Gold Coast's draft rules explained

[Stereophonic]

THE DRAFT rules for Gold Coast will be as follows:

1. 2009 NAB AFL Draft
Gold Coast to have the capacity to sign 12 x 17 year-olds born in the January – April window (January 1 to April 30, 1992).

2. 2010 NAB AFL Draft
Gold Coast to have first pick in each round
Gold Coast to have selections 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 in round one

3. 2009 NAB Rookie Draft
Gold Coast to have selections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

4. 2010 NAB Rookie Draft
Gold Coast to alternate Queensland priority selections with Brisbane Lions. Gold Coast to have first selection

5. Zoned access
Gold Coast to have zoned access to up to five Queensland players prior to each of 2010, 2011 and 2012 NAB AFL Drafts
Gold Coast to have zoned access to up to three Northern Territory players prior to the 2010 NAB AFL Draft

6. 2010 Post-season, AFL listed player access
Gold Coast to have capacity to pre-list 10 players who had previously nominated for the AFL Draft, or were previously listed with an AFL club.
Gold Coast to have capacity to sign up to 16 uncontracted players
Gold Coast would also have an expanded list size and TPP allowance in the club’s initial four years from 2011 to 2014, which would be as follows:
2011 – 48 senior list, nine rookies with $1m TPP extra allowance;
2012 – 46 senior list, nine rookies with $800k TPP extra allowance;
2013 – 42 senior list, nine rookies with $600k TPP extra allowance;
2014 – 40 senior list, nine rookies with $400k TPP extra allowance;
2015 – 38 senior list, nine rookies in line with other AFL clubs.

As part of the entry rules for the Gold Coast side, the AFL Commission resolved that any club that lost a player to the expansion side would be eligible for a compensation pick (after the entry of both Gold Coast and the second club to be based in Sydney).

Compensation picks will be tradeable and can be used by clubs at any time within five years. First round compensation picks cannot be used until the end of the first round in the 2010 and 2011 drafts. Clubs will be required to nominate the year in which they plan to use the compensation pick before the first round of the Toyota AFL Premiership Season in that particular year.

The compensatory pick would be assessed around the player’s age (greater weighting for younger players), club contract ranking (greater weighting for club key players), onfield performance (greater weighting for strong club best and fairest performance) and draft position if less than four years experience.

This ranking system will then determine if a club is eligible for a compensatory pick in one of five spots – first-round pick, end-of-first-round pick, second-round pick, end-of-second-round pick or third-round pick. Under the model, the round-one, round-two or round-three picks would be taken immediately after the pick the club already has in that round in the draft that year.

Please find attached below an example of how the 2010 NAB AFL Draft would look, under these concession rules (indicative draft order before trading):

Round one
1 Gold Coast
2 Gold Coast
3 Gold Coast
4 Club 16 on 2010 ladder
5 Gold Coast
6 Club 15 on 2010 ladder
7 Gold Coast
8 Club 14 on 2010 ladder
9 Gold Coast
10 Club 13 on 2010 ladder
11 Gold Coast
12 Club 12 on 2010 ladder
13 Gold Coast
14 Club 11 on 2010 ladder
15 Gold Coast
16 Club 10 on 2010 ladder
17 Club 9 on 2010 ladder
18 Club 8 on 2010 ladder
19 Club 7 on 2010 ladder
20 Club 6 on 2010 ladder
21 Club 5 on 2010 ladder
22 Club 4 on 2010 ladder
23 Club 3 on 2010 ladder
24 Club 2 on 2010 ladder
25 Club 1 on 2010 ladder

Round two
26 Gold Coast
27 Club 16 on 2010 ladder
28 Club 15 on 2010 ladder
29 Club 14 on 2010 ladder
30 Club 13 on 2010 ladder
31 Club 12 on 2010 ladder
32 Club 11 on 2010 ladder
33 Club 10 on 2010 ladder
34 Club 9 on 2010 ladder
35 Club 8 on 2010 ladder
36 Club 7 on 2010 ladder
37 Club 6 on 2010 ladder
38 Club 5 on 2010 ladder
39 Club 4 on 2010 ladder
40 Club 3 on 2010 ladder
41 Club 2 on 2010 ladder
42 Club 1 on 2010 ladder


Round three
43 Gold Coast
44 Club 16 on 2010 ladder
45 Club 15 on 2010 ladder
46 Club 14 on 2010 ladder
47 Club 13 on 2010 ladder
48 Club 12 on 2010 ladder
49 Club 11 on 2010 ladder
50 Club 10 on 2010 ladder
51 Club 9 on 2010 ladder
52 Club 8 on 2010 ladder
53 Club 7 on 2010 ladder
54 Club 6 on 2010 ladder
55 Club 5 on 2010 ladder
56 Club 4 on 2010 ladder
57 Club 3 on 2010 ladder
58 Club 2 on 2010 ladder
59 Club 1 on 2010 ladder


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[Mr Crow!]

Out of curiosity, how does the Father-Son rule factor into this?

What if the number one kid in the country heading into the 2010 draft was a father-son player? Which rule takes precedence? F/S or G/C?

 

[Stereophonic]

That is a very good question, and you would think that the bidding system would come into play. Ultimately the GC would have to match their highest 2nd round bid, so that would seem a tad unfair, but if anyone could clarify the position?

 

[Tulip]

That could well come intom place with Jack Viney, son of Todd, looking very promising and looks like he will be potentially a VERY early pick in either the 10 or 11 draft.

How does this work?

