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What if they don't have any academy kids that year?

There's a section in the AFL rules referring to conduct prejudicial to the draft. It would likely be covered by that. Page 118 in here: https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2023/03/01/b34247f1-8c79-46ae-b564-586716a46bfc/Amended-AFL-Rules-effective-28-February-2023.pdf

"One of the Melbourne clubs" Come on, old bean, we all know who you're talking about....

Historical membership numbers, going back to the mid-80s, are here: AFL Club Member Summary 1984-2021 - Sports Industry AU Knock yourselves out.

Was 12th highest goal scorer of all time when he retired. But yeah, didn't kick many goals....

No, it would have just given us pick 3 and then not the other picks. As for complaints from other clubs, well, Gil went on TV the following night and made it clear they gave zero *s what anybody thought.

If they wanted to give us pick 3 as a priority pick, they'd have just done it.

The simplest explanation is usually the one that is correct. North Melbourne received band 1 compensation because Essendon will pay Ben McKay a truckload of money.

Forgive me if I'm wrong here, but it reads like you are trying to argue that McKay's contract consists of a significant bonus component, and because of that, he should only have been eligible for band 2 compensation.

Only the guaranteed part of a player's wage is considered when calculating free agency compensation, according to the AFLPA.

Direct your complaints to Essendon.

We asked a bunch of people and they said no.

Yet again, you're arguing against a point that nobody has made. You're saying Logan McDonald was the top KPP, which is an opinion you're perfectly entitled to have. But all I said was that Ugle-Hagan and Thilthorpe were the first two chosen. And if a side that had just played finals wasn't...

Yeah, that's not what I said. I've reposted so you can read it again.

Interesting point. NMFC finished 17th in 2020, which ordinarily would have meant pick 2. The top 2 that year were both KPPs, Ugle-Hagan and Thilthorpe. Of course, we were prevented from taking one of those because of the Academy rules. One of those guys to partner Larkey would have been handy.

Having the AFL interfere in who a club selects in a draft is a very slippery slope. Not to mention that we have a bunch of other picks to draft a KPD prospect, or that we don't have to do it all in one year.

We did get extra rookie spots, and added Liam Shiels (triple premiership player), Daniel Howe (27 years old, 100 AFL games), and Hamish Free (mature-age WAFL player). And still finished second last. The idea that state league players move the needle for a bottom side is laughable.

It wasn't clear but basically my point is that nobody really cares. The league is compromised all over the place, and we all begrudgingly accept it. When was the last time there was a premier that didn't have some kind of advantage handed to them by the AFL? It just a part of life, deal with...

How did it feel to have a guy selected with a priority pick as a premiership captain?

There were three priority picks before the start of the second round. Gold Coast got pick 27, which they traded to Adelaide, Port got pick 28, traded to West Coast, and Brisbane got 29, traded to Fremantle. They were so late because GWS had a bunch of picks ahead of their first season. Gold...