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        <title><![CDATA[Adam Schefter reaches NFL Draft 2020 breaking point: ‘Carnage in the streets’]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is news ESPN doesn&#8217;t want Adam Schefter generating.</p><p>With the NFL Draft 2020 still scheduled to be held — shifted from Las Vegas to a virtual experience due to the coronavirus pandemic — a little more than three weeks after the federal government announced projections of 100,000 to 240,000 deaths from the disease, the broadcast behemoth&#8217;s most recognizable reporter ripped the league for not postponing the event.</p><p>ESPN is scheduled to broadcast the draft, during which Schefter is annually featured.</p><p>“The draft is happening only through the sheer force and determination and lack of foresight from the NFL, frankly,&#8221; Schefter said on ESPN during Scott Van Pelt&#8217;s &#8220;SportsCenter.&#8221; &#8220;They are determined to put this on while there is carnage in the streets!”</p><p>Schefter, who has been with ESPN since 2008, noted the absurdity of holding the draft, given the uncertainty around when — or if — the season will begin.</p><p>&#8220;We all want to see the days where we have that distraction of football, but OTAs, that&#8217;s not happening,&#8221; Schefter said. &#8220;The offseason program, that&#8217;s not happening.&#8221;</p><div class="embed-wrapper twitter"><div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Even <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AdamSchefter</a> is fed up. <strong>pic.twitter.com/2c8VXpeIC0</strong></p><p>&mdash; Matt Rogers 🎙 (@Politidope) <a href="https://twitter.com/Politidope/status/1245183835014410241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div><p>NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has tried to stymie team officials from venting frustration over the draft timing, sending out a memo last week that stated, &#8220;Public discussion of issues relating to the Draft serves no useful purpose and is grounds for disciplinary action.&#8221; That obviously does not extend to Schefter.</p><p>Former ESPN reporter Darren Rovell posted the clip of his ex-colleague, commending Schefter for speaking out against his longtime employer. Schefter signed a five-year extension with ESPN in late 2016.</p><p>&#8220;It’s challenging as a journalist to bite the hand that feeds you, but there comes a time when you must make that statement. That day came today for @AdamSchefter,&#8221; Rovell wrote.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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