What is a 'suitable trade'? There's no guidelines by which a player's trade value is set. You might think Polec + pick 30 is a suitable trade, but Brisbane paying what they deem is overs for a player would not be 'suitable trade' from their point of view. No doubt Adelaide would want overs (and fair enough too) for a player that at the time was currently contracted and had come off a good 2010 and decent 2011, and their opinion of overs was Polec + pick 30. Brisbane obviously didn't want to pay the overs price set for him by Adelaide. Brisbane thought pick 8 or pick 12 + compo was a suitable trade, and at the time Adelaide didn't. No one blinked first, and 12 months on we're in the situation we're in now.
I also suspect Brisbane knew that the second round clause existed, there's too many ways Brisbane could've found out, so when Brisbane didn't want to meet the price set by Adelaide, they figured they could take a shot this season too.
I also suspect Brisbane knew that the second round clause existed, there's too many ways Brisbane could've found out, so when Brisbane didn't want to meet the price set by Adelaide, they figured they could take a shot this season too.





