NFL drafting players from a billion-dollar sinking ship

The signs are up around Times Square again: the NFL Draft is upon us and, tomorrow night, New York City will be invaded by football players whose suits are as sharp as their eyes are dull.

There’s no clear front-runner, no coveted talent into which every expert or observer can pile their chips. Nobody has a clue what last year’s worst team, the Houston Texans, will do with their number one pick, and that makes it a little more intriguing than usual.

What’s most fascinating in this whole scenario is what these young soon-to-be professionals are leaving behind: the billion-dollar College game where the natives are getting restless.