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Not so sure about that. Their academy players are pretty impressive and frankly Brisbane, GC, Sydney & GWS should be allowed to try and develop these zones without interference from Eddie and the AFL. The AFL needs to focus in its own backyard because the game is going down the toilet in Victoria.
Six of the top 24 players in the draft were academy players. That's a quarter of the top talent in the draft. Only the Gold Coast Suns missed out. Aaron Francis (West Adelaide), Callum Ah Chee (South Fremantle), Wayne Milera (Central District) and Ryan Burton (North Adelaide) were also top 24 draftees but come from SA or WA (football rich states) bringing it to a total of ten. It's not as though the other 14 players would be going to the one club - there's 10 Victorian clubs.
If you don't want the game to suffer in Victoria then you need to give the ten Victorian clubs the incentive to help the game develop instead of leaving it to the AFL and hoping.

