Re us not needing a PP
Teams currently dominating or teams that have dominated:
Freo, built on an elite system, well done to them. But they haven't won a flag.
Hawthorn had priority picks
Sydney have 9.8% more cap space
Geelong got the greatest player I've ever seen basically for free, along with a franchise key forward basically for free, as father/sons.
Collingwood had access to priority picks along with a franchise key forward as a father-son.
West Coast picked up some bloke called Chris Judd as a priority pick and are still reaping the benefits of that (see JJK)
Brisbane had a larger cap.
Port had start-up concessions.
Look into the future
GWS have had the most draft concessions of any team ever and have a larger cap
Collingwood are still benefitting from both Cloke as a Father-Son and priority selection Daisy Thomas (whose compensation selection ultimately though indirectly landed them Scharenburg), will benefit from Darcy Moore (who was a jet in u18s).
The Bulldogs best player was drafted as a Father-Son.
That's every flag team since 2000 that's had considerable concessions that we won't have access to in this rebuild if we don't get a priority pick. I think we need a PP, especially if we want to build a real contender and not be stuck at the bottom for a long time, without pulling some unreal draft picks out of the bag, which is possible but much, much harder.