Development Player Rules?

[Cleric]

What is the rule with our development players?
How many players like Lever could we pick up each year? How long can you have them for? Do they get paid? Why can you have Lever who is eligible to get drafted next year again, yet you can't have an U18 kid on your list?

 

[1970crow]

What is the rule with our development players?
How many players like Lever could we pick up each year? How long can you have them for? Do they get paid? Why can you have Lever who is eligible to get drafted next year again, yet you can't have an U18 kid on your list?

My question would simply be whether the term 'development player' is actually based on anything. Have any gone onto an SANFL or AFL list? Who or what are they being developed for?