here bro, I couldn't explain it myself, let Mort do it for us.
Q: Can you explain what the supplemental draft is? -- TW, Oregon
MORT -- TW, I hope I don't confuse you here. The supplemental draft is conducted for players who were not eligible for the regular draft in April. This happens when players have left their schools for a variety of reasons and are successful in petitioning the league for entry. They still must meet the requirement of having been at least three years removed from their senior year of high school or their 18th birthday. Most of the players who are eligible for the supplemental draft are never selected and, thus, become free agents able to sign with any team.
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Most players in the supplemental draft are never selected and, thus, become free agents able to sign with any team. [/FONT]The supplemental draft held this Thursday will be conducted via e-mail. A team interested in exercising a draft pick from its 2004 cache must submit a bid that specifically designates the round it is willing to spend on the player.
If multiple teams submit identical round bids, the player is awarded to the team that has priority based on the order set in the April draft (win-loss record, tiebreakers, coin flips, etc.). Hypothetically, let's say that the
Houston Texans and
Dallas Cowboys each submit a third-round bid for Georgia Tech running back Tony Hollings. The Texans would get the nod because they picked third and the Cowboys fifth in the April draft. The Texans then would be docked their third-round pick in next year's draft.
