Reassignment of players from one team among other existing teams
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A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their existing team folds or is merged with another team. Like most other sports drafts, most dispersal drafts are conducted in closed leagues and are intended to prevent bidding wars and to maintain a league's competitive balance when absorbing a folded or merged team's roaster into the rest of a league as generally they would all turn into free agents following their team's destablishment.
Dispersal drafts are more commonly seen in emerging sports (such as soccer or women's basketball in the United States) or alternative leagues where initial support for a team failed to remain consistent and the team was unable to survive financially resulting in a team folding or merging with another team.
A dispersaldraft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their existing team folds or is merged with another team...
The 2024 UFL dispersaldraft was the player selection process to fill the rosters of the eight teams for the 2024 UFL season and disperse the rosters...
earlier. The draft consisted of 10 rounds comprising the selection of 173 players. On August 8, 1976, the league also hosted a Dispersaldraft for ABA players...
Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, NJ. On January 6, 2004, a dispersaldraft took place. Players were drafted from the roster of the Cleveland Rockers, who folded...
contraction, the league conducted both an allocation draft and a dispersaldraft in which the top 2002 SuperDraft picks of Tampa Bay and Miami, as well as players...
The 1991 NHL dispersal and expansion drafts were held via telephone conference call on May 30, 1991. The dispersaldraft took place to fill the roster...
The 2003 WNBA draft, both the dispersaldraft and the regular WNBA draft, took place on April 24. The dispersaldraft involved players from the rosters...
2006–2007 off-season, the Fever looked to improve their post play. In the DispersalDraft, the Fever added veteran forward Sheri Sam from the Charlotte Sting...
following Friday's dispersaldraft". KSAT. Retrieved January 9, 2024. Miller, Anthony (2024-01-15). "UFL 2024 Super DispersalDraft Recap". Sports Illustrated...
2023. "Details On The UFL DispersalDrafts For USFL & XFL Teams". pfnewsroom.com. January 3, 2024. "UFL DispersalDraft January 15th, Player Allocation...
that the Houston Comets would no longer operate. On December 8, a dispersaldraft was held with teams being allowed to pick based on reverse order of...
total overhaul during the off-season – selecting Debbie Black in the dispersaldraft and acquiring former Connecticut star Rebecca Lobo to add another local...
The 1978 NHL dispersaldraft was held on June 15, 1978. It was the result of the merger of two National Hockey League (NHL) teams, the Cleveland Barons...
conference call, was a dispersaldraft from the roster of the Charlotte Sting, which folded on January 3. This was the first dispersaldraft since before the...
Sandora Irvin in trades, selected Helen Darling in Charlotte Sting's dispersaldraft, drafted Camille Little in the second round, signed Erin Buescher during...
The CFL player dispersaldraft was held with the disbanding of the Ottawa Renegades franchise in 2006. The draft took place on April 12 and consisted...
may be signed by the league prior to the DispersalDraft, for the purpose of participating in the DispersalDraft". In December 2023, NBC Sports, which had...
to another by sea-crossing Seed dispersal, the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant Dispersaldraft, a system in professional sports...
operate. A dispersaldraft was held December 14, 2009 with teams being allowed to pick in the following order. List of first overall WNBA draft picks "2009...
Sandora Irvin in trades, selected Helen Darling in Charlotte Sting's dispersaldraft, drafted Camille Little in the second round, signed Erin Buescher during...
The Buffalo Bandits are a professional box lacrosse team of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). They play at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. The...
before 2002 had 4 rounds. Since 2003, all drafts are 3 rounds. In 2003 and 2004, there were dispersaldrafts due to the folding of the Cleveland Rockers...
The 2010 WPS DispersalDraft was a special draft for Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) after the Los Angeles Sol withdrew from the league. Players from...
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