1972 EXPANSION DETAILS

At the end of the 1971 Season, the Mid-West Winter League (hence forth referred to as MWWL), will have expansion take place.
Each MWWL existing franchise will have approximately 40 players on its rosters at the end of 1971. 40X12 = 480 players.
Each new MWWL expansion franchise will start with no (0) players.
A random order we be selected for the 1971 MWWL Expansion Draft.
The order will be serpentine for the 1971 MWWL Expansion Draft.
Expansion franchises 1972 draft picks will be placed before the four 1971 playoff teams in the 1972 draft order, and will be opposite order of the 1971 MWWL Expansion Draft.
Existing franchises would be allowed to protect 14 players out of there 40.
14X12 = 168 players kept by existing MWWL franchises.
The other 26 players would be expansion eligible.
26X12 = 312 players would be expansion team eligible for drafting.
More than half of the leagues total players would be expansion eligible .
Expansion franchises would be allowed to select one (1) player from each existing club, during the first three-rounds.
(This, at best would be the 15th player on each MWWL existing franchises roster).
Once each expansion franchise has selected three players, (Only one from each existing MWWL franchise) the existing franchises would be allowed to pull back 2 players from their expansion eligible list.
Expansion clubs would have 3 players each.
Existing clubs would have 16 players each.
We would repeat the process for rounds (4-6), at the end of round six; we would have two pullbacks again.
Expansion clubs would have 6 players each.
Existing clubs would have 18 players each.
We would repeat the process for rounds (7-9), at the end of round nine; we would have two pullbacks again.
Expansion clubs would have 9 players each.
Existing clubs would have 20 players each.
We would repeat the process for rounds (10-12), at the end of round twelve; we would have two pullbacks again.
Expansion clubs would have 12 players each.
Existing clubs would have 22 players each.
At this point in the 1971 Expansion Draft, existing franchises would grant free agency to all players above and beyond 22.
Expansion franchises would be allowed to continue the draft, for rounds 13-22, with no restrictions, except that the player chosen must have gained free agency from his prior club, and is not a existing team keeper of 22.
At the end of round 22, all MWWL franchises would have 22 players.
The MWWL would then follow rules for the number of keepers, going into 1972, as described in the MWWL League Guide, Section IV; Roster Rules. The expansion franchises would be allowed to keep 22 players going into 1972.

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