David Murphy's Son

[smasher]

I couldn't believe my ears when I heard on the the weekend that Murphy's boy is tearing it up in the under 16's (I think) and he WON'T be going to Sydney as St Kilda have him signed on their scholarship program.UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!

 

[TheGoatBaron]

I couldn't believe my ears when I heard on the the weekend that Murphy's boy is tearing it up in the under 16's (I think) and he WON'T be going to Sydney as St Kilda have him signed on their scholarship program.UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!

That's bullshit.

And here I was thinking that people here on Bigfooty, say that the AFL give the Swans handouts. I thought the F/S rule would over-rule the NSW-Scholarship scheme? Is there a chance we can still bid for him under the F/S rule?

Imagine having another Murphy and Mitchell in the side. It would take ya back to the 80's again.

We should have told Murphy to live in Victoria instead of living in NSW.

 

[.Shotties.]

Murphy has to agree to it. He could move to Victoria and maybe get a spot on the rookie list or he could stay here and get a straight up spot on a senior list if he's good enough.

 

[grimlock]

This is old news

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...ney-draft-option/story-e6frg7mf-1111113567867

 

[whiteandred]

He's actually draft age this year and been playing well with GWS in the TAC Cup ... could even end up there, which would be worse!

 

[SydneyPhilly]

To be Honest, it looks as if the swans do have a good chance of picking him up, provided the F/S rule is used. The F/S rule should override all of the GC17 sanctions, and GWS can't pick him yet. Also it looks as if F/S might overrule the scholarship if Murph decides to pick the draft anyway.

 

[BarneyBent]

To be Honest, it looks as if the swans do have a good chance of picking him up, provided the F/S rule is used. The F/S rule should override all of the GC17 sanctions, and GWS can't pick him yet. Also it looks as if F/S might overrule the scholarship if Murph decides to pick the draft anyway.

Nah, Scholarships overrule F/S.

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Nah, Scholarships overrule F/S.

And that stinks. The AFL are hypocrites. They say they're promoting the game in NSW with the NSW Scholarship scheme, but when the Swans get a possible F/S rule to favour us, they make this unimportant part of our game, to over-rule tradition, while clubs like Geelong get favoured treatment from the F/S rule, doesn't make sense to me. Keep tradition alive you idiotic AFL, make the F/S rule overrule the stupid NSW Scholarship scheme.

 

[SM]

TLW promoting the game in NSW doesn't just mean automatically favouring us with player selections whenever possible... we get huge advantages from the scholarship scheme when you look at blokes like Craig Bird and Nathan Gordon, you can't make your cake and eat it.

 

[TheGoatBaron]

TLW promoting the game in NSW doesn't just mean automatically favouring us with player selections whenever possible... we get huge advantages from the scholarship scheme when you look at blokes like Craig Bird and Nathan Gordon, you can't make your cake and eat it.

I'm talking about the F/S rule should over-rule the NSW Scholarship scheme. Keep tradition alive.

 

[SM]

I know you are, my point is you're comlpaining about a scheme that encourages clubs to get NSW guys on their lists because it doesn't benefit US in this scenario as much as the F/S would, which is a bit harsh.

 

[TheGoatBaron]

I know you are, my point is you're comlpaining about a scheme that encourages clubs to get NSW guys on their lists because it doesn't benefit US in this scenario as much as the F/S would, which is a bit harsh.

F/S rule >>> NSW Scholarship rule.

 

[liz]

And that stinks. The AFL are hypocrites. They say they're promoting the game in NSW with the NSW Scholarship scheme, but when the Swans get a possible F/S rule to favour us, they make this unimportant part of our game, to over-rule tradition, while clubs like Geelong get favoured treatment from the F/S rule, doesn't make sense to me. Keep tradition alive you idiotic AFL, make the F/S rule overrule the stupid NSW Scholarship scheme.

Swans had their chance to offer Murphy a scholarship but chose other kids over him. That's life. (Mind you, we should maybe wait until the kid proves himself worthy of an AFL list spot before we slash our wrists over not picking him up.)