You probably would have made a profit in the past but the economic deflation has really killed any sort of positives that come from investing heavily in the draft.
[...]
It's sad but it's true.
It's just the end of a cycle. It made sense to invest because there was a demand for young trainees with potential. After a few seasons like this the demand is down and the price drop. It's not sad, you can still get a excellent piece for your team's future that is worth some investment in the draft, but you could argue the community as a whole speculated on the draft and it hit a peak and now it's not worth investing to sell draftees. That's the nature of the market in this game.
Increasing the quality of the draft will not solve this problem, it will only delay it before an even bigger market crash. You can blame speculators and day traders for this one.
"Air is beautiful, yet you cannot see it. It's soft, yet you cannot touch it. Air is a little like my brain." - Jean-Claude Van Damme