Academies

[SSSSSS]

Some real plonker behaviour in this thread.

 

[Argy]

With respect, why don’t you piss off?

Seriously, to come to this board and beat your chest about how the Lions have the right to pluck the son of a Hawthorn legend from a northern academy is the height of utter rudeness, but to then try to make some bet about the clubs fortunes… take a walk.

Don’t bother posting here again.

Spot on. I find it hard to imagine anyone getting their jollies that way.

 

[Val Keating]

Community perception…..that clubs have some level of interest in developing players at lower levels.

Oh and that the northern academies are somehow the same as these local NGAs (which they aren’t). Victorian clubs have no desire or need to develop players from non-traditional backgrounds.

Whereas the AFL and QLD / NSW clubs have to foster talent and funnel it into AFL pathways due to the dominance of rugby as a code north of Canberra.

NGAs are simply window dressing to give the perception we are all equal.

Why would the traditional clubs of Aussie rules want to invest
time into juniors through the NGA, when they can’t draft them if they’re good enough for a first or second round selection?

From a club POV, spending time developing top shelf draft prospects only for them to go into the open draft is counter productive for the clubs future success.

The clubs shouldn’t be concerned about growing the game, their only goal should be to win premierships.

 

[Stard Picket]

No academys, no father son and a lottery for the bottom 4 picks. This is how it should be done. Want a FS for the romance trade picks to draft him.

 

[hardway]

No academys, no father son and a lottery for the bottom 4 picks. This is how it should be done. Want a FS for the romance trade picks to draft him.

With Tasmania coming in the lottery is a must.