Don’t see the problem with the F/S - what clubs want to build are a base of generational supporters, parents, grandparents and kids. This helps the clubs and the league. And it keeps champions engaged in the club - which is all good. Also makes VFL a much better product as supporters watch these young kids.
GC and GWS haven’t had the benefits but these are more than offset by the academies. And in a few years they will benefit too. like West Coast and Adelaide are starting to see.
Occasionally the player is top 10 - and everyone freaks out - it is rare and fun. Hate Collingwood but the prospect of a young number 1 superstar is a positive for them and good for the game.
We have benefitted recently but others in the past and new ones in the future.
Just because our fellas have had some success with the ladies is not a reason to complain. And I loved the Chris Grant daughter son for all the same reasons above. Soon we will have mother daughters abs mother sons. Which will be great.
Will this win us premierships - no - this is such a small percentage of the population of players looking to play. Geelong was probably the closest to a crazy advantage but good for them.
NGA is much harder and while I am very supportive it is far more open to dodgy stuff like the academies (players moving from a non-academy zone into an academy zone is an easy one) but we just have to keep them clean rather than throw them out. While the draft should be open and fair - privilege, opportunity and even exposure/culture are not and these help that.
One rule we could use is like a salary cap/investment cap that all teams can afford and use and others are years in the academy system (to avoid joining in final years etc) many rules like this already exist.
As a league we absolutely want to encourage clubs to participate in developing the league in areas we have low participation and in areas of under-privilege - kids should have to be driven hours for a chance and draft benefits are a cheap way to do this. There are plenty things we can do to sort these out - with a few tweaks this season.
For us we have benefitted of course but have had plenty of times we reached because we wanted the kid to be a star and they just weren’t. It’s all part of the game.
We have plenty to look forward to in F/S with Darcy, Croft, more West’s (maybe), Kellet looks OK to. Plenty others on the F/S thread. NGA we struck gold but could be 20 years before a potential no1 comes up.
GC and GWS haven’t had the benefits but these are more than offset by the academies. And in a few years they will benefit too. like West Coast and Adelaide are starting to see.
Occasionally the player is top 10 - and everyone freaks out - it is rare and fun. Hate Collingwood but the prospect of a young number 1 superstar is a positive for them and good for the game.
We have benefitted recently but others in the past and new ones in the future.
Just because our fellas have had some success with the ladies is not a reason to complain. And I loved the Chris Grant daughter son for all the same reasons above. Soon we will have mother daughters abs mother sons. Which will be great.
Will this win us premierships - no - this is such a small percentage of the population of players looking to play. Geelong was probably the closest to a crazy advantage but good for them.
NGA is much harder and while I am very supportive it is far more open to dodgy stuff like the academies (players moving from a non-academy zone into an academy zone is an easy one) but we just have to keep them clean rather than throw them out. While the draft should be open and fair - privilege, opportunity and even exposure/culture are not and these help that.
One rule we could use is like a salary cap/investment cap that all teams can afford and use and others are years in the academy system (to avoid joining in final years etc) many rules like this already exist.
As a league we absolutely want to encourage clubs to participate in developing the league in areas we have low participation and in areas of under-privilege - kids should have to be driven hours for a chance and draft benefits are a cheap way to do this. There are plenty things we can do to sort these out - with a few tweaks this season.
For us we have benefitted of course but have had plenty of times we reached because we wanted the kid to be a star and they just weren’t. It’s all part of the game.
We have plenty to look forward to in F/S with Darcy, Croft, more West’s (maybe), Kellet looks OK to. Plenty others on the F/S thread. NGA we struck gold but could be 20 years before a potential no1 comes up.