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League meeting
Bert Bell proposes a college draft to increase competition and inhance financial viability. This meeting baegan the NFL Draft -
First NFL Draft
Each NFL Team was given a selection base on the previous season record. They chose from 90 players. This draft gave bad teams a chance to become better. -
First NFL scout
Ed Kotal become first NFL scout. Paves way for scouting. A scout watches players and reports the players skill to the team. this opned new jobs in the NFL and also gave more college players chances in the NFL -
AFL enter the draft
The Amercian football league enter the draft in 1960 making teams spend more and work harder to find the right players for their team. Forced the draft to include more picks and teams to make smarter choices -
New rule changes
Now players must be 3 years removed from high school. this decreased the player pool and made pro teams wait for the stars. -
scouting combine begins
A new combine is held annually to observe players on their athletic ability and football skills. This combine help players draft poisition and also hurt their draft poisition -
First draft on TV
espn shows the draft on TV for the first time. ALso they record huge numbers. this made the nfl draft popular and generated alot of money. -
supplemental draft
This new draft allowed players to enter the draft late. This allowed player to finish college and somtimes be drafted to the team they want. this gave teams more picks to use or trade. -
New rookie comntract rules
teams in the NFL now have a limit on what they can pay rookies. This makes it harder for teams to throw big money at players. Also this gives teams more money to spend on veterans -
Largest rookie contract
before the draft began the lions used there number 1 pick on mat stafford giving him a 6 year 78 million dollar contract which is the largest rookie contact ever. this made the NFL realize that there need to be a limit on rookie contracts.
