Billy Gillispie to be its' head coach and I have some thoughts on what I would say if I was asked about hiring a troubled head coach (36:22). MLBeard Challenge Day 17: New York Mets; and a special shout out to Shin-Soo Choo (39:44). The NFL Draft will go on, but when will training camps start? July? #waittosee --------------------------- 'Nothing Personal with David Samson' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Bullhorn and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow David on Twitter: @DavidPSamson To watch David on CBS Sports HQ visit https://www.cbssports.com/live/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There you go.
0:03.8	Here you go.
0:07.0	Fools.
0:09.4	The nothing personal word of the day, of course, is fools.
0:13.4	Today, as in April, Fools Day, I never really wanted April
0:18.9	to be a Fools Day or a Fools Month.
0:21.3	I love April.
0:22.1	It's the beginning of the baseball season.
0:24.2	It meant spring training.
0:25.4	It'd come to an end.
0:26.8	The summer was coming.
0:28.8	I'm not getting wistful.
0:29.9	I just, April to me was never about fooling.
0:32.9	It was about rebirth and a new month.
0:36.9	Now to me, April is the end of March, except I wonder whether April
0:40.7	will be like March.
0:42.6	I wonder what will all look like in a month.
0:45.4	Well, we'll see what the beard won't we?
0:47.3	April Fools, you know, in baseball, baseball is a funny sport.
0:50.7	When you're in a clubhouse, it's like being, I used to talk
0:53.5	to people they'd say to me, the number one question asked,
0:56.7	the top five question asked to me, after how is survivor,
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