They still come a little cheaper. Where the real impact comes is a player rated at pick 2 previously going at 17, or multiple highly-rated prospects in the one year.
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Too complicated for me to get my head around.
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I don't agree on how this should apply to F/S picks since every club has access to them. However, something needs to be done when Heeney goes at 18 and Mills and Dunkley could be picked up for late first and second round picks.
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The should do something about academies but not Father/Son selections I reckon.
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Sydney and Isaac Heeney.
eth-dog
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Besides, if it was because of F/S stuff it'd be over Tom Mitchell (top 3 in draft taken at 21)
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Yeah but when you see a club like Geelong score GAJ and then he ends up leaving anyway, sure there was some decent money on the end (although I reckon Brisbane could do a 'Buddy' deal atm) but it was felt that he wasn't happy in the fishbowl of Geelong and that he wanted a fresh start.
Well, well, look what the AFL can come up with when faced with Eddie McGuire basically putting together a movement to have Victoria move for independence from the rest of Australia because of the ridiculousness that was going to be created by Sydney's drafting advantages.
The new system makes sense. It's still bullshit because with an academy which enables the poaching and development of the best athletic talents going around the strike rate of guaranteed quality first rounders will still be disproportionately high when compared to the father-son lottery but at least now they have to pay for it (especially when they are a good team).
The new system makes sense. It's still bullshit because with an academy which enables the poaching and development of the best athletic talents going around the strike rate of guaranteed quality first rounders will still be disproportionately high when compared to the father-son lottery but at least now they have to pay for it (especially when they are a good team).
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It also allows for tweaks to the system while leaving the original framework intact. They could conceivably give F/S a 50% points discount or something to make it easier for clubs to draft them.
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I'm shocked, it looks like the AFL has actually stopped and thought about something and is going to implement a system that is both fair and equitable.
Somethings not right at AFL House.
Somethings not right at AFL House.
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Yes.. all of this AFTER sydney absolutely pillage last year's draft and after they've also previously gotten tom mitchell for loose change. Please forgive me if I'm not weak at the knees with admiration for the AFL
It's about time that the AFL are no longer keeping the Swans in their back pocket by putting in a system that's fair for all teams.
Next on the list - Hawthorn.
Next on the list - Hawthorn.
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eth-dog
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Tbf, that was a compromised draft. In a normal draft it would have been pick 12.
Bringing in the two expansion sides was a bad idea didn't effect teams like Sydney though.
eth-dog
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Good work by North Melbourne to re-sign Swallow. I always thought it'd be more likely that he reunites with his brother at Gold Coast than the other way around.
Yep very good signing by them just shows loyalty still exists in the AFL.
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Andrew is captain on North though, I would have been surprised if he left.
I know Griffen walked but I can't see Swallow doing the same.
eth-dog
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I meant if they offered captaincy to someone like Cunnington or Ziebell and he left.
I'm not sure on his contract situation but they should be all over getting Todd Goldstein re-signed as well.
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You rate Goldstein?
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To be fair, he was on the brink, if not in the initial 40 man AA squad in the past 2 years. The guy can play
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Only ruckmen I'd take ahead of him would be Sandilands, Jacobs, Mumford, Ryder and Naitanui. He's also their most important player by the length of Bass Straight.
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