With Gibbs it was more a set in stone rule/law wasn't it? That we tried to get around.
Yep. We were counting SANFL Preseason games in that period, whereas the AFL doesn't recognise them in the F/S eligibility tally.
Yeah. It was Port who brought it up to the AFL that Gibbs was ineligible. It then turns out Ebert shouldn't have gone under F/S because his old man didn't play the required games in the period set... So basically Port got away with one and we didn't. THe AFL then changed it after the Gibbs saga and its still a very unfair disadvantage to Victorian clubs.
The current ones:
Adelaide: NIL
Brisbane Lions: BROWN, Jonathan - Brian played 51 games for Fitzroy.
Carlton: WHITNALL, Lance - Graeme played 66 games.
Carlton: WAITE, Jarrad - Vin played 153 games.
Carlton: BACKWELL, Luke - Wayne played 110 games.
Collingwood: DAVIS, Nick - Craig played 102 games.
Collingwood: SHAW, Rhyce - Ray played 146 games.
Collingwood: CLOKE, Cam - David played 114 games.
Collingwood: SHAW, Heath - Ray played 146 games.
Collingwood: CLOKE, Travis - David played 114 games.
Essendon: FLETCHER, Dustin - Ken played 264 games.
Essendon: WATSON, Jobe - Tim played 307 games.
Fremantle: PEAKE, Brett - Brian played x amount of WAFL games.
Geelong: SCARLETT, Matthew - John played 183 games.
Geelong: CLARKE, David - David Snr played 202 games.
Geelong: ABLETT, Gary - Gary Snr played 242 games.
Geelong: CALLAN, Tim - Terry played 62 games.
Geelong: BLAKE, Mark - Rod played 176 games.
Geelong: ABLETT, Nathan - Gary Snr played 242 games.
Geelong: HAWKINS, Tom - Jack played 182 games.
Hawthorn: TUCK, Travis - Michael played 6362646217273 games.
Hawthorn: KENNEDY, Josh P. - John Jnr. played 241 games.
Kangaroos: SMITH, Jesse W. - Ross played 224 games.
Melbourne: JOHNSON, Chris A. - Alan played 135 games.
Port Adel: EBERT, Brett - Russell played 391 games.*
Richmond: RICHARDSON, Matthew - Alan played 103 games.
Richmond: BOWDEN, Joel - Michael played 59 games.
St. Kilda: NIL
Sydney: DOYLE, Stephen - Robert played 77 games.
Sydney: DEMPSTER, Sean - Graham played 64 games.
WCE: COUSINS, Ben - Bryan played x amount of WAFL games.
WCE: MORTON, Mitch - Noel played x amount of WAFL games.*
W. Bulldogs: DARCY, Luke - David played 133 games.
*Fairly sure it was both Mitch Morton and Brett Ebert who slipped through the eligibility net on the basis of assumption - both fathers played 7 trillion games of football so noone looked at the fine print.
Under the pointless new rule amendment Ebert's selection became retrospectively legal and the Cornes brothers, Robran brothers and Luke Darcy all became retrospectively eligible for Adelaide... joy!