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Originally Posted by Royle9
They really do need to eliminate this loop hole.
It’s a shame any team loses their 1st round pick because the kid doesn’t want to play for the team that selected them.
They can sugar coat it all they want and come up with an excuse like Fox did, it’s just that.. a bull#### excuse to go wherever they want with no recourse.
Either the kids rights are retained and they have no choice, or they have to renter the draft and they can’t do it again.
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I think a situation where the drafting team gets compensated by the signing team makes sense.
If you draft a player in the first round who decides not to sign with you (and you’ve offered them at a minimum a standard ELC), then the team that does sign them has to send an equivalent draft pick as compensation (in the next two or three drafts, let’s say).
So, the player is welcome to decline an ELC and hit free agency, but the team that signs him has to be willing to replace the draft pick. Drafted in the first? Send over a first. The drafting team retains the rights to the player so long as they have a contract offer on the table.
It wouldn’t be perfect as you might draft a guy at 14 and get a pick at 27 as compensation, but better than nothing.