
Only AFL Vic will say the player points system is not stuffed.
There needs to be a simple points application for a player based on their playing history:
HIGHEST LEVEL PLAYED
Home Club - 1
Never Played Any Seniors Elsewhere (Reserves and Below Only) - 2
Other Grassroots Club (Played Seniors) - 3
Played VFL/WAFL/SANFL/NTFL (Darwin) - 4
Played AFL - 5
No discounts until three consecutive seasons of service have been completed with that club (from the fourth season on there is a one point deduction until the player is a 2 point player).
This is pretty much what WA football competitions rolled out when player points were introduced (voluntarily by the SWFL in 2012 and others a few years later. The WA Ammos were directed to adopt a system in 2019 and they adopted pretty much this format. I was responsible for my club's point allocations and querying any decisions the club wanted to debate.
The system is clear and concise and we only had one player that we wanted to change their points but lost the battle.
On nearly every league forum on BF, we have debates about how many points players are worth. They shouldn't happen but they do because the system is over-complicated.
Dane Swan
, Brendan Fevola, Noah Cumberland and any other player who played an AFL match = 5 point players if they arrive in 2025. If they play three consecutive seasons, they can be 4 in 2028, 3 in 2029 and 2 from 2030 onwards unless they move prior. By 2030, the player will be into their sixth season so their loyalty should be rewarded (and not via AFLV's method where they reduce by a point after playing for just six months).
If these guys move to another club, they are 5 points to the new club.
VFL/WAFL/SANFL/NTFL players who come to your club and weren't juniors or considered yours previously = 4 points in 2025. If they play three consecutive seasons, they can be 3 in 2028 and 2 from 2029 onwards unless they move prior.
If these guys move to another club, they are 4 points to the new club.
Anyone who played any senior elsewhere in metro or country football who come to your club and weren't juniors or considered yours previously = 3 points in 2025 and if they play three consecutive seasons, they can be 2 from 2028.
If these guys move to another club, they are 3 points to the new club.
There needs to be a simple points application for a player based on their playing history:
HIGHEST LEVEL PLAYED
Home Club - 1
Never Played Any Seniors Elsewhere (Reserves and Below Only) - 2
Other Grassroots Club (Played Seniors) - 3
Played VFL/WAFL/SANFL/NTFL (Darwin) - 4
Played AFL - 5
No discounts until three consecutive seasons of service have been completed with that club (from the fourth season on there is a one point deduction until the player is a 2 point player).
This is pretty much what WA football competitions rolled out when player points were introduced (voluntarily by the SWFL in 2012 and others a few years later. The WA Ammos were directed to adopt a system in 2019 and they adopted pretty much this format. I was responsible for my club's point allocations and querying any decisions the club wanted to debate.
The system is clear and concise and we only had one player that we wanted to change their points but lost the battle.
On nearly every league forum on BF, we have debates about how many points players are worth. They shouldn't happen but they do because the system is over-complicated.
Dane Swan
PLAYERCARDSTART
Dane Swan
- Age
- 41
- Ht
- 185cm
- Wt
- 93kg
- Pos.
- Mid
Career
Season
Last 5
- D
- 26.9
- 5star
- K
- 16.4
- 5star
- HB
- 10.4
- 5star
- M
- 5.9
- 5star
- T
- 3.1
- 5star
- CL
- 5.4
- 5star
No current season stats available
- D
- 12.0
- 3star
- K
- 7.0
- 3star
- HB
- 5.0
- 4star
- M
- 3.0
- 3star
- T
- 1.0
- 3star
PLAYERCARDEND
If these guys move to another club, they are 5 points to the new club.
VFL/WAFL/SANFL/NTFL players who come to your club and weren't juniors or considered yours previously = 4 points in 2025. If they play three consecutive seasons, they can be 3 in 2028 and 2 from 2029 onwards unless they move prior.
If these guys move to another club, they are 4 points to the new club.
Anyone who played any senior elsewhere in metro or country football who come to your club and weren't juniors or considered yours previously = 3 points in 2025 and if they play three consecutive seasons, they can be 2 from 2028.
If these guys move to another club, they are 3 points to the new club.