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Honestly, that is not even near the level of compensation that we deserve for Gary.
You are talking about they BIGGEST transfer in history. This eclipses Barassi or Judd...you are talking about not just Gary Ablett Jnr and his ability (not to mention the fact that he is the number 1 player in his prime)....but you can't ignore the name and the prestige that go with the Ablett name. The name Gary Ablett is the single biggest name ever in football, its worth goes into the 10's of millions (and that is conservative). Ablett Snr and Jnr are an automatic history for any club and Geelong Football Club has today lost something more valuable than just they top player in the league. I can see Demetriou's smile now knowing that his pet the Gold Coast has been gifted a slice of football history - and what our potential compensation will be no better than a couple of picks, which are probably only as good as between 8 -16...
The whole thing wreaks of BS. We have been r*ped by the AFL for being succesfull. ..... and to think we loose Bomber in the same week.
Absolute ****ing Bullshit
No player is worth 3 top 5 picks. Not even Ablett. A fair deal would probably be about what west coast got for Judd. (its not Carlton's fault they royaly screwed up those picks)
Besides don't we already know that the highest a team can get is a mid-first round + the pick after your first round.
Also there is no way the gold coast will win a premiership soon. They are going to have massive salary cap problems in a couple of years. It seems like they're paying Ablett + Rischitelli + Harbrow + Krakouer + Bock + Brown about a third to half the cap between them.
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I still maintain that the biggest issue with the GC concessions (apart from the pure number of high round player selections they get) is that they don't have to give up anything for the uncontracted players, so they don't have to care about the quality of the players they pick up.
I think that instead of having access to 16 uncontracted players, they should have had say a swag of draft picks which they were able to exchange for uncontracted players.
If they had the first 30 picks in this draft, and could trade them as they saw fit, then the AFL could have decided the value of Ablett - ie, picks 1, 5, and 9, and the Gold Coast would have had to decide if he was worth it.
Ummmm... no.
Now...
If Geelong choose to use their first pick in 2010 it would be pick #26. Use it in 2011 and it would be #27. It comes into its own from 2012-2014 when it can be used inside the first round (which isn't compromised by GC/GWS having 9 picks in the first 15).
If Brisbane, Adelaide, Hawthorn and Footscray all use their compensation picks this year, then Geelong's 2nd compensation pick could be as late as #31.
Geelong will survive without Ablett. Best player in the competition and a fantastic midfielder but Geelong have some great midfield depth. Same with Collingwood and Dane Swan.
Probably could've said the same thing about West Coast and Judd.
Geelong deserve a top 5 pick for sure.
Gary is bling.
Not quite.Ummmm... no.
Now...
If Geelong choose to use their first pick in 2010 it would be pick #26. Use it in 2011 and it would be #27. It comes into its own from 2012-2014 when it can be used inside the first round (which isn't compromised by GC/GWS having 9 picks in the first 15).
If Brisbane, Adelaide, Hawthorn and Footscray all use their compensation picks this year, then Geelong's 2nd compensation pick could be as late as #31.
I think you are confused.ummmm no.
The second pick is after the non finalists it wont be anywhere near pick 31 from 2012 onwards.
"Under the new system, five "bands" will be created, based on the salary package offered and the age of the player. Band one will include elite players such as Geelong's Gary Ablett. If a club loses a band one player, it will receive two first-round draft picks - the second of which will be a mid-round pick (taken after the teams who missed the finals in that season)."
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...on-system-for-star-players-20100623-yx8e.html
Adelaide's selection can be made at the end of round one immediately after the pick of the premiership team of that season, while Port Adelaide's selection will come after the pick it earns in that year's draft.
In the case of two or more clubs activating their picks in the same draft, the club that is placed lower on the ladder will go first.
It had been determined that the Geelong Cats would receive a Round One selection and a mid-Round One selection for Gary Ablett.
In full detail, the compensation package is explained as follows:
Geelong Cats – Round One selection.
The selection for Gary Ablett may be activated by the Geelong Cats after its round one selection in any one of the 2012, 2013 or 2014 NAB AFL Draft Selection Meetings. The selection will be immediately placed behind the Round One selection of the Geelong Cats in that particular season. (Ie, should the Cats earn the right for selection 12, the compensation selection would be number 13, if the Cats earn the right for selection four, the compensation selection would be number five etc.).
Should the Geelong Cats wish to activate the selection in either the 2010 or 2011 NAB AFL Draft, during the two expansion-period Drafts, the selection would be placed at the end of Round One.
For the selection to be activated for the 2010 NAB AFL Draft, the Geelong Cats will be required to notify the AFL of its intention to use the selection by November 5, 2010.
For the selection to be activated for any of the years 2011-2014 in the NAB AFL Draft of that particular year, the Geelong Cats will be required to notify the AFL of its intention to use the selection by the last Tuesday of that particular year, prior to the start of the Toyota AFL Premiership Season.
A bird in the hand is worth 3 in the bush?IMO the Cats should recieve
Picks 1, 2, and 5 of the first round.
And the first pick in the second round.
GC have got the best player in the land. Compound that with top picks in the next 3 years. They have already been gifted a flag or two.
Selwood in my view is the compensation pick.
AFL could have done the right thing. A clear precedent was set when Judd went to Carlton. And even then Judd went under an injury cloud (clearly suffering from OP).
Best case scenario (in terms of compensation) we finish last in 2012 and end up with picks 2 & 10 which is still well short of what Judd went for. Particularly when you consider we have to wait 2 years to use them.
We would've survived without judd. And survived well we just happened to loose cousins as well and basically kerr.