Best system for the Draft

[BigWardy12]

What is the best draft system?

1. leave it

2. Lottery - the bottom team has the most chance but is not assured of 1st pick

3. rotation - does not favour any team regardless of where they finish

4 other - suggest an alternative

 

[MoonSwans]

lottery like the NBA system

 

[Kram]

Probably leave it but piss off the priority picks.

 

[kira]

i reckon, the draft system, should follow this approach:

teams in the top 8, to receive the same picks

9th - receives pick 1 (will assist teams in making the finals... unlike richmond, which has finished 9th for the last 20 years)
10th - pick 2
11th - pick 3
12th - pick 4

13th - pick 8
14th - pick 7
15th - pick 6
16th - pick 5 (they will get a decent first pick, but at pick 5, you would think they would not be tanking)

it's a little complicated, but it should encourage teams to keep winning (for finals or earliest picks) and it should be no hinderance to re-building as it only applies to first round picks (and the worst teams still get a decent pick) n.b. probably better than a lottery, as the lottery is random

 

[swiftdog]

I voted for other, RUNVS system on the main board.
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=459465

 

[wally funk]

how exactly did clubs recruit prior to the draft being introduced? just scoured the amateur leagues for talent and offered them a price? obviously not having a salary cap would be a hinderance to some clubs (leading to situations where lots of players want to play for some clubs and few players to other clubs), so a cap is probably always neccessary.

 

[Ebert80]

Zoning.

 

[Hawkamania!]

The NFL draft system (change the bottom four to a lottery system where 16th gets a 40% chance, 15th gets 30%, 14th gets 20% and 13th gets 10%), with limited free agency and a hard salary cap.