* THIS RULE HAS PASSED *
Rule Change: Drop the number of Rookie Draft rounds from 7 to 5.
Rationale: Okay, so this one isn’t really a new idea in that we’ve already talked about changing the draft from 7 rounds to 5 rounds, but I wanted to get it all posted in the same place.
The general argument is that there isn’t enough talent to justify 7 rounds. Also, by moving to a 5 round format, each of the draft picks would be worth more.
For instance, I personally consider picks in rounds 3 and 4 worthless because you have to pay players too much for too little production. In fact, many players selected in rounds 2-5 went unsigned because the costs were too high. However, the thought goes, in a 5 round draft, we could set the slotted salaries in such a way that each round has good value.
Mechanism: This is the tricky part – when do we kick off the 5 round system? For the sake of votes, let’s say that the draft moves to 5 rounds for the 2014 campaign, given that several trades have already included 2013 draft picks. As usual, of course, this is open for discussion.
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I like cutting it down to 5 rounds and my vote (at this moment) is for this to start not this draft, but next years draft (2013).
Cool with me, I just want to keep my two 1st and two 2nd rounders.