The NFL Draft has been a mainstay on ESPN since nearly the very beginnings of the network. The NFL Draft was first televised in 1980 when it was merely the NFL’s annual selection meeting and it was a ...
In 1987, an eight-year-old cable network in just 41 million homes acquired the rights to eight NFL regular season Sunday night games and the Pro Bowl. The then-up-and-coming ESPN paid a now-quaint $51 ...