Prediction Draft rumours

[JUSTWORK]

What a load of cods wallop, you mean like having to travel every second weekend or playing the gf away from home?

The vfl is that way >>>>>

Must be hard playing interstate 5 times a year and playing half your “away games” on your home ground.

 

[Shaz2012]

Must be hard playing interstate 5 times a year and playing half your “away games” on your home ground.

Biggest inequality is that the national media that covers the AFL, Australia’s most commercially valuable sport, is based out of Melbourne. Media opportunities and post footy career opportunities are overwhelming available to players based in Victorian teams. There are a couple of spots in each state for the rest.

Add to that third party deals that are clearly linked to clubs and brown paper bags that the AFL doesn’t want to know about.

 

[Two Planks]

Biggest inequality is that the national media that covers the AFL, Australia’s most commercially valuable sport, is based out of Melbourne. Media opportunities and post footy career opportunities are overwhelming available to players based in Victorian teams. There are a couple of spots in each state for the rest.

Add to that third party deals that are clearly linked to clubs and brown paper bags that the AFL doesn’t want to know about.

McAvaney SA
Taylor WA
Commetti WA
McLaughlan SA
Dunstall QLD
Richo TAS
Riewoldt QLD
Carey NSW
Sandy Roberts SA
Darcy SA
Brayshaw WA

Bloody Victorian centric media

 

[El Doederino]

McAvaney SA
Taylor WA
Commetti WA
McLaughlan SA
Dunstall QLD
Richo TAS
Riewoldt QLD
Carey NSW
Sandy Roberts SA
Darcy SA
Brayshaw WA

Bloody Victorian centric media

Seeing as all the footballers in that list played their football for Vic clubs, you’ve proved the original point.

 

[Shaz2012]

McAvaney SA
Taylor WA
Commetti WA
McLaughlan SA
Dunstall QLD
Richo TAS
Riewoldt QLD
Carey NSW
Sandy Roberts SA
Darcy SA
Brayshaw WA

Bloody Victorian centric media

Which of those played for interstate clubs. I also said there are a limited number of opportunities based in each state - Roo, Pavlich, Lynch, Bolton

 

[bird_man]

Awesome, another thread for whinging interstate clubs to voice their frustrations.

 

[Nater]

Awesome, another thread for whinging interstate clubs to voice their frustrations.

To be fair the whining started from a Victorian complaining of interstate bias...

But hey lets not let the truth get in the way of a good story.

 

[RobbieK]

It isnt though. Its an established policy and while the AFL is a not for profit organisation it is still in essence able to maintain internal measures to ensure fairness across the competition. The ARL venture you cited was able to be quashed as they opposed the introduction to a new policy they felt was detrimental to their client base.

The AFL's draft policy was not challenged at its inception and has not been challenged since by the AFLPA. If you want to play in the AFL then you accept the terms and conditions of doing so. Theres no restraint of trade as you are free to play at state level. You just arent going to be earning the same dollars. You want the dollars? There are strings attached.

I guarantee you the AFL have a legal team capable of dismantling any court action started by an 18 year old's legal representative. Even if they had a Queens Counsel representing them pro bono.

I suspect the AFL are not as confident in their position as you are.

The AFLPA has not challenged the draft because their continued acceptance of it has placed them in a very strong position to negotiate with the AFL on behalf of the players. At the back of every demand the AFLPA has is the understanding that if they are not satisfied they could well turn the entire system upside down. It is why the AFLPA has been able to get so many changes to things like free agency rules. It is why you keep getting people saying that it feels like the players have too much control, that the clubs can't hold players to contracts.

The NRL's experience suggests that your understanding of a reasonable restraint of trade is off the mark.

 

[JUSTWORK]

Biggest inequality is that the national media that covers the AFL, Australia’s most commercially valuable sport, is based out of Melbourne. Media opportunities and post footy career opportunities are overwhelming available to players based in Victorian teams. There are a couple of spots in each state for the rest.

Add to that third party deals that are clearly linked to clubs and brown paper bags that the AFL doesn’t want to know about.

They know, they just pretend like they don't. Look the other way, out of sight out of mind.

Not to mention the respect the AFL has for vic clubs vs not vic clubs.

For the first time ever, in 2019 the biggest rivalry in Australian sport was going to be on a Friday night until a certain Vic club complained and the AFL buckled and changed the fixture.

