telsor
Hall of Famer
I'm not sure what you're getting at here.
Seems the Swans were running their academy and having a significant effect with it before the AFL changed the rules and allowed you to take players from them.
Therefore having clubs be able to take players isn't a necessary part of the academy system, so why not remove it and remove a lot of angst.
I mean, it'd also be nice if the northern clubs acknowledged that the AFL (and thus Vic clubs) are paying for them, but that's a minor detail compared to perverting the draft just to assist clubs gain artificial success. I mean, surely a club so keen on fairness would like the idea of a fair draft, right?