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The drafted players are paid salaries commensurate with the position in which they were drafted. High first-round picks get paid the most, and low-round picks get paid the least. There is a de facto pay scale for drafted rookies. After the draft, non-drafted rookies may sign a contract with any team in the league.

The complicated world of the NBA Draft and the Draft Rights that follow can be hard to understand, even more so when a player says no to the team drafting him. Though you wouldn't think so, drafted players in the NBA can actually refuse to play for the team that drafted them.

When a team forfeits a Draft pick, it also surrenders the accompanying bonus pool money associated that pick, independent from any money forfeited from its international bonus pool per the rules below.) Under the 2012-16 Collective Bargaining Agreement, players had one week to accept or decline the qualifying offer.

All draft picks in the NFL sign a contract for four years and teams have maximum and minimum amounts that can be spent on their picks based on their position. An NFL rookie contract is divided into two different categories, drafted players and undrafted players.

The original rationale in creating the draft was to increase the competitive parity between the teams as the worst team would, ideally, be able to choose the best player available. In the early years of the draft, players were chosen based on hearsay, print media, or other rudimentary evidence of ability.

If drafted, players are not obligated to stay in the league, and will go to where the drafting MLB club assigns you. Following the Draft, rosters will be replenished with other draft-eligible players who want to be scouted and evaluated by MLB clubs for the rest of the summer.

Depending on the sport, the players may come from college, high school or junior teams, or teams in other countries. An entry draft is intended to prevent expensive bidding wars for young talent and to ensure that no team can sign contracts with all of the best young players and make the league uncompetitive.