CFL draft
The CFL draft (also known as the CFL Canadian draft, CFL college draft or the Canadian college draft) is an annual
Since 2014, U Sports players become eligible for the CFL draft three years after completing their first year of eligibility at university. Additionally, NCAA and NAIA players are eligible to be selected after completing their senior season of eligibility.[1] Prior to this change, all players would become eligible four years after first attending a post-secondary institution, leading many players to return to school after being drafted.[2] Canadian national university and college players are not permitted to enter the league without being subject to the draft and players are only eligible to be drafted once.[3] Import/international players are not subject to the draft and are instead inducted via the negotiation list process.[4]
Formerly held as part of annual league meetings in Hamilton, and occasionally televised, the draft was previously held via conference call. In 2007, the league began producing a free webcast of the event.[5] Starting in 2009, the first two rounds were broadcast live on TSN.
History
Before the CFL draft was implemented, teams selected players based on territorial rights. For the sake of fair competition, a draft would be held to ensure an equal representation of players and talent. An experimental draft was held in
In
Further modifications to the structure of the draft took place in the 1973 CFL draft as Canadian players from American schools would now be eligible for the draft. Prior to this, teams would be awarded territorial rights for non-import players from U.S.-based schools based on the territory in which he was domiciled. Because this would almost eliminate any geographical exemptions, teams would also be permitted to make two territorial exemptions per draft, regardless of school location, beginning in 1973.[3]
Territorial exemptions were abolished by
Selection order
The selection order of the draft is based on a combination of the regular season standings and post-season results from the previous season. Non-Grey Cup participants are ranked in reverse order of the previous season's standings with the team with the league-worst record being awarded the first overall pick. Any ties between teams in different conferences are decided the same way as tied division opponents: first by season series, then by other tie-breaking formulas. The losing team in the previous year's Grey Cup game selects second-last while the winner of the previous year's Grey Cup selects last in each round. The order remains the same in each round.
Teams are permitted to trade draft picks before and during the draft for either another team's draft picks or players. This is a common practice resulting in some teams having multiple selections in one round while other teams may have none. Teams may also trade conditional draft picks, meaning the transaction will only occur if a condition is fulfilled (for example, if a traded player plays enough games or signs a contract extension with his new team).
See also
References
- ^ "CFL adjusts eligibility rules for Draft". Archived from the original on 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
- ^ Everything to know about the quirky CFL draft[usurped]
- ^ a b c d Draft History Archived April 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Naylor, Dave (January 29, 2018). "The enduring mystery of CFL negotiation lists". TSN.ca. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
- ^ Pedersen, Rod (May 1, 2007). "Draft webcast great news for CFL fans". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on August 19, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
- ^ MacDonald, Ian (19 February 2012). "Funeral Monday for first ever CFL draft pick McNichol". Postmedia News. Retrieved 25 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "CFL Draft to feature territorial picks". CFL.ca. 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ "CFL Draft expanded to seven rounds". Archived from the original on 2013-05-05. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
- ^ "CFL Draft". Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ^ Canadian Football League expands draft to eight rounds
External links
- CFL Canadian Draft
- Draft results 1952–present
- Fulton, Gregory B. (April 12, 2001). "A Short History of the College Draft". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on October 26, 2002.