The lack of Chargers fans behind Roger Goodell on NFL Draft screen didn’t go unnoticed
To add a fan element to the virtual NFL Draft on Thursday night, fans from each team were on a video screen behind commissioner Roger Goodell.
It resembled a Zoom call, and in most instances, each team had 15 fans reacting to the first-round pick of each team.
One notable exception: the Los Angeles Chargers.
Yeah, that’s the team that routinely had more visiting fans for its home games at a soccer stadium, StubHub Stadium, which had a capacity of 27,000.
The Chargers only had a dozen fans boxes behind Goodell, and it appeared that they weren’t all being used.
Fans on Twitter were full of jokes:
This story was originally published April 23, 2020 at 8:43 PM.
Pete Grathoff
The Kansas City Star