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  2. Draft (sports) - Wikipedia

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    The draft allowed teams to recruit players on a roster system based on where the club finished the previous year. It ran in reverse order with the wooden spooners getting first choice and the premiers last. The draft lasted just the one season before being defeated in the courts by players and coaches opposed to its limitations. [5]

  3. NBA draft - Wikipedia

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    The NBA draft has been televised since 1980, the same year the NFL and NHL televised (or publicized) theirs. USA Network broadcast the draft as part of its contract with the NBA until 1984; starting in 1985, TBS did so as part of its NBA on TBS package. From 1990 to 2002, TNT took over the draft as more NBA properties moved to the network (the ...

  4. Conscription - Wikipedia

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    Former service in the military does not exclude anyone from later being drafted to the Civil defence, but an upper limit of total 19 months of service applies. [264] Neglecting mobilisation orders to training exercises and actual incidents, may impose fines. [265]

  5. Some Ukrainian men are doing everything to avoid a draft as ...

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    But the new mobilization law that came into effect earlier this month will mean that all men of military age have to report to draft offices to verify their credentials within 60 days. The ...

  6. Israel may soon draft ultra-Orthodox Jews. What does it mean ...

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    The court also said that the government could no longer fund any religious schools (called “yeshivas”) whose students don’t participate in the draft. Israel may soon draft ultra-Orthodox Jews.

  7. Conscription in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The fourth incarnation of the draft came into being in 1940, through the Selective Training and Service Act; this was the country's first peacetime draft. [ 1 ] From 1940 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the U.S. Armed Forces that could not be filled through voluntary means.

  8. That includes hashing out free agency targets and building plans for the 2025 NFL draft. ... He does have the tools to become a better interior rusher at 6-foot-3 and 318 lbs. ... His size means ...

  9. Major League Baseball draft - Wikipedia

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    The 2023 Major League Baseball draft was held at Lumen Field.. The Major League Baseball draft (officially the Rule 4 Draft; also known as the first-year player draft) is the primary mechanism by which Major League Baseball (MLB) assigns amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to its teams. [1]