If you're rating Melbourne's drafting from that year (or GC with Martin), it does have to be taken into account. Picks from the 2012 draft were traded and he was drafted and listed in that year even if he wasn't eligible to play senior football for another season.
How many Magarey Medallists has Newcastle produced?
Not everyone who plays local footy is good enough to make it to the top level. Taylor Walker played in the BHFL until he was drafted, he didn't need any 'development' from that scholarship program.
Likewise Isaac Cumming didn't need any...
Broken Hill is a football town and has been since it was founded in the 19th century. Walker's old man played 300+ games in the Broken Hill league, there is absolutely no chance he would have been lost to the game.
It is absurd that Broken Hill was part of the NSW Scholarship program then and...
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