why did the professional sport draft begin?
952152
To make teams more competitive since the teams with more money could go out and outbid for any player.  Before Curt Flood in the 70's there were no true free agents.  Yes you could be signed by another team but it acted as a trade or sale since the team you came from would get something in return
216989
Actually, the draft is being held at Radio City Music Hall in NYC this year.  In prior years, you just had to show up and wait in line with the Raider fan idiots and you got in.  Not as many people attend as you'd think so it wasn't necessary to show up super early, although that was about 5 years ago when it was in Madison Square Garden.
520481
I've played yahoo fantasy football for a few years now and they usually open it up middle July at the earliest to the beginning of August. The drafts can be held up to the first regular game is played usually, there can be some exception to that though. Don't worry about missing it, they post it on their home page as soon as it opens. And the NFL training camps are not open yet, hell the draft picks haven't even begun signing yet. All they are having now is mini camps and they can only have a couple of them before the actually training camps open later in the summer.
403953
If you are talking about straight out of High School direct to any level of professional baseball it is well under 1%.  \n\nExample: The Major League Draft Rookie Draft (High School and College) Goes about 28 rounds... can be longer or shorter.  The majority of those drafted are college kids.  Of those who are high schoolers there are usually only a few who sign and typically only if drafted in the first five rounds. (Where the money is!) Most high school kids that are drafted go on to college and get redrafted at a higher level later for more money if they prove themselves.  \n\nWalk on's are almost non-existent at the high school level.
150961
It was always at Madison Square Garden in N.Y.C. but they pissed off the NFL last year because they blocked the Jets attempt to build a stadium next door..(this also doomed New Yorks attempt to get the 2012 Olympics) >>The NFL moved the draft last year to the Javits Center, about 3 blocks away..You line up outside..first come..first served...
708823
allot of this players in the AHL have been drafted and not ready to jump to the NHL. most come from the Junior leagues in Canada and some from the colleges in the US and allot come from overseas. when they get drafted by a team it doesn't matter so much on the points they get through there year in the farm league they just need to learn the teams system then they get the call up when they are ready and sometimes when there are injuries. some players do make the team there first year and some don't.
46790
It's one sport that everyone - no matter their background - can learn to compete at a professional level if they work at it hard enough. There's also a lot of careers that can come out of it.
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Remember, that the decision to even become available to be drafted is up to the player. Therefore, as long as he abides by the 3-year rule agreed upon by the NCAA and the NFL, a college player has the ability to NOT declare himself eligble to be drafted.\n\nThis idea would definitely turn the football community upside down. This would allow a player to skip the draft and be signed by a team for his liking. However, the competition of draft day increases the amount of money paid. Walk-on players and practice players get paid much less than the household name stars of today.\n\nTo sum it up, there is no rule that says "If you're a top collegiate athlete, than you must go into the NFL Draft." The NFL cannot prevent a player from going into business out of college, as well as, they cannot prevent him from trying to walk on to a football team.\n\nHope this helps!
1136475
The first answer is wrong. The supplemental first round of the MLB draft is for teams that lost high-profile players to free agency during the previous offseason. For example, the Red Sox received a supplementary sandwich pick between the first and second rounds for losing Johnny Damon to the Yankees. There are additonal supplemental rounds throughout the draft, with picks lower according to the value of the free agent the picking team lost.
587226
It would be harder to get into the NFL because of all the money that they throw down at the player.  The AFL doesn't throw as much money down as the NFL.
11015
Money is a motivator for many professional athlete's. National Recognition would be another. How many people growing up thought of a way to get on TV? A third motivation that I can think of would be to perform and compete at something you are good at.
528120
Sorry.  The draft is great if you know what to look for.  It's how teams work their future.  If you watch college football, you get to respect certain players.  Then you get excited to see that player join your team.  OR you get upset to see that player join another team in your division.
1071081
seeing that we are talking baseball and not the military---The draft process does continue, although it is a stats and records process that ranks out teams and players in evaluation procedures---implementation of this process only occurs at the proper seasonal time for the formal roster alignments of the various teams
182797
The NBA started in 1947, but there were travelling teams well before this.  The pre-cursor to the NBA was an industrial league where company employees played against other companies -- these employees were paid extra for their jobs because they were representing and advertising for the company when they played well.  THis was the inspiration for the NBA.
609042
Assuming you mean professionally: if you don't get drafted, then you go to a team's open tryouts.  There, you try out for scouts and they decide if you have talent.
449128
Players coming out of college are assigned to a league wide draft where each team in the league takes turns selecting them. The selection process is seven rounds long and the order is determined based on the team's record from the previous year (with the worst teams selecting highest in each round). So, what this means for your question is that the Cowboys WILL spend some of their money on young guys coming out of college. BUT, they are limited as to the number of players they can select and the other teams will be after the same players (the players coming out of college do not have a say in which pro team they play for- they must play for the team that selects them). T.O., on the other hand, was a Free Agent, which means he was a veteran player who did not have an existing contract with any team- making him eligible to sign with whichever team he felt offered him the best deal. Players have to earn the right to become "free agents" by putting in at least four years in the league. It's a little more complicated than this, but in a nutshell, this is why the Cowboys (and all teams) divide their resources between players coming out of college (the draft) and players who have expired contracts with other teams and are looking to bid their services out to the highest bidder (free agents).
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I'm a pro player. 29 years old and been in the league for 9 years. When you turn 30, it is a belief that they player loses some coordination and becomes expendable. Also, the contracts that we sign are back loaded. When they get to the end of the deal, their salary cap number becomes so high, they have to sever ties and rely on a younger player with less experience to fill the void. It is a rough business to make a living in. It is especially tough on families. I've moved twice and it is nerve racking. Then, on the flipside, some NFL teams love the older players and they find a home for another 3 to 6 years. Its a growing trend but that is the NFL.