NWSL eliminates college draft in latest CBA

[LadyStanley]

What to know about the NWSL embarking on its 1st season without a college draft

The National Women's Soccer League and its players' association agreed to a new collective-bargaining agreement that eliminated the college draft. The NWSL became the first major professional sports league in the United States to eliminate the college draft and the expansion draft in adopting...

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College players have to hire an agent to facilitate getting in

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[wildthing202]

Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

 

[The Marquis]

Seems like a bad idea because I feel you’ll see more of those agents find jobs for their athletes elsewhere. MLS should do this because the best talent isn’t in the IS college system. For women though, it largely is and the draft was a way for the leagues teams to lock down some of the best players in the world not already pro.