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The National AFL Draft is a great way of introducing youngsters to the AFL and improving AFL club lists for the future. The draft brings many talented footballers every year, some names are Chris Judd, Luke Hodge, Brendan Goddard and the list goes on.
There are two things I’m looking at, do AFL clubs have ties with players from their area/zone? And does the current drafting procedure need to be looked at.
Firstly, we’ll have look at the current draft system. The current drafting rules have been under fire lately by several clubs and media officials. The current system only benefits teams that win 5 games or less in a season.
This takes away plenty of competition between the clubs and if a club’s list isn’t looking too ‘flash’ one year then they would just sit at the bottom of the ladder for the whole year and get ‘rewarded’ for it. Some would argue that the rule is fair as the lesser teams but it’s just an incentive for them for finishing last. Absolutely disgraceful if you ask me!
A newer draft system needs to be put into place immediately. There are several ways that the AFL can change the current system.
1. The AFL can introduce a system where the bottom four to eight teams at the end of the season draw for pick number one and so on to pick 4 to 8. This system will make sure that AFL clubs don’t take advantage of the system and finish last just for the sake of getting pick number one.
2. The priority picks should be replaced with something more reliable/consistent or banished all together.
3. OR give a priority pick to a team that wins 8 games or less in 2 consecutive seasons.
Something on lines of those three things should make the draft more fairer.
Before the National Draft system began players got recruited from the local zone/area of the particular AFL Club and clubs could try and draft players from the WAFL or SANFL.
Here is one new rule that I would like to see in place. As well as the priority picks and round 1, round 2 and etc. picks I think there should be a section for drafting from your zone prior to the priority picks (or maybe instead of them) and etc.
Maybe, just one pick from the club’s zone to start off the idea. Some might argue that the zoning idea or re-introduction of zones would be unfair for some teams, as the zones are different in different. And teams such as Brisbane and Sydney will get a whole state, this can be fixed by using local metropolitan areas for each team.
This way the club has drafted players from within the area, Brisbane and Sydney might get advantages at first but as the competition expands it'll become fairer and the NAME of the club will still have association with their area.
I’ll leave for you to make your own mind and discuss.
There are two things I’m looking at, do AFL clubs have ties with players from their area/zone? And does the current drafting procedure need to be looked at.
Firstly, we’ll have look at the current draft system. The current drafting rules have been under fire lately by several clubs and media officials. The current system only benefits teams that win 5 games or less in a season.
This takes away plenty of competition between the clubs and if a club’s list isn’t looking too ‘flash’ one year then they would just sit at the bottom of the ladder for the whole year and get ‘rewarded’ for it. Some would argue that the rule is fair as the lesser teams but it’s just an incentive for them for finishing last. Absolutely disgraceful if you ask me!
A newer draft system needs to be put into place immediately. There are several ways that the AFL can change the current system.
1. The AFL can introduce a system where the bottom four to eight teams at the end of the season draw for pick number one and so on to pick 4 to 8. This system will make sure that AFL clubs don’t take advantage of the system and finish last just for the sake of getting pick number one.
2. The priority picks should be replaced with something more reliable/consistent or banished all together.
3. OR give a priority pick to a team that wins 8 games or less in 2 consecutive seasons.
Something on lines of those three things should make the draft more fairer.
Before the National Draft system began players got recruited from the local zone/area of the particular AFL Club and clubs could try and draft players from the WAFL or SANFL.
Here is one new rule that I would like to see in place. As well as the priority picks and round 1, round 2 and etc. picks I think there should be a section for drafting from your zone prior to the priority picks (or maybe instead of them) and etc.
Maybe, just one pick from the club’s zone to start off the idea. Some might argue that the zoning idea or re-introduction of zones would be unfair for some teams, as the zones are different in different. And teams such as Brisbane and Sydney will get a whole state, this can be fixed by using local metropolitan areas for each team.
This way the club has drafted players from within the area, Brisbane and Sydney might get advantages at first but as the competition expands it'll become fairer and the NAME of the club will still have association with their area.
I’ll leave for you to make your own mind and discuss.

