The NFL Scouting Combine is largely considered the world's biggest job interview each year.
And since its creation in 1982, the combine has had four homes, going from Tampa, to New Orleans to Phoenix before settling on Indianapolis in 1987.
Indianapolis has been its home since.
There's a good reason for that. It's centralized in the country. Nearly half the teams in the league can drive there. And the city is set up to hold big events, such as the Final Four and major conventions.
The Indianapolis Convention Center is attached to Lucas Oil Stadium. There's no need for prospects or anyone else to walk outside to move around from station to station. And the convention center is attached to a number of hotels downtown via overhead walkways that mean you can freely walk from place to place without ever going outside.
It's a perfect setup.
But the NFL sees dollar signs. It started a few years ago when the league decided to televise some of the workouts in prime time despite the fact it wasn't the best thing for the participants, who are often up at 4 a.m. for tests with doctors.
Now, the league is set to put the combine up for bidding starting in 2023. The combine will be held one last final time in Indianapolis, but after that, it will go to the highest bidder, with Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Dallas rumored to be interested in hosting it.
That's a mistake. The NFL is the highest-profile league not only in the United States, but perhaps the world.
Owning an NFL team is practically a license to print money.
Why fix what isn't broken?
In recent years, fans have even gotten into the act, showing up to watch players do things such as the bench press. They can do so because Indianapolis is so centralized and the city has a plethora of hotel rooms.
There are plenty of hotels in Los Angeles, for example, but are they all within walking distance of the event? Nope.
But the NFL will once again bow to the almighty dollar. For the same reason we're now subjected to Thursday night football games, despite the players wanting no part in them and many of them being some of the lowest-rated games on TV each week, we'll get a combine somewhere else soon.
YOUR TURN: Is the NFL right to put the combine up to the highest bidder?