The Trick The NFL Uses To Make Sure Roger Goodell Doesn't Screw Up An NFL Draft Pick's Name
It's an easy job. The only way to screw it up is by mispronouncing a player's name as he walks to the stage in the biggest moment in his life.
Luckily for him, the NFL has figured out a pretty clever way to avoid one of those gaffes.
NFL Network's Rich Eisen posted a few photos of what the NFL draft cards look like.
The draft card is the piece of paper that Goodell reads when he announces the pick. It's basically a script.
It turns out that individual cards are pre-printed for each player, complete with a phonetic spelling of any complicated parts of their names. The part to fill by hand is the pick number and the team.
Goodell basically has a pronunciation guide in front of him as he reads the pick.
Here's Khalil (kah-leel) Mack's card:
And here's Jadeveon (jud-DEV-ee-uhn) Clowney:
