coniglio_number1
Norm Smith Medallist
Kids do get a choice if they want to be in the academy or not. Blakey wanted to be in it so can't begrudge his choice
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Kids do get a choice if they want to be in the academy or not. Blakey wanted to be in it so can't begrudge his choice
Do what Daniher, Hawkins and all the other greats that didn't need an academy didRofl.
The AFL have disbanded the NSW & QLD u/18's sides. The Allies get picked out of the Academy teams/TAS/NT
What other options are there for a NSW/QLD player now?
what did they do?Do what Daniher, Hawkins and all the other greats that didn't need an academy did
Rofl.
The AFL have disbanded the NSW & QLD u/18's sides. The Allies get picked out of the Academy teams/TAS/NT
What other options are there for a NSW/QLD player now?
hmmm every kid in the NSW and QLD teams last year belonged to one academy or another.
Just in case you're not up to speed, every single kid in QLD who shows any little bit of talent is signed to an academy. If the kid is not in at 12 years of age, then shows talent at 14 years of age, he'll get signed up asap.
I'm sure it will be the same in NSW, minus the regions taken from GWS.
I can guarantee, you'll get no support from any of the academy teams supporters. We get f all support from fans of the Melbourne clubs.
Do what Daniher, Hawkins and all the other greats that didn't need an academy did
Charlie Cameron would be a good example of a player that spent the first 17 years of his life in Queensland and went on to make it without entering any academy. He played one year of junior football while in high school in Brisbane but wasn't invited to join either QLD academy (I think he was eligible for the Suns' academy due to his history in north-western Queensland). Then he moved over to WA and got picked up by the Crows after working his way through the WAFL ranks.You mean before academies existed?
Can't help but think you only care because you're likely to miss out on Blakey and Scott over the next 18 months.Probably not the thread for it, but FS should supersede an academy selection.
Yup and your point is....This is my point.
The academies render F/S useless in QLD & NSW.
For VIC/WA/SA clubs, your FS's basically have to be raised in VIC/WA/SA/NT/TAS otherwise QLD and NSW sides will just automatically add them to an academy, regardless of talent because it circumvents the F/S process.
The academy sides aren't actually as hard and fast as you seem to think they are.Rofl.
The AFL have disbanded the NSW & QLD u/18's sides. The Allies get picked out of the Academy teams/TAS/NT
What other options are there for a NSW/QLD player now?
Yup and your point is....
You do realise North Melbourne isn't the only team that has Father Son dibs on Nick Blakey and Bailey Scott. Blakey has the choice of North Melbourne or Brisbane under the father son rule, and Scott has the choice between North Melbourne and Geelong under the father son rule.
Even though Blakey is tied to the Sydney Academy, he spent some time over the summer training at the Brisbane Lions when all the Lions F/S kids were up training at the club.
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Point I'm making is you said that Blakey shouldn't be in the academy because his dad played footy. So why do you dismiss that he had the choice to enter or not because of the disbanding of u18 rep sides?
POTENTIAL father-son and academy prospects Nick Blakey and Bailey Scott have starred in the second round of the NAB AFL Under-16 Championships. The pair are in the extremely rare position of not only both being eligible to join two clubs as father-son picks, but also a northern academy, having lived in their respective zones for the required five years or more. The duo are believed to be the first to qualify for priority selection at three different clubs under the father-son and academy rules, and will be able to choose which option they follow.
Nick Blakey and Bailey Scott will have a rare choice should they be good enough to be drafted in two years.
The pair may have the chance to pick between three teams: two as father-son prospects, and a third as an academy player.
So Emma Q and AFL are saying its the kids choice, so Im pretty comfortable this is correct.
The expected growth of the four northern academies could lead to future prospects being presented with an "opt-out" clause, allowing them to instead choose to enter the national draft.
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Academy players currently commit on a year-by-year basis from when they are first invited to join, in some cases at age 12 or 13.
It is then up to the nominating clubs to decide which players they wish to take at the end of their draft season
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Unlike academy players, father-son eligible players are able to decline an offer to join their father's club if they wish to enter the draft instead.
Any news on how Bailey Lambert is tracking. F/S prospect for us.Yup and your point is....
You do realise North Melbourne isn't the only team that has Father Son dibs on Nick Blakey and Bailey Scott. Blakey has the choice of North Melbourne or Brisbane under the father son rule, and Scott has the choice between North Melbourne and Geelong under the father son rule.
Even though Blakey is tied to the Sydney Academy, he spent some time over the summer training at the Brisbane Lions when all the Lions F/S kids were up training at the club.
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No idea sorry. I juts pass around second hand news/comments/observations from those that do follow the academy boys.Any news on how Bailey Lambert is tracking. F/S prospect for us.
Thanks, saw he kicked a goal against the Thunder but no other news on how he went.No idea sorry. I juts pass around second hand news/comments/observations from those that do follow the academy boys.
I'm guessing that no-one's answered this because no-one's seen any hard & fast rules - I certainly haven't. I have a vague recollection of one of the NSW kids being selected for the Allies team last year in that situation, and it was not one of the stars (but I don't feel like reading the whole thread to confirm it or work out who it was). I think the selectors would use their discretion for 1 or 2 in a 34-ish man squad.A question regarding selection for Allies team. If a highly ranked Div 2 player misses all/most of the earlier matches due to injury, is he still able to be selected for Allies? If based on performance alone then no, although I'm sure the selectors would like to showcase the best talent.
I'm guessing that no-one's answered this because no-one's seen any hard & fast rules - I certainly haven't. I have a vague recollection of one of the NSW kids being selected for the Allies team last year in that situation, and it was not one of the stars (but I don't feel like reading the whole thread to confirm it or work out who it was). I think the selectors would use their discretion for 1 or 2 in a 34-ish man squad.
Thanks Bishop. Do you have any mid-championship thoughts on the Allies team makeup from the six Div 2 teams - ignoring the AFL Academy guys (Ballenden, Brander, Spargo etc) that everyone would be aware of?