November 19, 2007

Expansion Draft Rules

CVI has learned from sources inside the Rapids Front Office the rules for the expansion draft on Wednesday.

  • Teams may protect 11 players between their Senior and their Developmental Roster.
  • If the Player’s contract expires at the end of 2007, he will still be considered part of the Team’s Senior Roster.
  • If a Team protects a player, it is not obligated to exercise the player’s option. It may renegotiate a new budget number for the player as in previous years.
  • If a player retires, he will not be a part of the Senior Roster, but his Team will lose its right of first refusal to him should he ultimately decide to play.
  • Designated Players do not have to be protected unless the player has a No-Trade clause in his contract in which case the player must be protected.
  • Players on a Team’s Developmental Roster, other than Project 40/Generation adidas players who have not been graduated at the end of the 2007 season, will be part of the expansion draft.
  • Project 40/Generation adidas players who have not been graduated at the end of the 2007 season are automatically protected (teams do not have to use a protected slot on them)
  • If San Jose selects a Developmental Player it must offer him a Senior Roster position and he must be on San Jose’s Senior Roster as of Roster Compliance Date.
  • Teams may make available no more than 1 Senior International player. A player shall be considered a Senior International if he will be a Senior International in 2008 (e.g., a 2007 Youth International who becomes a Senior International in 2008).
  • For purposes of this expansion process, for US-based teams, any non-domestic US player would count as an International and for Toronto FC, any non-domestic US player or non-domestic Canadian player would count as an International.
  • Once a player has been claimed from a Team’s non-protected roster, that team is eliminated from the expansion draft and may not lose any further players.
  • The expansion draft will be 10 rounds
Teams protected list should be released by MLS later today. Posted by mark at November 19, 2007 12:10 PM