 

[master bate]

Which of those played for interstate clubs. I also said there are a limited number of opportunities based in each state - Roo, Pavlich, Lynch, Bolton

Are there 5 times the opportunities in Victoria compared with the other states?

In SA I see plenty of Tredrae, A Jarman, Cornes and a bunch of ex Crows.

In WA there’s Pav, Embley, Jakovich for years and all the clowns who bob up in trade week - Langdon, Hardie etc

I would’ve though the average media per Vic side is probably 1 player per decade who really finds a sustained niche. Schwartz and Lyon from my side. I’d be shocked if there’s more than 10 guys retired since 2008 who’ve made a long run of it - Darcy, Judd, Bartel, Ling, Riewoldt, Dal, Cooney, Montagna- how many more and will they last? A lot start off strong then fade.

For 10 of those guys only 2 have to make it in Adelaide for the same ratio.

 

[Two Planks]

70% of membership, sponsorship and tv audiences come out of Victoria.

2 WA AFL chairmans and 2 SA AFL ceo's understand that the majority of the revenue comes from Victoria.

 

[bluespooner]

Really not liking the draft being over 2 days.. going to have to time my toilet break on the Friday at work.

Support Hawthorn then.

The draft becomes irrelevant.

 

[Thetrader15]

If you want to play in our comp follow our rules...

The relevant federal court or authority will say if you want to have you’re comp in our country follow our laws.

"Your"

 

[Thetrader15]

70% of membership, sponsorship and tv audiences come out of Victoria.

2 WA AFL chairmans and 2 SA AFL ceo's understand that the majority of the revenue comes from Victoria.

You sure in that figure? I'm told China is booming

 

[Thetrader15]

McAvaney SA
Taylor WA
Commetti WA
McLaughlan SA
Dunstall QLD
Richo TAS
Riewoldt QLD
Carey NSW
Sandy Roberts SA
Darcy SA
Brayshaw WA

Bloody Victorian centric media

Commetti has retired
Taylor may have been born in WA but he is an out and out Victorian
Dunstall and Reiwoldt both Victorians Sandy Roberts - is this 1987?

Manure
Campbell Brown
Jono Brown
Eddie McGuire
Barry Hall
Jude Bolton
NDS
Blah blah...

 

[exxcessivve]

It's called a national draft because the kids are drafted from anywhere in the nation, has no relation to where they're going.

If Vic kids want to stay in Victoria then that's an advantage that levels the playing field a bit more for the Melbourne clubs and Geelong. Seems fair considering the concessions interstate clubs have gotten over the years.

Surely this is bait

 

[Procrastinator35]

Support Hawthorn then.

The draft becomes irrelevant.

You just know that pick 50 something will turn out to be another gun.

 

[JUSTWORK]

Surely this is bait

Id love to hear about these concessions that the SA and WA clubs are getting.

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

According to a few places tigers want stocker if he’s gone will look at downgrading 17 for two picks and use one of them on McHenry

 

[ghostbat12]

70% of membership, sponsorship and tv audiences come out of Victoria.

2 WA AFL chairmans and 2 SA AFL ceo's understand that the majority of the revenue comes from Victoria.

0%of vic membership, sponsorship and tv audience mean anything to WCE.

0% of revenue for WCE comes from Victoria.

So suck on it.

 

[exxcessivve]

Id love to hear about these concessions that the SA and WA clubs are getting.

I think Freo got a few at the start but even if all the interstate clubs got the same as GWS, I can't see his argument standing up

 

[StCicatriz]

Not sure how an article from 4 days is relevant to a story that has only surfaced today?

You don't think it is possible the phone could have rang in the last 4 days?

Because it's common sense

Gold coast could have engineered this trade a month back. They don't have to see how the draft order plays out because it involves literally the next pick. The only other pick ahead of them is Carlton at pick 1.

The likelihood of GC trading for pick 4 is 0.0000000001%

It's just not gonna happen

The other rumour in this thread about what gold coast does with their what is it pick 6? Makes a lot more sense

Beyond that port or Adelaide trade for pick 3

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

I wonder who it could be. Also there has been no news whatsoever out of Adelaide's camp re possible pick trading etc for quite some time. I am still of the opinion that Adelaide and GC have come to a deal for one of their high picks but then again that is a gut feel only

You mean more hope then gut feel.

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

"Your"

Oh dear.

 

[anotherletdown]

Awesome, another thread for whinging interstate clubs to voice their frustrations.

Don’t worry. Self entitled, one-eyed Victorians with an agenda are welcome to post as well.