Draft night will be a big test of the VFL and their new points rules. Vexatious bidding is a real danger to the fabric of what they have designed. The system gives any club the ability to hurt another club by bidding high for an academy or FS just to make the "owning" club pay overs. That should not be allowed to happen but this is the VFL and we know their recent attitude to non Victorian clubs.
Everyone, and I mean everyone is very clear on who the top two picks are, Weitering and Schache, there is no disputing that. Standout KP players are rare, gun midfielders are common in comparison.
So there shouldn't be any way that picks 1 or 2 will be bid on Mills, who hasn't really been sighted all year due to injury and that must hurt his rating. Gun KP defender Jake Lever slipped from a top three prospect in the 2014 ND to Adelaide at pick 14 after missing last year due to an ACL. He's proved this year in his first year that he is top three quality, that's how an injury ravaged year can slip you down the rankings. Adelaide got a bargain.
This year after Weitering and Schache at 1 and 2, pick 3 onwards is much more fluid. We couldn't complain if Mills is bid on at pick 3 because he is apparently a gun, but in reality he shouldn't be at 3 somewhere like 5 onwards is where he should probably be given the injury ravaged year.
We can only hope that fair play rules and if either of the clubs with picks 1 and 2 bids on Mills, the whole world will know it's vexatious. As I've said before, this years trade period and ND will be an exciting ride. Now just need the VFL to lift our trade ban!