 

[DamianBis]

exactly the same as others... if GC bid pick 26 on a F/S player. then the team that the player should go to under F/S will have to put up their second round pick.

if GC bid pick 15... then team who finished 16-11 can beat them and also the team that the player should go to under F/S with their first round pick (or i believe second round pick if they are the teams who finished 16-11)

 

[A Living God]

How will priority picks work for 2010? Will the 16th rank club with a first round pp get picks 1 and 5, 4 and 5 or 4 and 6.

1 Priority pick
2 Gold Coast
3 Gold Coast
4 Gold Coast
5 Club 16 on 2010 ladder
6 Gold Coast

or

1 Gold Coast
2 Gold Coast
3 Gold Coast
4 Priority pick
5 Club 16 on 2010 ladder
6 Gold Coast

or

1 Gold Coast
2 Gold Coast
3 Gold Coast
4 Priority pick
5 Gold Coast
6 Club 16 on 2010 ladder

 

[Offsider]

No priority picks during 2010 draft and possibly for ever.

 

[Stereophonic]

No priority picks during 2010 draft and possibly for ever.

Priority picks gift clubs premierships - Ala Hawthorn

The rule needs to go anyway, will remove tanking to a degree...

 

[Ant_]

That could well come intom place with Jack Viney, son of Todd, looking very promising and looks like he will be potentially a VERY early pick in either the 10 or 11 draft.

How does this work?

Liberatore and Steve Wallis's sons will also be up for F/S selection for the Doggies.

 

[DamianBis]

Liberatore and Steve Wallis's sons will also be up for F/S selection for the Doggies.

No one will bid on him because of fears he'll turn out as much of a ******** as his father

 

[Stereophonic]

No one will bid on him because of fears he'll turn out as much of a ******** as his father

****wit with a brownlow??? Most clubs would take a punt on that, Jason Ackermanis anyone?

 

[Alan Alda]

Priority picks gift clubs premierships - Ala Hawthorn

The rule needs to go anyway, will remove tanking to a degree...

It gifted Hawthorn Franklin.

That is all.

Franklin is a great player, but he is not a premiership.

21 other blokes helped win that flag for Hawthorn last year and I believe 7 of them were former rookies.

 

[Stereophonic]

It gifted Hawthorn Franklin.

That is all.

Franklin is a great player, but he is not a premiership.

21 other blokes helped win that flag for Hawthorn last year and I believe 7 of them were former rookies.

100 plus goal per season forward who can run like the wind? Players like that dont come round too often, you can build a team around that, and that is what Hawthorn did. Not taking away from the fact that Hawthorn played like a 'team' all September last year, not this year though.

 

[Ant_]

It gifted Hawthorn Franklin.

That is all.

Franklin is a great player, but he is not a premiership.

21 other blokes helped win that flag for Hawthorn last year and I believe 7 of them were former rookies.

Ahh then it doesn't really matter that he got rubbed out if he is only another player?

 

[Spluff]

100 plus goal per season forward who can run like the wind? Players like that dont come round too often, you can build a team around that, and that is what Hawthorn did. Not taking away from the fact that Hawthorn played like a 'team' all September last year, not this year though.

Don't you think it's a bit rich for a GC supporter to complain about another club being gifted premierships?

 

[Stereophonic]

Don't you think it's a bit rich for a GC supporter to complain about another club being gifted premierships?

No spluff I dont.

 

[Alan Alda]

100 plus goal per season forward who can run like the wind? Players like that dont come round too often, you can build a team around that, and that is what Hawthorn did. Not taking away from the fact that Hawthorn played like a 'team' all September last year, not this year though.

Fair comment.

 

[Tulip]

Liberatore and Steve Wallis's sons will also be up for F/S selection for the Doggies.

as will Rod Grinter's son

 

[Stereophonic]

as will Rod Grinter's son

Wow, theres a name from the past. I loved the Dees in the late 80's early 90's Grinters, Tingay, Lyon,Healy, Stynes, Wight et al...what a team

 

[RuckRyder]

Don't you think it's a bit rich for a GC supporter to complain about another club being gifted premierships?

I tip my hat to you.

 

[onthemoney]

So how many flags in a row does everyone think GC will win?? I think the draft and salary concessions go far too far and aren't in the "spirit of the game" Andrew D is so quick to remind us all of. I am generally a skeptical person, but i'm sure i'm not alone in thinking that somewhere in the Gold Coast grand plan it has been mentioned behind closed doors that one of the KPI's for setting up this club is that it must win a premiership within it's first five years.

Can anyone fill me in on what draft/salary cap concessions Port and Freo had when they entered the league?

 

[Ant_]

Wow, theres a name from the past. I loved the Dees in the late 80's early 90's Grinters, Tingay, Lyon,Healy, Stynes, Wight et al...what a team

Didn't he get sued by Wallace?

 

[Conrad670]

If the Goald Coast get 12 x 17 year olds this year then all the draft concessions next year wont all their players be the same age (i.e. the 17 years olds they take this year will be 18 next year).

Assuming they dont trade most of their picks they will have all their eggs in one basket, if this crop of kids is no good they will be no good.

To me it seems as though any 17 year old who is actually good would have gone to the Gold Coast next year anyway. Would have made more sence to be the other way around.

 

[Lifes a Beach]

The real issue will be what mature players GC have, can't play 22 18 yo's and be competitive in 2010 at VFL level let alone 22 19yo's in 2011 at AFL level. Am told that any mature state league players approached will have to give up work and train fulltime for no coin, should get some back from campaigner if he is not overseas.

 

[CoastBhoy]

To me it seems as though any 17 year old who is actually good would have gone to the Gold Coast next year anyway. Would have made more sence to be the other way around.

Not really , the 12 17 yos come from a 4 month bracket , next years draft will come from the remaing 8 months of that year.