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The AFL has just ruled that Clarke and Mumford can sign: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-11-15/new-rookie-rules-clarke-mumford-free-to-join-club-of-choice
Teams can have 43 on their main and cat A list, leaving them with the opportunity of signing a rookie from Dec 1 onwards.
So clubs can basically come to a deal with any player ahead of this year's draft that has previously nominated for the draft or been on a list in previous years.
For example, West Coast could agree with Marlion Pickett or Mitch Grigg that they will join us as a rookie if they don't get picked up in the ND. Or players could agree to forego the ND and just agree to join a club this way right now, as Clarke and Mumford are doing.
It looks like it's basically a way of jumping the rookie list queue where you can convince a player to agree to the proposal and thus not nominate for the rookie draft.
I don't really like it, but clubs will now just look to make the most of the opportunity.
Who would you like your club to target with this option?
Edit: if a player hasn’t been on a list before, you can only list them if they nominate for this year’s draft and miss out on selection.
Teams can have 43 on their main and cat A list, leaving them with the opportunity of signing a rookie from Dec 1 onwards.
So clubs can basically come to a deal with any player ahead of this year's draft that has previously nominated for the draft or been on a list in previous years.
For example, West Coast could agree with Marlion Pickett or Mitch Grigg that they will join us as a rookie if they don't get picked up in the ND. Or players could agree to forego the ND and just agree to join a club this way right now, as Clarke and Mumford are doing.
It looks like it's basically a way of jumping the rookie list queue where you can convince a player to agree to the proposal and thus not nominate for the rookie draft.
I don't really like it, but clubs will now just look to make the most of the opportunity.
Who would you like your club to target with this option?
Edit: if a player hasn’t been on a list before, you can only list them if they nominate for this year’s draft and miss out on selection.
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