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Firsttime.gifSorry but this shit is making 0 sense to me, so if 25-30 players are drafted tonight in an 18 team comp btw, do we deem all those 30 players as first round picks?
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Yeah welcome to the compensation league..Sorry but this shit is making 0 sense to me, so if 25-30 players are drafted tonight in an 18 team comp btw, do we deem all those 30 players as first round picks?
Excuse me.Sounds likehalfour posters on here
They could change it so easily. No trading single picks out for multiple junk picks without list spots.Yeah welcome to the compensation league..
They could change it so easily. No trading single picks out for multiple junk picks without list spots.
Genuine weaselGood for Mitch to confirm that we will indeed be committing to the structure we have played for the last 2 years.
And Geelong round 1.To be fair to Mitch the last two games he has seen us play, Carlton(2025) we had the three talls and two rucks, and Carlton (2024) we played Tabs/Amiss/Treacy with Jackson.
So he doesn't have much history to go on.
barring richmond carlton has there ever been a time when the exact same r1 fixture has happened twice in a row? seems like utter bs and us getting shafted like usualAnd Geelong round 1.
Riley and McClure are blues.
Twomey is bombers
The point is to make it hard to match so clubs can't, therefore the first round doesn't end up at 25-30 picks. It blowing out so much is a fail as it dilutes the mechanism of the draft where the bad teams get the good picks.That will make trades on the night too difficult.
A club may wish to trade it's #3 and #40 to a club for #21, #22, #23 with a plan to on trade that #21 to a third club for a future pick but can't do it now because you need all three clubs on the phone at once to transfer the value around.
Going into the draft with picks matching list spots and only two picks being able to match a bid will suffice. That will be the rule next year.
It sucks for Port and Carlton. They'll have no draft hand for two years to buy their top three picks next year. That's the point I guess.
I hope they enjoy watching Brisbane run around with half their team paid for with picks in the 40s while they gave up years of draft value for their one player - they'll feel very fair.
The point is to make it hard to match so clubs can't, therefore the first round doesn't end up at 25-30 picks. It blowing out so much is a fail as it dilutes the mechanism of the draft where the bad teams get the good picks.
They just shouldn't be awarding first round compensation picks at all.They could change it so easily. No trading single picks out for multiple junk picks without list spots.
I don't agree with the desire to make it hard to match academy and father son picks. I think that will only lead to players being hidden and under developed because there's a penalty for clubs to invest in them.
We haven't had a single pick added to the first round yet from academy/FS picks being bid on and the first round is 23 picks long. That's the addition of a priority pick for West Coast and four free agent compensation picks.
At least half of the issue has nothing to do with academy or FS picks - and next year it will be even less.
It remains to be seen if clubs will be bidding much next season when rules are stricter.
I agree, compo needs to go & same with pp's.They just shouldn't be awarding first round compensation picks at all.
Change the compo to a points bank for matching, cap it and roll it over across say 5 years.I agree, compo needs to go & same with pp's.
Change the compo to a points bank for matching, cap it and roll it over across say 5 years.
You don’t get an extra pick, but we’ll make it easier to match academy or f/s
I, for one, am truly devastated by this. How sad for both Port and Carlton.It sucks for Port and Carlton. They'll have no draft hand for two years to buy their top three picks next year. That's the point I guess.
Don't worry, I'm sure it will be scrapped eventually...just as Freo are starting to bottom out again and go back to our feeder club ways. Only for it to return when a darling club has a singular down year.I agree, compo needs to go & same with pp's.
It was 2 years or nothing to get him over here. The other option is to get another Reidy and it's 1 whole year before they can play at AFL level and they leave after the 2nd one unless they are a crab.Two years?! What’s is with Fremantle gifting 2-4 year contract to 30 year olds.
What’s next? JOM adding 2 years beyond 2025?