The MLS SuperDraft, which began last Friday and was completed on Tuesday (it didn't continue through the weekend, although at times it felt like it was going to), contains two elements that are completely wrongheaded.
The first is timeouts. Each team gets a timeout, which lasts for several minutes, just in case they can't make up their minds with what to do in the already ample time allotted. If the team cannot make up its mind who to draft or what to trade for, that is its own fault for being incompetent. Nothing ruins a sporting event quite like a run of timeouts, which I personally feel shouldn't be present in any sport. A draft is a thing very easily ruined; it's tedious enough as it is.
The draft is made even more tedious by the presence of acceptance speeches by the athletes who choose to attend the draft. While watching a live-stream of the first and second rounds Friday, nothing made me happier than the phrase "(player X) is not here".
The acceptance speeches were about what you would expect, which is to say as bland as tofu. At least tofu is good for you. I don't see any upside with the MLS SuperDraft.
This ain't the Oscars, guys, and if it was, Jack Black and WIll Ferrell would be justified performing a song about y'all.
I would rather have watched a commercial for Del Taco than the MLS SuperDraft.
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