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Interesting move that would see SA split into 2 separate zones with the Crows and Power given exclusive rights to identify and develop the elite young footballers in their respective zones much like the Suns, Lions, Giants and Swans currently with the same draft concessions.. About bloody time....of course it won't be in the year where there is so much SA top end talent available!
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...s/news-story/1bbedeed0826b22d1af9317b1cfdc9e5
AFL to consider bringing back recruiting areas for South Australia’s two clubs
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...s/news-story/1bbedeed0826b22d1af9317b1cfdc9e5
AFL to consider bringing back recruiting areas for South Australia’s two clubs
SOUTH Australia will be divided in two, with the Crows and Port Adelaide allocated half the state each as their development and recruiting zone under a future scenario to be seriously discussed at the first AFL Competition Committee meeting in Melbourne on May 10. If the system was in place now, star young South Australian’s Jack Lukosius and Izac Rankine would be playing for the Crows or the Power next season, and Port Adelaide would have its old traditional recruiting ground of Port Lincoln and the Eyre Peninsula back as its zone. Under the proposal, every AFL club would have a zone to develop and recruit from, with a similar draft bidding system to that which currently allows the the Swans, Giants, Lions and Suns to develop and recruit direct from the northern states. “I like the idea of consistency,” AFL head of football operations Steve Hocking admitted to me this week. Hocking believes AFL junior development money would be better spent if AFL clubs become directly responsible for junior development and can reap personal benefit from its efficient use. “There is a lot being considered it’s fair to say, and I think what we’ve seen is things stay status quo for a period of time, and I think what we need to do in my view is create better efficiencies” Hocking said.