Caleb Williams’ dad’s threat that the star QB might forgo the draft should give the NFL pause (but it won’t)

No American sports league sells hope quite like the NFL. In fact, the NFL’s entire business model is constructed around telling every fanbase of a lousy team that their squad can turn its fortunes around with one productive offseason. At the center of selling that snake oil — most awful teams have been consistently horrible for decades — is the annual draft.