Can someone please explain to me the difference between the preseason and national drafts. Can you only draft kids in the National draft and uncontracted players in the PSD? Do Richmond have pick 4 in the PSD?:confused:
AFL National Draft
An even competition:
The AFL's drafting system is a cornerstone of the competition. Along with the Total Player Payments and the gate equalisation policy, it assists in developing an even and stable competition. The AFL National Draft began in 1986 and now every player who makes it on to an AFL list does so through that draft.
How it works:
In simple terms, the AFL National Draft is designed to give clubs which finished lower on the ladder the first opportunity to pick the best new talent in Australia. At season's end, all clubs are allocated draft selections. The club that finished last receives the first selection, the second last team gets the second selection and so on until the premier receives the 16th selection. This is called a round of selections. A club which finishes the season with fewer than five wins may also receive a priority draft pick. A priority pick would give that club two selections in the first round. Drafting takes place between seasons and has four distinct phases: the trading period, the AFL National Draft, the Pre-Season Draft and the Rookie Draft.
Trading period:
The trading period occurs shortly after the end of the season and allows clubs to trade players on that year's list to other clubs in exchange for other players, draft selections or a combination of both. The most simple form of this deal is to trade player A for player B, but often the deals are more complicated involving combinations of clubs, players and draft selections. Players involved must consent to the swap before a deal can be finalised. This period usually lasts one week and deals must be forwarded to the AFL by an agreed deadline. Clubs can make a maximum of five trades in this time.
AFL National Draft:
At the end of the trading period, clubs must remove players from their lists in order to participate in the national draft. It is compulsory for clubs to participate and by this stage they can have a maximum of 35 players on their list. The AFL forms an official order of selection for that year’s Ansett AFL National Draft and distributes it to all clubs and media. Potential AFL players from around Australia must nominate for the AFL National Draft by the cut-off date to be eligible for selection. Clubs can also nominate players they will select under the father/son rule (explained later) before the draft and elevate players from the Rookie List on to their senior list. The AFL National Draft is televised live and is the centrepiece of the AFL's offseason. It commands huge media attention with all selections analysed and each club's strategy assessed. The number at which a player is selected in the draft has implications for his minimum entitlements under the AFL/AFL Players' Association Collective Bargaining Agreement. Much of the attention is focused on the No. 1 draft selection. In 2000, 16th-placed St Kilda had the No. 1 selection and chose Nick Riewoldt from Southport Football Club in Queensland.
Rookie List:
The Rookie List has been a recent but popular introduction into AFL football. Each club is allowed to select a maximum of six players to be placed on the rookie list to take its total number of players to 44.
Long-term injury, veterans’ lists:
The AFL has also introduced in recent times the veterans' list and the long-term injury list. A club can place two players on the veterans' list and only half of their salaries are required to be included under the club's Total Player Payments cap.
Father/son rule:
Sons of former AFL players can play with the same club their father played or officiated with under the father/son rule. Eligibility conditions apply, with the most obvious being that the son's father must have played 50 games for that club. The rule is designed to continue the traditions of association that a family has with a particular club.
So the National Draft is the one where the clubs who win less than 5.5 games get priority picks and the one from whcih Carlton was banned.
The PSD happen two week after the National and is usually for those uncontracted players & rookies who want to go elsewhere. The order for this one is simply reverse ladder.
Hope that helped!