There is nothing quite like the NFL's Scouting Combine. For six days from the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, players are put through a series of drills, tests and interviews with more than 600 NFL personnel including head coaches, general managers and scouts.

It is amazing to see how the Combine has taken off in recent years. The Internet and the 24-hour coverage on the league's own NFL Network have granted to access to many more people than ever imagined.

NFL Network's planned coverage
Live Workouts: Hosted by Rich Eisen with NFL Network analysts Charles Davis, Mike Mayock and Rod Woodson providing daily reports on the prospects participating in the workouts. Airs live Saturday, Feb. 23 through Tuesday, Feb. 26 beginning at 11 a.m. ET each day.

NFL Total Access: NFL Total Access is on location from the Scouting Combine with news, analysis and interviews featuring host Fran Charles alongside analysts Steve Mariucci, Jamie Dukes, and reporter Adam Schefter. Airs live Thursday, Feb. 21 through Monday, Feb. 25 at 7:00 p.m. ET.

Press Conferences: Player, coach and general manager press conferences anchored by Paul Burmeister and Adam Schefter. Airs live Thursday, Feb. 21, and Friday, Feb. 22, at 2:30 p.m. ET as well as Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. ET.

It's not just the league's network though that is covering it. The NFL expects to authorize credentials for 400 to 500 reporters for an event that drew fewer than 50 a decade ago.

The growth of cable television has faciliatated an increase in all programming with the NFL being just the latest niche with its own channel, a mulit-billion dollar niche at that. The internet and the high-demand placed on scouting information have also been great factors in the growth of the event.

I consider myself to be a pretty big football geek, but I don't get all that in to the combine.  Yeah, I might read about it or catch some guy's take on radio or TV but I am not going to be staying home from work or anything...at least not for that.

Are you one of those people that TiVo this stuff and watch it over and over? Do you care less? I am just trying to get a hanlde on it.