There I was at Coles, a guy in a cape striding past, pointing. Thumb first despite indexed aisles makes one wonder if alliteration was not one of his strong suits growing up as an irradiated human, but I digress. Deep in decision string at the chips, do I go cheese? Do I go chicken? Do I buy salsa? The answer was not forthcoming and time was running short because I had shirked duties and decided that I just needed to get out of the house. Deciding to return to the aisle so that enlightenment could find its way to me and deliver a message as I roamed around I was suddenly halted. Something was amiss. It was like a 6th sense and I promptly checked the old woman in front of me to see if she was still breathing, which she was ergo I'm not stuck in a film. Having returned to the aisle to pick up a pack of cheese Twisties that I have 97% devoured whilst reading this thread, it became apparent what I was sensing; individuals needing clarification on listed documentation!
Well my fine fish loving friends and individuals who prefer large bovines, never fret for I am a giving sort when I've had my fix of sugar and saturated fat.
How to determine a Free Agent?
- If the player has spent 8 years or more at the very same club to display a badge of loyalty that says "we appreciate your enthusiasm despite your degrading talents" said player will be promoted to an agent of the club. Nice!
- If this very same player had written in their contract "I shall be reimbursed for putting up with your skullduggery by being in the top 25th percentile of total player earnings" they shall be promoted to a restricted agent. Whereby the club then, when challenged, hit a flush draw to your pair of 7s and call, fist pump and rub in your face for the next year.
- If the player had served less than 8 years, or been redrafted by that same club in a "well...you know... screw it these kids are shit." moment, that player can then go "good day sir, as you deemed it imperative to engage my career with a rubber glove, I shall be extending that glove to your rectum. Good day!" and they shall be unrestricted and allowed freedom to go.
- If the player was not a gentleman of upstanding lineage and had bedded many a woman whilst masquerading as an individual of talent like the Count of Monte Cristo movie, and find themselves delisted from the club through security and a catapult, they would have to wait in a line whilst all the other free agents tried their luck for freedom before the rest of the clubs went "next...oh it's them..." so they could beg and plead to be let back on a list.
In the off chance you didn't get the pop culture.
Matty White is a kid who has not been on a list for 8 years or more, nor was he paid enough to be int he top percentile of earnings, he was therefore unrestricted.
Mount Buddy Franklin had been at the hawks for 8 years or more, and was a highly paid individual, he was then restricted.
Darren Jolly was told to GTFO of Collingwood and delisted, therefore he is a delisted free agent.
Now that you get it!
You can see why some people might be chancing their luck (ie Ledgers request to be delisted gives him 3 bites; delisted free agent, draft, PSD) instead of 2.