<P> In 1988, the NFL moved the draft from weekdays to the weekend and ESPN's ratings of the coverage improved dramatically . ESPN received competition in 2006 when the NFL Network, which had launched in October 2003, began to produce its own draft coverage . ESPN pays the NFL a rights fee for the non-exclusive rights to draft coverage, a fee that is included in its overall contract to televise games (ESPN Sunday Night NFL from 1987 to 2005, and Monday Night Football from 2006 to the present). </P> <P> In 2010, the NFL moved to a three - day draft with the first day encompassing the first round beginning at 8: 00 pm EDT, the second day encompassing the second and third rounds beginning at 7: 00 pm EDT, and third day concluding the process with the final four rounds beginning at 11: 00 am EDT Saturday . </P> <P> The rules do not state that a player must attend college, but virtually all of the players selected in the NFL draft have played college football, usually in the United States but occasionally from Canadian universities as well . Rules only state that a player must be three years removed from high school graduation, regardless of what the prospective draftee did during that time . A few players are occasionally selected from other football leagues like the Arena Football League (AFL), the Canadian Football League (CFL), and the German Football League (GFL). A small handful of players have also been drafted from colleges who played other sports than football . </P> <P> The selection order is based on each team's win - loss record in the previous season and whether the team reached the playoffs . Teams that did not reach the playoffs the previous season are ranked in reverse order of their records (thus the team with the fewest wins is awarded the first selection). Ties between teams with identical records are determined by the following tiebreakers (in order): </P>

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