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This all has to do with when the rules were devised. The AFL/VFL went to the SANFL and the WAFL and asked them how many players between these dates had played 300 games / 250 games / 200 games etc. Both leagues came back with the numbers. The AFL no doubt made the rule to be sure that WA and SA didn't get an advantage.

There were a similar amount of players who had played over 200 games in SA and 150 games in WA so they made the rule 150 games for WA and 200 games for SA.

After the rule was made it was found out that SA numbers total games played included pre-season and state games while WA numbers didn't.

The AFL then changed the rule so the state games and pre-season games are not included in the SA games total but the number of games needed did not change. Also SANFL games are not counted after the year the AFL club was formed. Anyway if the SANFL amount of games played was 150 games Bryce Gibbs would have been an Adelaide player. [PLAYERCARD]Brad Ebert[/PLAYERCARD] and [PLAYERCARD]Shannon Hurn[/PLAYERCARD] would have been Port Adelaide players assuming they nominated. Theya re ones I can think of immediately.

This is a perfect case of what not to do as a Data Analyst - validate your data. Garbage in Garbage out