Sure you can, but it doesn’t mean it’s of much value to whoever you’re offering it to.
With the greatest of respect, this is I believe an extremely ignorant take.
Tasmania have been granted 6 of the first 13 picks in that draft. So if you say finish 8th bottom that year (10th), your first has already blown out from 8 to 14.
Then say it’s like this year, when you have free agency compo picks going to Carlton and West Coast for losing TDK and Allen, and that pick then blows out another 2, to 16.
And that’s before any potential gun father-sons and the swathe of potential academy picks from the northern clubs in particular could push that pick back another 6-8.
So 16 could EASILY now be 24.
And that’s if you finished 10th!
If you finished 6th, it’s at least 28 now. Possibly more, depending on if anyone gets bid on between 24 and 28.
As if all that wasn’t bad enough, I just read that there’s also going to be a 17yo “mini draft” in 2026, like the one that Melbourne got Jesse Hogan in, etc, way back in the day.
So up to 4 of the best 17yo’s who would have been taken in the 2027 draft will be taken in this mini draft instead, taking even more of the best talent out of the 2027 pool.
Making pick 28 now effectively pick 32. For finishing 6th.
A 2027 first will hold little value to clubs this year. It would be a huge gamble for them, especially if they think you could be a good team that year.
