player draft
Team choosing athletes
A player draft is a system used by professional sports leagues to allocate new talent among teams, typically giving weaker teams earlier selections to promote competitive balance.
Teams take turns choosing from a pool of eligible players—often college athletes or international prospects: He was selected third overall in the player draft.
The term appears in fantasy sports contexts as well, where participants draft real players onto imaginary rosters.
- pickPointed breaking tool
- selectionChosen item or items
- rosterList of members
- recruitNew member sought
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
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- Sports LaborPFA, labor agreement, labor dispute, labor disputes, labor relations
player draftfree agency
Athlete unbound by contract
open market · trade · free transfer · walk-on
player draftfree agency
Athlete unbound by contract
self-determination · player choice · mutual agreement · contract negotiation
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