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Professional sports drafts stopped bidding conflicts
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Before organized player drafts were instituted, acquiring new athletes was an absolute free-market disaster. Wealthy teams would just casually outbid smaller markets for every talented rookie, completely ruining any competitive balance. The draft system was literally invented to force billionaire owners to stop financially sabotaging their own leagues.
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