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Your spelling of “Snuffie” threw me for a spin - I see you’ve done you’re research!
I just need a few minutes to re-align my world-view…
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When is this mediocre board and president going to come under heat?
We all know Voss and certain senior players will go, but who has confidence in this group of bozos?
The board should be resign en masse.
Tonight was the beginning of smaller, disinterested crowds.
Who can have faith in the decision making process with this mob in charge?
We all know Voss and certain senior players will go, but who has confidence in this group of bozos?
The board should be resign en masse.
Tonight was the beginning of smaller, disinterested crowds.
Who can have faith in the decision making process with this mob in charge?
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Carlton members need to make more noise on this front^^
The AFL has changed the father–son bidding rules after clubs have already traded future picks and made major list-management decisions under the old system. Carlton is the obvious club being hurt.
We traded Charlie Curnow, a dual Coleman Medallist still in his twenties, and part of the Sydney return was clearly designed to help prepare for Cody Walker. Now the AFL has changed the rules after the fact, materially weakening the value of that draft capital.
Worse, the new rules do not just make matching bids more expensive. They actively incentivise earlier bids. A club with Pick 1 is now encouraged to bid early because it can get a pick back through the revised system. What might previously have been a genuine 50/50 call now becomes closer to a 90/10 incentive to bid. That means the bid comes earlier, costs more, and punishes the club that planned responsibly.
That is not fairness. That is shifting the goalposts after the game has started.
The Carlton board and executive need to stand up for the club now. Not with a polite statement. Not with soft words about being disappointed. They need to fight this publicly, aggressively and on every available front.
If the current board and executive are not prepared to challenge the AFL properly, then members are entitled to ask whether they are the right people to protect the club’s interests. This is exactly the sort of moment where leadership matters. Stand up for Carlton, or move aside for people who will.
At a minimum, these changes should not apply to any draft where future picks have already been traded under the old rules. The AFL should defer implementation until clubs have had a full trade and draft cycle with the final rules known.
Do not just complain online. Contact the club. Email the board. Email executive administration. Message membership. Make it clear that members expect action, not acceptance.
Copy/paste version:
To the Carlton Football Club Board and Executive Administration,
As a Carlton member/supporter, I am extremely concerned by the AFL’s decision to apply amended father–son bidding rules to the 2026 draft.
Carlton has already made major list-management decisions under the previous rules, including the Charlie Curnow trade and the acquisition of Sydney draft capital. Changing the bidding rules after those decisions have been made materially undermines the value of that strategy and unfairly prejudices the Club.
The new system also incentivises rival clubs to bid earlier, making father–son access more expensive than it otherwise would have been. That compounds the unfairness of applying the rules immediately.
I urge the Carlton board and executive to fight this decision publicly and forcefully. The Club should demand that the AFL defer implementation until a future draft where all clubs have had a full trade and draft cycle with the final rules known. Carlton should pursue this through every available channel, including the AFL Commission, the media, other clubs and, if necessary, legal avenues.
Members expect the board and executive to protect Carlton’s interests, not quietly accept a rule change that shifts the goalposts after the fact. If the current leadership is not prepared to stand up for the Club in a moment like this, then members are entitled to ask whether they are the right people to be leading it.
Stand up for Carlton, or move aside for people who will.
Regards,
A frustrated Carlton member/supporter
The AFL has changed the father–son bidding rules after clubs have already traded future picks and made major list-management decisions under the old system. Carlton is the obvious club being hurt.
We traded Charlie Curnow, a dual Coleman Medallist still in his twenties, and part of the Sydney return was clearly designed to help prepare for Cody Walker. Now the AFL has changed the rules after the fact, materially weakening the value of that draft capital.
Worse, the new rules do not just make matching bids more expensive. They actively incentivise earlier bids. A club with Pick 1 is now encouraged to bid early because it can get a pick back through the revised system. What might previously have been a genuine 50/50 call now becomes closer to a 90/10 incentive to bid. That means the bid comes earlier, costs more, and punishes the club that planned responsibly.
That is not fairness. That is shifting the goalposts after the game has started.
The Carlton board and executive need to stand up for the club now. Not with a polite statement. Not with soft words about being disappointed. They need to fight this publicly, aggressively and on every available front.
If the current board and executive are not prepared to challenge the AFL properly, then members are entitled to ask whether they are the right people to protect the club’s interests. This is exactly the sort of moment where leadership matters. Stand up for Carlton, or move aside for people who will.
At a minimum, these changes should not apply to any draft where future picks have already been traded under the old rules. The AFL should defer implementation until clubs have had a full trade and draft cycle with the final rules known.
Do not just complain online. Contact the club. Email the board. Email executive administration. Message membership. Make it clear that members expect action, not acceptance.
Copy/paste version:
To the Carlton Football Club Board and Executive Administration,
As a Carlton member/supporter, I am extremely concerned by the AFL’s decision to apply amended father–son bidding rules to the 2026 draft.
Carlton has already made major list-management decisions under the previous rules, including the Charlie Curnow trade and the acquisition of Sydney draft capital. Changing the bidding rules after those decisions have been made materially undermines the value of that strategy and unfairly prejudices the Club.
The new system also incentivises rival clubs to bid earlier, making father–son access more expensive than it otherwise would have been. That compounds the unfairness of applying the rules immediately.
I urge the Carlton board and executive to fight this decision publicly and forcefully. The Club should demand that the AFL defer implementation until a future draft where all clubs have had a full trade and draft cycle with the final rules known. Carlton should pursue this through every available channel, including the AFL Commission, the media, other clubs and, if necessary, legal avenues.
Members expect the board and executive to protect Carlton’s interests, not quietly accept a rule change that shifts the goalposts after the fact. If the current leadership is not prepared to stand up for the Club in a moment like this, then members are entitled to ask whether they are the right people to be leading it.
Stand up for Carlton, or move aside for people who will.
Regards,
A frustrated Carlton member/supporter
Well said cfc05
You should receive a nicely worded response from the work experience kid over the next few days.
I love your passion CFC, but I don’t see GW or the board wanting to fight this inequity out in public. I think GW would see more value in thrashing this out privately.
Maybe we need is a consortium of clubs to get together and protest as a group - we could call them the Coalition Of Clubs Kickingout Unfair Policies or the more catchy name ****-Up.
****-Up challenges no demands the AFL withdraw the bullshit bottom 5 bonus pick, in order to maintain some integrity of genuine bidding and not distort bidding by incentivising earlier than normal bids. ****-Up will not go down without a fight…
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