NFL Football Draft
Early each year college football players perform physical and mental tests in front of NFL’s coaches, scouts and general managers at the Indiana’s RCA Dome. This event is known as the NFL Draft and it lasts 3 days.
During the draft all universities involved have a pro day. During this day NFL scouts are permitted to come and observe players engage in their every day sporting activities that take place at the combine of their school. There is the idea that players feel more comfortable and will show their true capacities while on their own grounds, therefore, this is done at the Combine.
There are universities such as USC, Ohio State, Miami Florida, Notre Dame and Texas, that have sent many players to the NFL.
Since 1965 the NFL Draft has taken place in New York City. The Madison Square Garden had hosted the event for a number of years before it was moved to the Javits Convention Center in 2005. The 2006 draft was held at Radio City Music Hall, it was the first time this venue hosted the gala.
Among some of the tests and evaluations required during the NFL Draft include: interviews, broad jump, injury evaluation, 40 yard dash, vertical jump, 20-yard shuttle, three-cone drill, 60-yard shuttle, bench press, position-specific drills, physical measurements, drug screen, the Cybex test, the Wonderlic test and others. And the athletes ought to achieve their finest performances as the results will affect their professional careers.
Each team has its representatives attend the draft. During the draft, one team is always "on the clock". In the first round , teams have 15 minutes to make their choice. Decision time comes down to 10 minutes in the second round and to 5 minutes in Rounds 3-7. If a team doesn't decide within this time, the team still can present its pick at any time after the time is up, but the next team can pick the player they have been eyeing.
The players’ salaries and their caps will depend on the position for which they were drafted. The one which will paid the most are those that were drafted in the first rounds, on the contrary, low-round picks get paid the least, also, any player or rookie who was not drafted is allow to sign with any team in the league.
The amounts regarding salaries or caps are restricted by the NFL. Recently, the salary cap has increased from the year before, so there is more money apportioned to teams for signing rookies. Those players that were not chosen in the early draft or were not able to participate due to academic restrictions may take part in the supplemental one held in the summer.
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