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Isn't that literally exactly what happened? The priority picks were traded for Dylan Stephens and Zac Fisher

I'm picking Anderson over Rowell

All that would've meant is that Essendon would have to trade for him and given he was out of contract, we would've got a lot less than pick 4

Hmmm impacted because of something that happened at another club? Much like losing your coach for half a season because of another club?

The assistance package was used to trade for two fringe players, hardly premiership certainties God I wish we were half as good as opposition teams think we are

Yeh a team that just made a GF definitely looks like the team that needs the most help

Sydney always gets first option though?

Just because Sydney played one bad game, it doesn't mean the Academy isn't a complete rort.

The AFL love screwing the draft order so sons can get to their daddy's clubs or some NSW/QLD academy kid can stay home. Where was this concern about draft order integrity when Carlton, Collingwood, Hawthorn were raping them for priority picks? But yes, North getting help when we have won 9 games...

If it's solely to develop talent in NSW for the good of the code and the entire competition, why do 2 clubs have exclusive access (no other clubs can match bids) to the best talents in an entire state?

Yes before the academies not one player was drafted from NSW...except for duds like....James Hird.....Jarrad McVeigh.....Shane Crawford...Lenny Hayes... Definitely need an academy lol

So then what exactly is your reason for the academies existing at all? What exactly is the benefit to the rest of the competition if Sydney get the best players from the academy every year?

Wasn't your whole argument about avoiding the 'go-home' factor?

No other player (except for a small amount of players who go F/S) have the choice to stay home. Is that better? Geez The thread is about academies- I didn't mention F/S because I didn't want to distract from the main point. Why is it so important that NSW/QLD kids have an academy so they can...

Yes except every club has access to F/S (I don't agree with F/S either but it's a different argument) so it's not really relevant

Well the AFL need to revisit it. It's the only fair way to do it. So why does an academy player get the choice to stay home when no other player does? If they want to do that, let them play NRL. Who cares

So if the academies are so necessary to generate the homegrown talent, why don't we let the AFL run it and then players can get drafted anywhere? Or are the Northern teams not confident they could lure these players home from Vic/SA/WA?

Nah he means Flea from RHCP. Been working on their flair

Sydney get F/S also so it's not as if it's something only Vic clubs get

Don't you get the money back if you're not successful in the ballot?

Glad someone brought this up It's a huge advantage to have your home ground the MCG where all the finals are played. All other teams (maybe bar Geelong) get finals at their home ground- yet North, Essendon, St.Kilda, Bulldogs don't. It's massively unfair. If you're going to have all Vic finals...

Can't find the right pics but: Cameron Smith (golfer) and Hugh Greenwood

Noticed this the other day- might be just the haircut though... LDU and Marcus Harris

Carlton Jesse Motlop — No.3 Adam Cerra — No.5 Corey Durdin — No.19* George Hewett — No.29 Lewis Young — No.33 Domanic Akuei — No.41 https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1037823/blues-lock-in-2022-jumper-numbers

Also love the stat that St.Kilda has had the longest flag drought on two separate occasions

As a neutral I'm still annoyed at the Pies for bottling that. Gave us literally the worst GF I've ever seen

I do think we haven't seen the best of Gresham, he's had some bad luck with injury. I want to see what he can do with a good run at it

St Kilda are where North was a few years ago under Brad Scott. Mid table finishes, miss out on elite talent, no stars. We should have done a rebuild in 2016 but instead we topped up with spuds like Polec. Don't make the same mistakes.

It's because most people - rightly or wrongly - consider the Lions history as an extension of the Bears history, rather than an extension of Fitzroy's history. To a lot of Fitzroy supporters, their club ceased to exist (in the national comp) in 1996.

I've always thought Spargo reminded me of David Spade's character in Just Shoot Me