I used to think the six years of free agency was entitled guff but now I have no problem with it. You should have more fluidity in change in the AFL. Other competitions use it and I'd say ours resembles the NBA's switchings than soccer's top-suck effect (this is also called the Chris Masten effect; he is a top-sucker). Players are going everywhere. Even Hawthorn's acquisitions haven't been scary. Players should have more freedom... other sports have lost loyalty and people feel a freer sense of what good service is, and so is ours. Are people looking at Sam Mitchell or Jordan Lewis as mercenaries? They get what they want and something they would not have at Hawthorn. The Hawks get the chance to pull in two great players and one absolute potato who'll probably end up doing okay because of the club he's now at. Both parties have wound up with three flags in a row and another premiership not even 10 years ago. You'd say neither can be resentful, and neither party is tainted.
I mean Pav is pushing for it, this isn't Tom Scully. If a man that loyal to the cause says it's fair, he probably understands the industry and way players feel more than us.
Tbh I think we lucked out with Pav. We pulled an all-time legendary footballer despite our dodgy drafting and somehow not only was he dominant in any position he played in, he was a good leader, good in the media, and loyal to a fault. With Fyfe, we got him luckily with a so-so draft pick. He is an all-time player and a future Hall Of Famer, but there are questions over his bonding with the playing group (and I say Fyfe is the alright guy; everyone else is a dickhead – I'd rather hang around Nat Fyfe than Tom Sheridan, Nick Suban, or Hayden Ballantyne), and he may not be 'loyal.' We can't expect everyone to do the loyal thing and remain at Fremantle. At some point, a very good player is going to leave and the club is going to be reeling from it. It happens to a dominant side like the Hawks, shit ones like the Suns, and average ones the Crows. Whatever. Way it is. I'm still surprised at Mundy turning down Essendon and Victoria, and I was fairly prepared for Neale to go back home or to Melbs. Whatever. It'll happy.
Just hope we pull Cripps and Govs. Please.