The MLB draft has 40 rounds because there are over 5 thousand players in professional baseball... This is more of that "wet streets cause rain" logic we hear a

The MLB draft has 40 rounds because there are over 5 thousand players in professional baseball... This is more of that "wet streets cause rain" logic we hear about. Baseball has 57 different minor leagues with 1253 minor teams because baseball scouts don't know who is going to be the best player ahead of time. If they did know, they could save themselves a lot of hassle. Hockey has a similar phenomenon, but it's less pronounced. Football has plenty of money, but somehow they feel like all of the player development and testing they need can be accomplished at the collegiate level. They are actually sort of offended by the existence of "minor" football leagues like arena and whatever Vince McMahon has planned. And, of course, this is all beside the point, as mentioned in a sibling thread.