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From now on, when editing the page, please sign your name by typing the following: ~~~~. Also, leave a note explaining what you did. Thanks.False Prophet 03:08, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] An English POV
Just like to say, as an Englishmen reading this page, how crazy is American sport?!! I'd never imagined that anything such as a 'draft', 'combine' or 'mr irrelevant' could ever take place in a professional sport, but it has - very interesting and amusing. Saccerzd 14:13, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
The NFL is a huge part of American culture. The Draft is only so big because college football is so big. People develop fondness towards certain players, and are excited to find out which team they end up on. The draft itself wass created because it is the fairest way for teams to gain the rights to sign college players. The combine is a hit because it is testing basic athletic skill of the participants, and can impact their "value" in the draft. Amercians also love the underdog. Mr. Irrelevant is the biggest underdog in the NFL. I could imagine how crazt this must seem to you. False Prophet 20:49, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
In the UK, generally professional sportsmen don't go to college or university, and instead join clubs after leaving school aged 16, leaving them with practically no qualifications if they get injured and their career is over. Also, there is none of the fairness that you see with the Draft - clubs poach players, and the ones with the most money generally get the best players. It is an interesting idea, but can't see it happening over here - feels too articifial. Saccerzd 18:18, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Read NFL. It will explain how the NFL does everything it can to make it balanced. The NFL has a salary cap like most professional sports leagues do here in America. Most American Football players are not strong enough, fast enough, or are overall talented enough to play professional Football comming out of high school. I Doubt it would work in the UK as I don't believve that the kids that join the clubs have been playing with as much national publicity as college kids do here ---
[edit] Requests for information
Can someone add some information about the supplemental draft, how it works and why they have it? Thanks.
Can someone explain this situation: If9er]] 14:16, 19 Decmber 2005 (EST)
- The "record against opposing team" is your answer. Right now, the Texans still holds the 1st overall pick because their opponent's wins/lost percentage is higher than the 49ers according Shannon Sharpe during the CBS postgame show. Here is an example of what I just said. Keep in mind, that draft order page was last updated before the Texans win and 49ers lost. The final regular season game between those two teams probably will determine who would be the first overall pick if the Texans and 49ers lose next week. According to your nick, you just hope the 49ers lose to the Texans on New Year's Day. If I remember correctly, if their percentages are tied and have the same record then during draft day they would have a coin flip. I might be wrong. --J. Nguyen 04:05, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
- I did a quick search. I found this old Pro Football Weekly 2002 NFL Draft order and probably it is true that there would be a coin flip on the teams that are both tied on records and opposing team's record percentage. Hope that helps you. --J. Nguyen 04:15, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
How many picks are there in lay-man's terms: Each team initially has 7 picks (1 per round), but they can be traded for other players or picks, and a maximum of 31 compensatory picks for losing players are added each year. CoolKatt number 99999
Can anyone confirm how many players from the University of Miami have been selected in the first round in recent times? I'm fairly certain that they hold the record, but I cannot find the source where I saw it...This would be a good addition to the trivia section.VetteDude 01:20, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
- Heh, if you just type: "University of Miami" "NFL Draft" "First round" on Google. You would have got the answer. In fact, it appeared on Wikipedia's University of Miami article and to verify here is the USA Today article about it. Hope that helps you. I'm too lazy to put in this article. --J. Nguyen 05:36, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Salaries
The paragraph on salaries is useful but actual dollar amounts from the most recent available year would be very enlightening. Tempshill 04:34, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Supplemental Draft
hey guys im not a regular poster on here but i noticed someone messed around with this section (45 billion players and 1723) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.66.165 (talk) 05:16, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Failed GA
No refs Jaranda wat's sup 01:38, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I would like to know why this was failed. It was peer reviewed, and archived as no one had any more editing ideas. Obviously you see something. If you have no ideas for edits, then your failing of the GA canidates is unjustified. False Prophet 02:07, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not quite sure how more explicit he could have been. "No refs" means no references. There is neither a reference section, nor any apparent inline citations. Please reference this article. Pepsidrinka 05:21, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I see that, but I am not sure what needs a citation, could someone add citation needed at the approprite places. Thanks. False Prophet 15:07, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] What does this mean
- Some players that have will soon work out for the first time are JaMarcus Russell and Brady Quinn. Neither worked out at the combine, as it's believed they would perform better with their own wide recievers.
I don't quite get what the above is trying to say. Also, why give specific examples here? This is supposed to be a general article not about any season in particular Nil Einne 13:40, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] A mistake?
I know very little about the NFL draft, but this seems to be incorrect:
"The draft is the first chance each team gets at players who have been out of college for at least three years."
Should it be "high school" instead of "college"?--69.160.25.19 16:00, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Ambiguity in Supplemental draft section
"In the supplemental draft, a team is not required to use any picks. Instead, if a team wants a player in the supplemental draft, they submit a "bid" to the Commissioner with the round they would pick that player. If no other team places a bid on that player at an earlier spot, the team is awarded the player and has to give up an equivalent pick in the following year's draft. (For example, RB Tony Hollings was taken by the Houston Texans in the second round of the Supplemental Draft in 2003; thus, in the 2004 NFL Draft, the Texans forfeited a second-round pick.)"
It seems as though team is required to use a pick, despite what the first sentence above states.
Possibly the third sentence should read, "If no team in an earlier spot places an equally high bid on that player, and no team in a later spot places a higher bid, then the team is awarded the player and has to give up an equivalent..."
[edit] Changes for 2008
Reportedly there will be a few changes made to the draft process this year, including moving round 3 to Sunday, leaving Saturday with rounds 1 and 2. If someone would like to alter the article to include the changes feel free. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Barrel-rider (talk • contribs) 22:32, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] NFL Draft in General
No where in this article does it describe exactly what the NFL Draft is. My friends were talking about it the other day and I wanted to look it up. But its not anywhere on the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.168.198.207 (talk) 01:33, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Let's look at the perspective of this article
An anon placed the following comment in the middle of the article itself:
- What is it? Why is it done? How many players are involved? Why doesn't this article explain it to people not already familiar with the concept?
Admittedly, the way that these questions were posed constituted vandalism, whether he understood that or not. But putting that issue aside, I think his questions are valid. This article would be very unclear to someone who did not follow sports. In particular, the lead section needs to be fixed up. Unschool (talk) 17:39, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
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- I mean, look at the opening sentence: The NFL Draft is the official selection process of the National Football League. Process to select what? Opposing teams? Schedules? Uniform colors? How would someone unfamiliar with sports and drafts have any idea what this was about? Unschool (talk) 17:41, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
