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davesnothere said:
Actually to listen to him speak there’s a touch of Eddie Murphy about him with a bit of swagger with it.

I’m not kidding when I say he’s going to captain us one day.

Diamond of a kid.
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Vice captain to Dougie 🤞
 
PortAdelFC1997 said:
Should be made captain when the team travels with his pilot skills. :smirk:
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Like Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden

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raptalia said:
My son teaches Zemes and has had several conversations with his mother. Zemes and his parents have had lengthy discussions with Port re his future. His parents are really concerned that he will finish up in Tasmania and do not want that to happen. If he does look like going to Tassie he will switch to basketball.
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Ok the 1983 NFL Draft John Elway threat - if you take me at #1 Baltimore, and don't on trade me, then I will go play for the Yankees - is in play then. Hope Zemes lets a few people know this.
 
Shaucob_Burjan said:
Can he becomes CatB if he plays basketball?
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If he is registered with a footy club ie South Adelaide for 2027 season and then goes to basketball, he has to wait 3 years before we can pick him up as a Rookie B.
 
PeacefulWarrior said:
Is that to prevent draft manipulation?
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How? Zemes doesn't have to nominate for the draft. He is of free will to do so.

Port can't pay him $$$ to stay out otherwise they will get a fine like when they asked and paid 5 players (maybe more) to stay out of the 1995 draft. "Best $50,000 the club ever spent," was Bucky's comment went asked about the fine the AFL forced on to the club a year or two before the 2004 flag and then again after we won it.
 
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raptalia said:
His parents are really concerned that he will finish up in Tasmania and do not want that to happen. If he does look like going to Tassie he will switch to basketball.
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"Significant jeopardy": Why the Tassie Devils are in real danger

"I feel less confident around the stadium than ever before."
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Speaking on Fox Footy, Buckley revealed that he simply wasn’t prepared to take on the role so quickly, as meetings with Tasmania and the prospect of securing the role as their first ever head coach remain in the picture.
“I’m meeting with Tassie on Tuesday, and I needed a little bit more of an insight into that process and their timeline before I was able to make a final call on whether I was willing to step into the Melbourne role,” Buckley said on Friday night.

That said, the off-field drama surrounding their required Macquarie Point Stadium development continues, and according to Gerard Whateley, securing their head coach is far from the Devils’ biggest concern.“There’s a lot to play out with Tassie,” Whateley told SEN Crunch Time. “I think the stadium is in significant jeopardy, more so than ever before.

“There’s a report that’s due at the end of September, which I think is going to challenge the politics around it more severely than has happened - it has bipartisan support for the time being. “I wonder when that report lands, from what I’m told, whether bipartisan support will survive that, and then what that ultimately means.

“Because it’s a conditional license, and the stadium is a big part of that, I feel less confident around the stadium as we sit here before that report lands, than ever before. “That’s the end of September that that’s due, and I think it will test the conviction around that more severely. How do you integrate that into the preparations that are being made – there’s obviously the VFL and the VFLW, those steps have been taken.

“I think there’s going to be a moment where the AFL has to sit down and say, ‘we held our line the whole way through, are we still holding this line or are we going to deny Tasmania its team on the of the stadium. “Who knows, who’s in charge at that stage? We could have a different chairman of commission by then. That side of it is unanswerable.”
 
RussellEbertHandball said:
How? Zemes doesn't have to nominate for the draft. He is of free will to do so.

Port can't pay him $$$ to stay out otherwise they will get a fine like when they asked and paid 5 players (maybe more) to stay out of the draft. "Best $50,000 the club ever spent," was Bucky's comment went asked about the fine the AFL forced on to the club a year or two before the 2004 flag and then again after we won it.
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Because if he wanted to be drafted by Port, then deregistered himself as a footballer and said "I'm only a registered basketballer now" and I'm nominating Port as my team of choice, everyone would do it to get picked up by the club of their choice out of the draft. So a time limit stops players from having that easy option and basically manipulating the draft.
 
Ford Fairlane said:
Because if he wanted to be drafted by Port, then deregistered himself as a footballer and said "I'm only a registered basketballer now" and I'm nominating Port as my team of choice, everyone would do it to get picked up by the club of their choice out of the draft. So a time limit stops players from having that easy option and basically manipulating the draft.
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Sure, but the question was if he went and registered for basketball, does it avoid draft tampering? He either nominates for the draft or doesn't. If Tassie have big concessions like GC and GWS had, then he has to balance up if he is going to be snapped up by them. If he doesn't nominate, there are no implications for him or Port in 2027.

If he nominates and if the rules change, then we have no chance of getting him unless we plummet to the bottom of the ladder or have a pick where he will go, if indeed he is a top 5 pick.

Like Wingard, if Tassie end up with the first 5 picks ( GC traded their 2011 pick 4 to them) and we have the 6th, he can say to Tassie, you draft me and I wont sign a second contract and will ask for a trade home after the first contract is over. Tassie can then say he isn't worth taking a risk on and leave him for Port's pick. But the Wingard move only worked because we were the next pick after GWS ( who were given 1,2,3 and 5).

Zemes can't nominate then say, you draft me and I'm not turning up in Tassie to train and play. There are consequences for him and Port if he pulls that move and says he will only play for Port.
 
RussellEbertHandball said:
Sure, but the question was if he went and registered for basketball, does it avoid draft tampering? He either nominates for the draft or doesn't. If Tassie have big concessions like GC and GWS had, then he has to balance up if he is going to be snapped up by them. If he doesn't nominate, there are no implications for him or Port in 2027.

If he nominates and if the rules change, then we have no chance of getting him unless we plummet to the bottom of the ladder or have a pick where he will go, if indeed he is a top 5 pick.

Like Wingard, if Tassie end up with the first 5 picks ( GC traded their 2011 pick 4 to them) and we have the 6th, he can say to Tassie, you draft me and I wont sign a second contract and will ask for a trade home after the first contract is over. Tassie can then say he isn't worth taking a risk on and leave him for Port's pick. But the Wingard move only worked because we were the next pick after GWS ( who were given 1,2,3 and 5).

Zemes can't nominate then say, you draft me and I'm not turning up in Tassie to train and play. There are consequences for him and Port if he pulls that move and says he will only play for Port.
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I read the question as to whether the 3 year time frame was to prevent draft tampering. Which essentially it is. Because he would not have to nominate for the draft if he instantly becomes Cat B eligible.

Look at Indy Cotton. He has been playing basketball and has not been a registered football player for more than 3 years. So he was able to nominate whoever he wanted to play for, in his case the crows.

Imagine if you could do that the moment you de-registered yourself as a football player.
 

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raptalia said:
My son teaches Zemes and has had several conversations with his mother. Zemes and his parents have had lengthy discussions with Port re his future. His parents are really concerned that he will finish up in Tasmania and do not want that to happen. If he does look like going to Tassie he will switch to basketball.
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Just go for a season and come back lad.
 
Lefti93 said:
Just go for a season and come back lad.
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The interview goes like this.

I understand I have to go where I am told in the AFL draft and I don’t have to like it.

I accept that.

It is a 3 year contract I am prepared to for fill.

I see this as a stepping stone on my way to Port Adelaide at the end of 3 years and I thank you for offering to contribute to my development along the way.

I also understand there are opportunities to work a trade in the possibility I have difficulty with the lifestyle Tasmania offers.

How do you feel about exploring those opportunities in the possibility this situation occurs?
 

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