supplemental draft?

[ninerfan1991]

Hey i was just reading matt's blog and it talked about the supplemental draft

The 49ers will have scouts at two workouts this week for players eligible for the July 12 supplemental draft.

im sort of new to football so can someone please explain me what a supplemental draft is and the differences between that and the nfl draft.....

[Omnipotent]

http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/8640758

A weighted lottery will be held to determine each team's supplemental draft position. Lottery chances for teams with six or fewer wins are placed together and drawn to determine the top of the supplemental draft order. Lottery chances for the remaining non-playoff teams will then be placed together and drawn to determine their order. And lottery chances for playoff teams next will be placed together and drawn to determine the remainder of the supplemental draft order. The order of round one will be repeated in rounds two through seven.

More interesting is the way the selection process is done. Each team will have 10 minutes -- running concurrently -- to email the league office of its wishes to select a player in round one. After 10 minutes, the selections are compiled. If a player is selected by more than one club, he is awarded to the club that holds priority in the supplemental draft order. All seven rounds of the supplemental draft are conducted in this fashion by email. If a team exercises a pick on a player, then it loses the corresponding pick from the same round in the April 2006 draft. So each pick must carefully be weighed. And teams don't have to worry about squeezing another player under the salary cap, into its 2005 rookie pool. The club that selects a player will be given an extra allocation of rookie pool money equal to the selection slot in the draft.

[BigB_85]

When will this years supplemental draft be held? Does anyone know?

It says in the quote the original poster provided. (July 12th)