Phar Ace
Brownlow Medallist
well Phar Ace, Cdog71, Bojangles17, Teen Wolf looks like ATM we don't have our 1st Rd pick
How many players can each club lose? Expansion rules explained
WITH the expansion signing period officially open, the existing fourteen AFLW clubs have been bracing themselves to lose players to new sides Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide and Sydney as each build inaugural lists.
But what are the rules clubs face when it comes to losing players through expansion?
Each player in the competition has been assigned a points value which is calculated based on age, payment tier, career games and any awards they might have won.
To keep their first round draft pick for the upcoming NAB AFLW Draft, existing clubs must lose a total of 28 points worth of players.
Should clubs not reach that threshold, they will go to the draft without a first round selection.
Clubs can lose a variable number of players in line with this points system, based on recent successes and location.
For example, a club can reach that 28-point threshold by only losing a couple of highly rated players, while another might lose several players who each attract a lower points valuation.
Each of the top seven teams from the past two seasons combined may lose (via expansion) a maximum of:
Four players if in Victoria, Queensland or Western Australia
Eight players if in New South Wales or South Australia
Each of the bottom seven teams from the past two seasons combined may lose (via expansion) a maximum of:
Three players if in Victoria, Queensland or Western Australia
Six players if in New South Wales or South Australia
Based on cumulative ladder position across seasons five and six womens.afl understands
the top seven teams to be Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Fremantle, Collingwood, North Melbourne and Western Bulldogs,
and the bottom seven teams to be Carlton, GWS, Richmond, St Kilda, Gold Coast, Geelong and West Coast.
Wow, at first blush that looks like an absolute Dog's Breakfast. It appears like 3 Phd students have been tasked to come up with the 'fairest system possible', expect they have never played the game, or if they have , once so they know stuff. I'll suspend judgement other than that, because there just is not enough detail yet, but on first read it just got easier (pts perspective only) for the top 7 teams to keep their 1st round pick.
The AFL, and consequently the AFLW, seems to have this penchant to make the simplest thing as hard as is humanly possible!
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