THE COMBINE IS WORTHLESS?

Athlon U discusses the importance or lack there of of the NFL Combine

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00:00one of the worst events in the history of sports.

00:02Why? What makes it the worst event in the history of sports?

00:06It is completely worthless.

00:08It's gotten more worthless because of the players not working out in recent years,

00:12right? Like there's been a decline of prospects, right?

00:15Sure.

00:16That's not the only thing I know, but.

00:17I'm just saying it was the first time I actually went into the building and I'm sitting there

00:21watching defensive linemen run 40s. There is no music. There is no announcer in the stadium

00:28telling us which player is running. There is no announcement of the 40 times anywhere

00:33in the building. You are just like guessing at this little person that's running in a

00:38straight line down like there's no helmets. You have no idea who which team they're on.

00:43You can't read the numbers on their chest, even though they're neon on a black shirt.

00:47I have never been to an event that I was covering where after 30 minutes I was like,

00:52this is completely meaningless and worthless. I'm leaving and I walked out.