Overview:
Clubs start off with points equal to their draft picks as per ladder position.
So the bottom team would have about 4650, assuming no prior future pick trades.
The premier would have 1726.
Trades would then be for points rather than specific picks.
So a player may get traded for say 900 points.
This does away with the need for pick swaps etc to balance up deals where only certain picks are available to the trading clubs.
Future picks can still be traded. For example a club may trade their future second round for say 700 points, or whatever is negotiated.
Or future points could be used.
Eg trade a player for 600 future points which will be included in the balances of those clubs next year.
So when we get to the draft each club will have an amount of points dependant on their ladder position and any trades.
The draft order will be based on the ladder positions and only modified by future pick trades from the prior year.
So points trades in the current year don't change the draft order.
But the draft itself will be done via a bidding system...
Eg, for pick one, each club in ladder order (first to last) has the option to bid points for that pick or pass, with a minimum increment (based on the round).
The club which finished bottom has the advantage of knowing the highest bid so can either bid to take that selection, or pass and leave it for the current high bid.
So a team which didn't finish bottom may bid enough points to outbid or dissuade the bottom team from bidding.
However the bottom team would then be in position to bid on multiple other early picks.
It would be quite strategic.
The bidding order could either stay the same for all picks, or rotate eg so the second bottom team has last bid on pick two, and so on.
The time allotted would need to be tight to keep it moving.
Eg maybe 10 seconds to bid or pass for each club, and then say one minute to make a selection, given the high bidder would know their player to have bothered bidding.
Once teams use up their points they cannot bid and if they need more selections they are taken at the end of the draft.
So the idea if trading up or down in the draft is open to all simply by going hard or holding back in the bidding.
If a particular player is highly rated eg at number one, then it's up to clubs to ensure they have enough points to bid for him.
Or perhaps pick one is reserved and bidding starts at pick two?
NGA bids and father/sons are just done with points from the total, rather than using up particular picks.
Clubs start off with points equal to their draft picks as per ladder position.
So the bottom team would have about 4650, assuming no prior future pick trades.
The premier would have 1726.
Trades would then be for points rather than specific picks.
So a player may get traded for say 900 points.
This does away with the need for pick swaps etc to balance up deals where only certain picks are available to the trading clubs.
Future picks can still be traded. For example a club may trade their future second round for say 700 points, or whatever is negotiated.
Or future points could be used.
Eg trade a player for 600 future points which will be included in the balances of those clubs next year.
So when we get to the draft each club will have an amount of points dependant on their ladder position and any trades.
The draft order will be based on the ladder positions and only modified by future pick trades from the prior year.
So points trades in the current year don't change the draft order.
But the draft itself will be done via a bidding system...
Eg, for pick one, each club in ladder order (first to last) has the option to bid points for that pick or pass, with a minimum increment (based on the round).
The club which finished bottom has the advantage of knowing the highest bid so can either bid to take that selection, or pass and leave it for the current high bid.
So a team which didn't finish bottom may bid enough points to outbid or dissuade the bottom team from bidding.
However the bottom team would then be in position to bid on multiple other early picks.
It would be quite strategic.
The bidding order could either stay the same for all picks, or rotate eg so the second bottom team has last bid on pick two, and so on.
The time allotted would need to be tight to keep it moving.
Eg maybe 10 seconds to bid or pass for each club, and then say one minute to make a selection, given the high bidder would know their player to have bothered bidding.
Once teams use up their points they cannot bid and if they need more selections they are taken at the end of the draft.
So the idea if trading up or down in the draft is open to all simply by going hard or holding back in the bidding.
If a particular player is highly rated eg at number one, then it's up to clubs to ensure they have enough points to bid for him.
Or perhaps pick one is reserved and bidding starts at pick two?
NGA bids and father/sons are just done with points from the total, rather than using up particular picks.
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