News AFL plans two-day draft - confirmed

[Holden Hillbilly]

The AFL is proposing to transform the national draft into a two-day event that features live trading of picks, starting this year.

The AFL will write to clubs on Thursday, detailing how it intends to revolutionise the national draft into an event over two days – imitating the multi-day drafts in American professional sports – in a revamp that gives clubs time to complete trades.

In the letter to clubs, the AFL will propose that the first round of the national draft will be on day one and held in the evening, with the remaining rounds completed the following day.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-plans-two-day-draft-20180328-p4z6sb.html

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Gross

 

[kaiserchief13]

Trying to copy American sports....the only thing is AFL draft has a lot less players drafted than in American sports.

 

[CD__]

Live trading will be brilliant but two days isn’t necessary.

 

[captain cotch 9]

American drafts work like that because the public has followed the guys about to be drafted for 3-4 years through college.
The hype wont be the same in Aus

 

[beta_condition]

It's a good thing the leagues called the AFL, wont need to change anything when it become the American football League.

 

[Righteo]

It’s fine the way it is, so naturally the AFL feels compelled to frivolously tinker with it

 

[tony__montana]

live trading is a great idea, but for the reasons listed above there is no need to do this over 2 days

 

[Billy ray]

Will fox footy be live for the whole event?

 

[gbatman]

Please don't

 

[Pusswah]

*'s sake.

 

[AcuteWhistle]

Wot, we'll get 2 days of Gill on camera, is all good guyz

 

[Rankine2Rachele]

What the flog?

 

[Taylor]

I expect it will progress like this:

Top twelve players picked in 15 minutes.
Key position player picked at 13 after trading for that pick with future picks, after twenty minutes.
The rest of round one picked in ten minutes.

 

[Dirty Bird]

As long as we get rid of the clubs asking for extra time
The f*ck

 

[HARKER]

For it to work as a two day event, the whole thing would need to be spruced up in a way not capable of being executed by the AFL.
We'd have no choice but to try and get involved, but the second day would likely be somewhat of a let-down after day 1.

Commission can knock the idea on the head, so best to wait and see what comes about.

 

[shaqsuns]

It’s not that bad of an idea, however how I would change the silly season at the end of the year is , to make the whole of October open to changes like free agency, trade deadline and bring the draft forward to the last week of October so teams can trade draft picks on draft day and a couple of days after the draft. it means fans who are still on that high from grand final week (that normally lasts around a month) can still live and breath footy and then when November comes around they can switch off.


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[HBF]

I like the idea of live trading, but to be held over 2 days is a terrible idea.

 

[Suma Magic]

I'm looking forward to it.

Overnight dealing and speculation. Bring it.

 

[Mofra]

I like the idea of live trading, but to be held over 2 days is a terrible idea.

Ditto

 

[Jugada]

I like it. Time to trade is a good idea and I couldn't give a s**t about actually watching the thing so couldn't really care less if it took 2 days or 2 weeks

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Leave the game alone

 

[Jeremias]

The longer drafts work well in America, but won't work so well here I don't think.

Live trading is a great idea, looking forward to it.

 

[The King!]

draft and trade period could be done in 2 bloody hours

 

[yyou]

It’s not that bad of an idea, however how I would change the silly season at the end of the year is , to make the whole of October open to changes like free agency, trade deadline and bring the draft forward to the last week of October so teams can trade draft picks on draft day and a couple of days after the draft. it means fans who are still on that high from grand final week (that normally lasts around a month) can still live and breath footy and then when November comes around they can switch off.


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most of the guys being drafted have their final exams in early November, so an October draft could cause problems