In fantasy football, waivers are a system that allows team owners to make claims on undrafted players who are free agents. When a player is placed on waivers, they are temporarily frozen, giving all team owners a chance to make a claim on them. At the end of the designated time period, all waiver claims are processed, and the team owner with the highest waiver priority will be awarded the player.
The purpose of waivers is to ensure fairness and equal opportunity for all team owners to acquire new players. Waiver rules and claim priorities can be set by the leagues commissioner, and there are different types of waivers available, such as weekly waivers that place all unclaimed players on waivers at the beginning of each week.
During the waiver period, team owners can put a claim on a player, but they must wait until the waiver clears to see if they have been awarded the player. The team with the higher waiver priority number will receive the player when the waivers clear.
All undrafted players and players dropped by other team owners are placed on waivers. Players who are not on waivers are considered free agents and can be added to a team's roster at any time.
