Expansion Draft
Expansion Draft is a term from US American sports and describes the league increase process. This is done either by opening new franchises or by adding teams from other leagues . One way to fill the new teams with players is the expansion draft . The new teams are also called expansion teams . This procedure is found almost exclusively in the North American sports leagues. There are several ways to do this. In general, the process in the various profile leagues is identical, but there are differences in the details.
In many leagues, franchises can "protect" a number of their players by reporting them to the league by a certain date. The expansion teams are now allowed to choose "unprotected" players for their team. This is done in a similar way to the Entry Draft . There is a limit to how many players you can sign from a team. The teams that lose players as a result of the expansion draft receive compensation from the expansion teams, for example in the form of future draft picks.
A similar process takes place when a franchise is dissolved and its players are split among the remaining teams. This process is called dispersal draft .
Expansion Drafts
American football
- NFL Expansion Draft 1960
- NFL Expansion Draft 1961
- NFL Expansion Draft 1966
- NFL Expansion Draft 1967
- NFL Expansion Draft 1976
- NFL Expansion Draft 1995
- NFL Expansion Draft 1999
- NFL Expansion Draft 2002
baseball
- MLB Expansion Draft 1960
- MLB Expansion Draft 1961
- MLB Expansion Draft 1968
- MLB Expansion Draft 1976
- MLB Expansion Draft 1992
- MLB Expansion Draft 1997
basketball
- NBA Expansion Draft 1961
- NBA Expansion Draft 1966
- 1967 NBA Expansion Draft
- NBA Expansion Draft 1968
- NBA Expansion Draft 1970
- NBA Expansion Draft 1974
- 1980 NBA Expansion Draft
- 1988 NBA Expansion Draft
- NBA Expansion Draft 1989
- NBA Expansion Draft 1995
- NBA Expansion Draft 2004
- NBA Development League Expansion Draft 2006
- NBA Development League Expansion Draft 2007
- NBA Development League Expansion Draft 2008
- NBA Development League Expansion Draft 2009
- NBA Development League Expansion Draft 2010
- NBA Development League Expansion Draft 2013
- NBA Development League Expansion Draft 2014
- NBA Development League Expansion Draft 2015
ice Hockey
NHL
- 1967 NHL Expansion Draft
- NHL Expansion Draft 1970
- 1972 NHL Expansion Draft
- NHL Expansion Draft 1974
- NHL Expansion Draft 1979
- NHL Expansion Draft 1991
- NHL Expansion Draft 1992
- NHL Expansion Draft 1993
- 1998 NHL Expansion Draft
- NHL Expansion Draft 1999
- NHL Expansion Draft 2000
- NHL Expansion Draft 2017
KHL
Soccer
- MLS Expansion Draft 1997
- MLS Expansion Draft 2004
- MLS Expansion Draft 2006
- MLS Expansion Draft 2007
- MLS Expansion Draft 2008
- MLS Expansion Draft 2009
- MLS Expansion Draft 2010
- MLS Expansion Draft 2011
- MLS Expansion Draft 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ sportsillustrated.cnn.com, 1999 NHL Expansion Draft lists ( Memento from May 14, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ nba.com, Summary of expansion draft rules ( Memento of the original dated June 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ hockeysfuture.com, NHL Expansion Draft rules
- ↑ cbafaq.com, NBA Salary Cap FAQ - How does it work when the league expands?