The NFL draft began as a somber business affair conducted in a smoky hotel ballroom witnessed by a handful of curious local fans.
Fast forward nearly thirty years to 2010 and an over-the-top Radio City Music Hall draft with nearly as much glitz and glamour as a Hollywood Academy Award presentation ceremony.
The reality is -- in six months many of the players who walked the red carpet this week will fall by the wayside and there will be coaches and owners mumbling ''what was I thinking?''