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The problem with Free Agency as i see it is that they only have one half of the equation in place. As it stands players are essentially acting as free agents wether or not they actually qualify or not. Players like Gunston, Tippet, etc decide they want to play for X club and their previous club have to make it happen or risk losing them for nothing in the PSD. On the other hand clubs have no power to move players to another club without the player agreeing to it. If you are going to have free agency then it needs to be off set by the clubs being able to trade players as they see fit unless that player has a no trade clause in their contract. The AFL want more player movement but it seems like only at the players discretion. I think if you had more player movement it would also stop a lot of this "homesickness" cop out players use, as it would be more accepted that until you are a free agent, you could be playing anywhere.
