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posted 04/06/00
WHAT: 65th Annual National Football League Player Selection Meeting.
WHERE: The Theater at Madison Square Garden, between 31st and 33rd Streets in New York City.
WHEN: 11:00 am CDT, Saturday, April 15, 2000 (Rounds 1-3) and 10:00 am CDT, Sunday, April 16, 2000 (Rounds 4-7).
The first three rounds will conclude on Saturday by approximately 9:00 pm CDT. In 1999, the first round consumed five hours and four minutes; the second, two hours and 50 minutes; and the third, one hour and 37 minutes. The draft will resume on Sunday at 10:00 am CDT for the final four rounds, ending at approximately 4:00 pm CDT.
DRAFTING: Representatives of the 31 NFL clubs by telephone communication with their general managers, coaches and scouts.
ROUNDS: Seven Rounds - Rounds 1 through 3 on Saturday, April 15, and Rounds 4 through 7 on Sunday, April 16.
There will be 253 selections, including 31 compensatory choices that have been awarded to 14 teams which suffered a net loss of certain quality unrestricted free agents last year.
The following compensatory choices will supplement the 222 regular choices in the seven rounds - ROUND 4: Green Bay, 126; New Endland, 127; Tennessee, 128; Washington, 129. ROUND 5: Kansas City, 162; Pittsburgh, 163; Arizona, 164; Minnesota, 165; New Orleans, 166. ROUND 6: New England, 199; New Orleans, 200; New England, 201; Washington, 202; San Diego, 203; Pittsburgh, 204; San Diego, 205. ROUND 7: New England, 239; Minnesota, 240; Jacksonville, 241; Green Bay, 242; Jacksonville, 243; Minnesota, 244; Jacksonville, 245; Denver, 246; Jacksonville, 247; Minnesota, 248; Green Bay, 249; Washington, 250; Buffalo, 251; Green Bay, 252; Detroit, 253.
Six teams will have two selections each in the first round - Baltimore (Nos. 5 and 15), New York Jets (16 and 18), San Francisco (12 and 24), Seattle (19 and 22), Tampa Bay (13 and 27) and Washington (Nos. 2 and 3). Atlanta, Dallas, Miami, New England, New Orleans and San Diego do not have first-round picks.
The 1999 expansion Cleveland Browns have 14 selections in the draft - the first choices in rounds 1 through 5 and 7, one supplemental choice in each of rounds 3 through 5, two supplemental choices in each of rounds 6 and 7, and an additional selection in round 7 obtained from Minnesota.
TIME LIMITS:Round 1, 15 minutes each team; Round 2, 10 minutes each team; Rounds 3 through 7, five minutes each team.
TELEVISION:ESPN will televise the draft on Saturday from 11:00 am CDT to 6:00 pm CDT. ESPN2 will televise the rest of the draft on Saturday from 6:00 pm CDT to its conclusion. ESPN will televise the draft on Sunday from 10:00 am CDT to noon CDT, with ESPN2 carrying the remainder of the draft from noon CDT to its conclusion.
courtesy NFL