quote:Originally posted by AntzDad:quote:Originally posted by TPM:
Question, if your son has a college commitment and drafted and does not get the bonus he wants to give up college and doesn't sign, isn't that also a wasted pick?
I thought teams received some type of compensation for failing to sign players drafted in first three rounds. ??? If this is true, it wouldn't be a total loss.
I would imagine this happens more in the later rounds. Teams know a kid's number, draft him, lowball him to death, then finally say 'take it or leave it' and the kid leaves it.
I don't know if you put that on the team, the player, or the 'advisor'... or everyone.
Yes first 3 rounds only.
I was referring to later rounds, usually organizations will draft players who are connected with someone and not really going to sign, later. But often times a player with potential falls due to signing issues, many indicate if I am not going to be drafted by the 20th, don't bother, but they still get drafted. These kids don't sign, so that too becomes a wasted pick, IMO even more so that the celeb draftees.
You have to figure that teams have already figured out their needs, they also probably pretty sure they know which prospects may sign and who won't and unfortunetly many need bodies this time of year. The cardinals have to field 3 teams in the next coming week, Johnson City, Batavia and GCL. Figure that out, that is about 80 they need and they have already let go from extended and had to deal with filling in with injuries. They most likely need most of their kids to sign. So I always see them drafting kids who WILL sign, maybe not high upside, lots of college guys who will most likely come.