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  1. Philhawk

    St Kilda President Andrew Bassat tees off on the AFL draft system, specifically father/son and the Northern Academies

    With our advantages? You literally receive millions more in funding over us every year. You then get extra players on top through your academies that none else can touch. It’s then seen you win multiple premierships in a row. If all that disadvantage is still too much for you, let me ask what...
  2. Philhawk

    St Kilda President Andrew Bassat tees off on the AFL draft system, specifically father/son and the Northern Academies

    Alot of your points make perfect sense - but one thing to mention is you're a tenant of Marvel? You can't easily just attempt to rip up a contract you've got there to play elsewhere, right? I don't know your contract details (do you?). But I'd assume there's a minimum number of games stipulation?
  3. Philhawk

    St Kilda President Andrew Bassat tees off on the AFL draft system, specifically father/son and the Northern Academies

    You literally asked the following Just because you don't like the answer, doesn't make it less valid. Let's start again with a simple question. Do you agree Brisbane receives a number of strategic advantages through AFL funding and academy zones? I'll leave F/S out of this as it's clearly...
  4. Philhawk

    St Kilda President Andrew Bassat tees off on the AFL draft system, specifically father/son and the Northern Academies

    Why can't clubs choose where to host their home games? I just don't understand this argument. Bulldogs are just as entitled to do the same?
  5. Philhawk

    St Kilda President Andrew Bassat tees off on the AFL draft system, specifically father/son and the Northern Academies

    Come on now, let's be real here. Hawthorn won a spectacular sponsorship arrangement which is why we took advantage of playing down there. If you could get the same kind of deal, the AFL would have zero problems moving games there. The problem is, Ballarat isn't paying you (or other clubs), anything.
  6. Philhawk

    St Kilda President Andrew Bassat tees off on the AFL draft system, specifically father/son and the Northern Academies

    Nice to see you came back after your exit. Noone said the NRL is perfectly run. The GOVERNMENT (not the code itself), is allocating a substantial amount of money towards the area as an act of sporting diplomacy. This is money that would otherwise have gone towards the area as aid. In a world...
  7. Philhawk

    St Kilda President Andrew Bassat tees off on the AFL draft system, specifically father/son and the Northern Academies

    … so you’ve got an issue with expansion teams receiving handouts forever now?
  8. Philhawk

    St Kilda President Andrew Bassat tees off on the AFL draft system, specifically father/son and the Northern Academies

    Oh, you know, the other major code. NRL.
  9. Philhawk

    St Kilda President Andrew Bassat tees off on the AFL draft system, specifically father/son and the Northern Academies

    Why is it only AFL fans bitch about this? Do you ever see NRL fans complaining about sharing stadiums and the “unfairness of locking in a GF venue”? How have Brisbane been impacted by go home factor since you became a successful org?
  10. Philhawk

    St Kilda President Andrew Bassat tees off on the AFL draft system, specifically father/son and the Northern Academies

    Ok, care to point out what can be done about this? Other teams share the same stadium. Big whoop? Welcome to professional sport?
  11. Philhawk

    St Kilda President Andrew Bassat tees off on the AFL draft system, specifically father/son and the Northern Academies

    I’ll bite. What advantages do the Hawks get?
  12. Philhawk

    St Kilda President Andrew Bassat tees off on the AFL draft system, specifically father/son and the Northern Academies

    What leg ups did the Hawks receive?
  13. Philhawk

    News AFL overhauls Academy and FS bid matching, discussing draft lockout

    It’s been in the works for many, many years. Here’s it also discussed in 2024 https://www.afl.com.au/news/1157976
  14. Philhawk

    News AFL overhauls Academy and FS bid matching, discussing draft lockout

    Sorry, not arguing with you. I'm more just exasperated generally at the general angst :sweatsmile:
  15. Philhawk

    News AFL overhauls Academy and FS bid matching, discussing draft lockout

    I literally posted what the AFL said would happen in September last year. That was before trade period. So you’re saying inspite of what the league said, Essendon still didn’t know?
  16. Philhawk

    News AFL overhauls Academy and FS bid matching, discussing draft lockout

    What changed? Again, to be clear. It’s been obvious for a long time. https://www.afl.com.au/news/1427583 “No father-son draft lockout, but AFL set to tighten bidding rules” — Callum Twomey, AFL.com.au, published 21 September 2025. It says there would be no changes in 2025, but “significant...
  17. Philhawk

    News AFL overhauls Academy and FS bid matching, discussing draft lockout

    What am I missing? These rule changes have been flagged for years? What are the timing issues? So far the only argument I’ve heard in this thread is push the problems Carlton and Port are facing down the track … to the next team that’ll face it?
  18. Philhawk

    News AFL overhauls Academy and FS bid matching, discussing draft lockout

    What should happen as a first step instead is transparency around pay. The issue seems to be that players are leaving to top clubs, and we get little visibility about how much they're actually being paid. If there was knowledge that a player was literally leaving two to three hundred thousand...
  19. Philhawk

    Rumour Fagan lets rip on Auskick sh1t Dad

    To be fair to Fages, it’s clear he didn’t write down Bronte’s name. Neale did.
  20. Philhawk

    Opinion Essendon - where are they at?

    Awfully managed club full of players and staff with loser mindsets. They made their bed keeping Merrett. Now watching the kids we picked with those picks shine in the VFL and soon the AFL will be the cherry on the cake.
  21. Philhawk

    Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn : Tom Barrass!

    Any chance a bit more love for this bloke? His mark single handedly saved the game for us last night. He is just an unbelievable player.
  22. Philhawk

    Swans Boss says rivals should PAY for poaching Northern academy kids

    Oh good. I’m sure you can find us a (non-combined) financial report which shows this, right? Is it the same for the Giants, Suns and others?
  23. Philhawk

    Which is worse, changing AFL teams or changing to the NRL?

    I can assure you, plenty exist. That's why their code keeps growing in all states, let alone Victoria. Try to be curious, instead of simply attempting to minimize something you are perfectly entitled to not like to a silly nickname like 'thugby'.
  24. Philhawk

    News AFL overhauls Academy and FS bid matching, discussing draft lockout

    I'll keep it simple. You can't compare as the northern states have access to both systems. Other teams don't. There's a valid argument that GC and GWS are disadvantaged from F/S given how new they are, Sydney and Bris do not have that problem. Happy to strip academies from both of them?
  25. Philhawk

    News AFL overhauls Academy and FS bid matching, discussing draft lockout

    Also, say a team like Hawthorn had Carlton's first pick (4). If we get pushed back due to a bid, do we also get the compo pick? Does Carlton? Chaos.
  26. Philhawk

    News AFL overhauls Academy and FS bid matching, discussing draft lockout

    Am I missing something with this. Let's say Butters wants to leave in a year they have to match Cochrane. Don't Port just ask entirely for future picks?
  27. Philhawk

    Which is worse, changing AFL teams or changing to the NRL?

    How sad a life you must lead.
  28. Philhawk

    Review Round 5, 2026: Sandringham Zebras v Box Hill Hawks, 26 April 2026, 12.05pm @ Trevor Bark Beach Oval

    Just loving all the development of our players. You can tell it’s been a clear focus for us for a long time now. Would love to see Mraz return to some of his heights from last year.
  29. Philhawk

    Autopsy Hawks v Suns - AFL 2026 Rd 7 - Sat April 25th 12:15pm (UTAS Stadium)

    Is kayo drunk
  30. Philhawk

    Game Day Round 7, 2026: Hawthorn v Gold Coast Suns, 12:30pm

    Is kayo drunk

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