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The Canadian College Draft (also known as the CFL Canadian Draft, CFL College Draft or simply CFL Draft) is an annual sports draft in which the teams of the Canadian Football League (CFL) select eligible Canadian/non-import players, typically from the ranks of Canadian Interuniversity Sport football or NCAA college football. Member clubs make selections based on the reverse order of the previous year's standings, with the team with the worst record being awarded the first selection. The draft is held once every year, approximately two months prior to the start of the upcoming season. Since 2014, CIS players become eligible for the Canadian College Draft three years after completing their first year of eligibility at university. Additionally, NCAA and NAIA players are eligible to be selected after completing their senior season of eligibility.〔(CFL adjusts eligibility rules for Draft )〕 Prior to this change, all players would become eligible four years after first attending a post-secondary institution, leading many players to return to school after being drafted.〔(Everything to know about the quirky CFL draft )〕 University and college players are not permitted to enter the league without being subject to the draft and players are only eligible to be drafted once.〔(Draft History )〕 Formerly held as part of annual league meetings in Hamilton, and occasionally televised, in recent years the draft has typically been held via conference call. In 2007, the league began producing a free webcast of the event. Starting in 2009, the first two rounds are broadcast live on TSN. ==History== Before the Canadian College Draft was implemented, teams selected players based on territorial rights. For the sake of fair competition, a draft would be held to ensure an equal representation of players and talent. An experimental draft was held in 1952 by what was then the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (now the East Division of the CFL); the first formal Canadian football draft was held the next year. Selection was limited to players from five universities in Ontario and Quebec: McGill University, Queen's University, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario, and McMaster University.〔 The Montreal Alouettes selected Doug McNichol from Western Ontario as he became the first Canadian football player to be drafted. In 1956, with the establishment of the Canadian Football Council, a nationwide draft was established, with the five teams of the Western Interprovincial Football Union now taking part and players from all Canadian universities becoming eligible. Additionally, the conference that featured the losing team in the Grey Cup would have its team with the poorest record select first.〔 Further modifications to the structure of the draft took place in the 1973 CFL Draft as Canadian players from American schools would now be eligible for the draft. Prior to this, teams would be awarded territorial rights for non-import players from U.S. based schools based on the territory he was domiciled. Because this would almost eliminate any geographical exemptions, teams would also be permitted to make two territorial exemptions per draft, regardless of school location, beginning in 1973.〔 Territorial exemptions were last made in 1984 as they were abolished in 1985, introducing the modern era of the CFL Draft. In 1986, the draft was reduced from nine rounds to eight rounds and was further reduced to seven rounds in 1993. In 1997, the Canadian College Draft consisted of only six rounds, which was a format that was used until it was changed in 2013 when it was expanded to seven rounds.〔(CFL Draft expanded to seven rounds )〕〔(CFL Draft )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canadian College Draft」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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