--- description: Male students pick prom dates via a draft at a Southern California high school. title: This exists: The Prom Date Draft image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Exists: There's a Draft for Prom Dates  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 6, 2014 3:39 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 6, 2014 3:39 PM CUT The first round of the 2014 NFL Draft starts this week, but [the prom date draft](http://www.ocregister.com/articles/draft-612766-prom-school.html "undefined") is already well under way at a southern California high school. Male students at Corona del Mar High School in Newport Beach, Calif., choose their prom dates through a draft, and the results have been shared on Twitter, along with a rulebook for the exercise, the Orange County _Register_ [reports](http://www.ocregister.com/articles/draft-612766-prom-school.html "undefined"): “One tweet posted by the senior class Twitter account joked the day before Thursday’s draft that ‘Many drafters on the prowl tomorrow for #freeagents so dress nice ladies.'” The newspaper [says](http://www.ocregister.com/articles/draft-612766-prom-school.html "undefined") parents and administrators are concerned that the draft, which is not an official school function, objectifies women. It’s the latest prom date ask [to go viral](http://time.com/88002/promposals-prom-high-school/ "undefined"), from popping the question in a note that looks like an acceptance letter from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, to a reenactment of the iconic LIFE photo of a sailor kissing a nurse in the middle of Times Square on V-J Day. **LIST:** [Here Are The 10 Best “Promposals”](http://time.com/88002/promposals-prom-high-school/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/89339/promposals-prom-draft/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/89339/promposals-prom-draft/"},"headline":"This Exists: There's a Draft for Prom Dates","datePublished":"2014-05-06T15:39:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:26.760Z","description":"Yet another high school popularity contest.","url":"https://time.com/89339/promposals-prom-draft/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/89339/promposals-prom-draft/","name":"This Exists: There's a Draft for Prom Dates"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Orange County HS Teens Held ‘Prom Draft’","description":"Junior and senior boys at Corona Del Mar High School in Orange County, California, reportedly held an NFL-style draft to pick prom dates. It’s just the latest controversy from the high school this school year.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/YN9CGJef/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-05-07T17:31:50.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/YN9CGJef.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/89339/promposals-prom-draft/","duration":"PT1M59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/89339/promposals-prom-draft/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```