Father - Daughter Rule
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Do we have any footballing mothers with eligible sons?
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It's not really nepotism unless the person being selected under the rule isn't good enough to be worth what the club is giving up for them. It is especially not nepotism if the parent is no longer involved in any official way with the club.
I don't the idea of a mother son rule for two reasons.
Firstly it's giving an unfair advantage to the foundation clubs in the draft. If they are going to introduce it then it should only be implemented and games counted once all the teams have a woman's team.
Secondly the draft is already complicated or compromised as it is. Adding a whole new bunch of mother son draftees is going to complicate and compromise it even more.
Firstly it's giving an unfair advantage to the foundation clubs in the draft. If they are going to introduce it then it should only be implemented and games counted once all the teams have a woman's team.
Secondly the draft is already complicated or compromised as it is. Adding a whole new bunch of mother son draftees is going to complicate and compromise it even more.
What if the mum becomes a dad further down the track? surely father son comes into effect.
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coniglio_number1
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No different to how the father son rule favours older clubs over the likes of Adelaide, west coast, Brisbane etc
Given the small number of games played, there will be minimal difference between clubs in now, and clubs joining in a few years. The problem will be with clubs that do not join the women's comp at all. My view is, bad luck.
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They've already flagged that it's probably going to happen. Father-daughter is already confirmed, they're looking at mother-son and mother-daughter going forward.
coniglio_number1
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What happens if this scenario ever unfolds.
Child of parents whose mum is eligible to club and the father to another.
Does 1 take precedent over the other or does the child choose
Child of parents whose mum is eligible to club and the father to another.
Does 1 take precedent over the other or does the child choose
MotleyLemon
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Probably exact same as happened with Bailey Rice in last year's draft. Dad had played 100+ at two clubs, he had to nominate which one he wanted to go F/S to I think.
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I'm not sure of this but I think with West Coast and Adelaide they could take players under the F/S rule if their dad played a 150 games for certain clubs within their state league before they joined the AFL and I think Brisbane could of claimed F/S from sons of players who played for Fitzroy when they merged (again I'm not 100% sure of this). There isn't really a disadvantage for those teams with the F/S rule.
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What about Mum-daughter rule. Mums played in a Woman's AFL team and now her daughter wants to play with the same team as Mum did?
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Mother-Son rule lol. Suddenly there is an influx of 40 year old women with 13-14-15 year old sons that are blitzing it in the underage rep squads deciding to take up women's footy.
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Joke of a qualifier. Should be the same as the mens father-son 100 games.
Ned_Flanders
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That cycles out after a generation though
This is a permanent bias as not all clubs will have affiliate sides
coniglio_number1
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Since when has this league been 100% fair?
Given the current season will be 8 games long, that's a career of 12+ seasons to qualify.
Can't imagine too many of the current crop will play 100 games to be honest
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Talking about Father-Daughter not anything else. Should just change it to Father-Child with the same restrictions.
Mother-Child is a completely different thing and wont really be relevant for at least 10-15 years.
Ah of course, I was thinking mother-son. Yep that's ridiculous!
Ned_Flanders
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Some are arguing mother son should be eligable after six games
Hope when Essendon does get a licence, it has the opportunity to use this rule.
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Hird, Lucas, Lloyd....
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This is a mother-son question.
Let me get this straight, does this that a AFL club that has a woman team with the mother playing x amount of games would mean her son would be eligible to go to the same club in the AFL as apart of the mother-son rule? If true that is the stupidest, most unfair PC crap I've ever heard.
Let me get this straight, does this that a AFL club that has a woman team with the mother playing x amount of games would mean her son would be eligible to go to the same club in the AFL as apart of the mother-son rule? If true that is the stupidest, most unfair PC crap I've ever heard.
