Baseball is going down and down.
And again. It’s not the same due to them having a whole minor league system
Im talking SOLELY about the draft...the draft...the draft!!!
baseball also allows 16yrs olds to get drafted by a team as a prospect. That team retains their rights even when they go to college iirc. I'm not 100% sure. I'm not in here saying the NLF should do that.
I am proposing a draft pool of players and money. All the teams have the same amount of money and the drafting is done with a bidding system. Lets focus on this.
so, lets say, NE and CLE both want Trevor L. (lets ignore current roster composition).
NE has more prestige, sure, but both them and CLE make the same bid for Trevor L.
Meanwhile, until Trevor makes a decision, that amount is tied up in both teams, decreasing their available pool of money.
Trevor picks NE, that money is reduced from NE draft budget, CLE gets it back. Now CLE has more money and more prospects to bid on.
This is the same concept when teams intentionally pass on players in the draft. Not everyone is going to command high bids.