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✏️ To rewrite 💸 A replacement check 🏈 A new team selection
redraft

redraft

6.0
A fantasy sports league where teams are chosen again each season and do not keep players
  • noun
  • /ˈriːdræft/
  • Jargon
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  • Many owners prefer redraft leagues because they enjoy starting fresh each year.
  • redraft league

Examples

  • Many players look forward to the redraft each year.

  • After several losing seasons, the manager decided to switch to a redraft competition.

  • We joined a redraft league this year to rebuild our fantasy team.

  • Most casual players prefer a redraft format because rosters reset each season.

  • In our league, we have a redraft every summer.

  • In fantasy sports, a redraft league allows each team to select new players every season.

  • The strategy for a redraft league differs significantly from that of a keeper league.

Surface Forms

redraft singular
redrafts plural

Morphology

redraft = redraft (semi-transparent) = re + draft

The noun is clearly converted from the verb 'redraft', but its use for a fantasy-sports league format is somewhat specialized.

Etymology

Redraft is made of re- 'again' and draft 'the selection of players', so a redraft league is one where teams are picked again each season and rosters do not carry over.