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==Draft==
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Eligible [[Canadian nationality law|Canadian nationals]] (usually from [[U Sports football]] domestically or American [[college football]]) are drafted by teams in the annual [[CFL Draft]]. The draft usually takes place in May and currently consists of eight rounds. The first two rounds of the draft are usually shown live on TSN. The [[CFL Combine]] (formerly known as the CFL Evaluation Camp), similar to the [[NFL Combine]],<ref name="CFL Evaluation Camp">{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=page&id=296 |title=TransGlobe Evaluation Camp |access-date=May 22, 2007 |publisher=CFL.ca}}</ref> precedes the draft. A junior player in the locale of a team may be claimed as a territorial exemption and sign with that team before beginning collegiate play (one recent example is when the BC Lions claimed [[Andrew Harris (Canadian football)|Andrew Harris]]).<ref name="tsn1">{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/story/?id=381455|access-date=November 28, 2011|title=Harris completes journey from bleachers to Grey Cup glory|website=TSN.ca|date=November 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728122444/http://www.tsn.ca/story/?id=381455|archive-date=July 28, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Teams maintain "negotiation lists" of players they wish to sign as [[free agent]]s, which give them exclusive negotiation rights with that player if they wish to sign in the CFL. Players can be added or removed from these lists by the team at any time, and their signing rights can be used in trades. 

In addition to the regular draft there the supplemental draft which provides teams an opportunity to select a player in the draft in exchange for forfeiting a pick in the next year's amateur draft. The selection order is done in reverse waiver priority order.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQ about Rosters on CFLdb |url=https://cfldb.ca/faq/rosters/#:~:text=The%20supplemental%20draft%20provides%20teams,in%20reverse%20waiver%20priority%20order. |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=cfldb.ca}}</ref> Do be more in depth, the CFL supplemental draft allows teams to acquire eligible players who were not selected in the main CFL draft. Teams bid draft picks for the upcoming season, and the team with the highest bid wins the player and forfeits their corresponding draft pick. This process is similar to a bidding war, ensuring teams can add talent that might not have been available through the regular draft.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-05-02 |title=CFL Canadian Draft For Dummies |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2007/05/02/cfl_canadian_draft_for_dummies/#:~:text=The%20Supplemental%20Draft%20is%20for,and%20forfeits%20their%20draft%20pick. |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=CFL.ca |language=en}}</ref>