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Analysis Father Son Selections

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There are very simple solutions, that don't solve the problem, at least can minimise the advantage

1. Get rid of the 10% discount. Make it 0%. You get a right to bid. You developed the player. Those are advantages. You don't need an additional points discount. (At the very least a compromise where it's 5% or whatever).

2. Fix the draft points curve. They changed it this year but they didn't make it strong enough imo. I think the decline is too sharp or sharp enough in the top 15 but not sharp enough beyond 25 to 54 being zero (though about 40-45 should be zero in my eyes). Pick 15 you can expect to get a very good player, pick 35 you can't. As it stands, pick 34, 35 and 36 is worth more in draft value index points than pick 15. But in reality, if we're talking actual talent rather than DVI points, no team would actually trade pick 15 for 34, 35, 36. They might for (say) 28, 34 and 35, and that's a meaningful difference.

3. Make the actual matching of bids meaningful to the principle of the draft, that a player is worth one pick, not 2-3. For your first eligible player, you can use the points worth from a maximum of 3 picks. For 2nd and subsequent player, a maximum of 2 picks. You must use a pick within 18 places of the bid. The bidding system effectively "allows" teams to trade 4 picks for 1 player, but in reality, how often to you see a club - even if they have 10 list spots open - "break up" one early draft pick for 3-4 later draft picks? Never. Don't allow it in bidding either, it's unrealistic to how clubs actually operate.
The discount next year has gone from 20% to 10%
 

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Thats the only change so far. Who knows if they'll bring in more, no doubt a week before the draft.
New rules:

1. Academy and Father Son selections will not have draft pick numbers but will instead be known as Pick 0 selections so that the original numbers remain intact.

2. On 2-3 randomised occasions through the night Andrew Dillon will come out and do a Powerball draw for bonus wildcard selections which will be the immediate next pick.
 

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Danny Del-Re's son Willis is playing for Gold Coast's VFL team this weekend. He's part of their academy set up.

Danny only played 62 games for us .

This is disappointing.
 
only 62 games? Del-Re kids playing for another club wouldnt feel right
There are 10 year life members at the club that never got to 100 games, whose kids wouldn't be eligible. Tom Williams, Lin Jong, etc. I agree it doesn't feel right for Del-Re but Lin Jong jnr. being drafted elsewhere would be even more strange I thinkl.
 
Danny Del-Re's son Willis is playing for Gold Coast's VFL team this weekend. He's part of their academy set up.

Danny only played 62 games for us .

This is disappointing.

He would have played at least 38 little league games, as I remember seeing him over multiple seasons. Was the tallest kid in the team, from memory wore #15. (Was when they used a squad rather than rotating through schools.)

So does that qualify for father/son?! 😀
 

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