Why don't players and clubs be open about free agents and their plans?

[KermitJagger]

Personally, I'm not sure why players don't make it common knowledge they're going elsewhere - particularly as a free agent.

It seems like a good idea to let everyone know that they're at the club, they're committed to the season but they'll be leaving in the off season. That allows everyone to get it off their chest and just focus on what's ahead, without having the media circus affecting not only the player but the clubs.

It seems to me that it would cut out the speculation and absolute crap that the clubs and players involved have to deal with, it'd also cut it out for us as fans and deprive media parasites like Barrett and Tom Browne of crap to sling.

Win, win?

 

[Hamingja]

Booooooooooooooo.

That's the supporters towards the player that has announced that they are leaving, if the club still actually bothers to play them. If you are not in the premiership race then clubs wouldn't even play them.

 

[M Malice]

 

[DEECEE]

They might have to endure people boooooing them in the crowd. Big no no these days. Rustles all sorts of SJW jimmies.

 

[iluvparis]

Because we have to operate in a world where we all think our players love playing specifically for our club and are going to be one club loyal champions.

 

[Kwality]

Because we have to operate in a world where we all think our players love playing specifically for our club and are going to be one club loyal champions.

Testing the waters is fair enough, its not as if players dont stsy for unders as provrn by the Cats & Hawks over more than 10 years.

 

[Power Raid]

it's time the footy world get comfortable with free agency and players changing their place of work.

it's great that players have more freedom and can choose happiness, or $s, rather than slaves to a system and contracts


power to people not big business (the AFL and clubs)

 

[HurleyHepsHird]

Unnecessary secrecy is a feature of the AFL.

The thing is other clubs know, managers know, certain players in the team often have some idea, media figures usually know, but they just can't handle being open with the public. It's the same way certain clubs handle their injury lists. Always vague.

It's rare you have a player like Gaff who just goes right up to the line before making a decision.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Our sport pretends each club is a family even though it's been professional for decades.

They might have to endure people boooooing them in the crowd. Big no no these days. Rustles all sorts of SJW jimmies.

Pfffffft started long before any right wing dip s**t invented "SJW".

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Testing the waters is fair enough, its not as if players dont stsy for unders as provrn by the Cats & Hawks over more than 10 years.

Players rarely stay for unders.

People are naive if they think Best Players At s**t Teams are demonstrating loyalty.

 

[Sab22]

Remember the Lachie Henderson situation with Blues and Cats.

Yeah, nah. Announce it after the season is officially over

 

[Benny78]

Personally, I'm not sure why players don't make it common knowledge they're going elsewhere - particularly as a free agent.

It seems like a good idea to let everyone know that they're at the club, they're committed to the season but they'll be leaving in the off season. That allows everyone to get it off their chest and just focus on what's ahead, without having the media circus affecting not only the player but the clubs.

It seems to me that it would cut out the speculation and absolute crap that the clubs and players involved have to deal with, it'd also cut it out for us as fans and deprive media parasites like Barrett and Tom Browne of crap to sling.

Win, win?

Because scummery wins friend.

That is the judeo-christian capitalist society we live in

 

[Damon_3388]

Because we have to operate in a world where we all think our players love playing specifically for our club and are going to be one club loyal champions.

And don't have the guts or honesty to treat it as a job and as the business that it is, for fear of criticism from some couch-sitting average Joes.

 

[Freomaniac]

I respected on How Jarrad Waite dealt with free agency.

He didnt say a word until the season is over. Once the season is over he then said his intentions to Join North

 

[Frank Gallagher]

Players get match payments, enough said.

 

[Frank Gallagher]

I respected on How Jarrad Waite dealt with free agency.

He didnt say a word until the season is over. Once the season is over he then said his intentions to Join North

I respected how Dale Thomas went about it, was told he wasn't wanted so went to Carlton giving us a top 5 pick!

 

[kranky al]

They might have to endure people boooooing them in the crowd. Big no no these days. Rustles all sorts of SJW jimmies.

Or you could have just typed “im not able to understand nuance and the reasons why booing this would be seen differently to another reason altogether for booing. Furrhermore, i am actually proud of the fact that i sit here and stew in my own ignorant feculence and wear it as a badge of honour”

Because it creates the exact same impression of you in the readers eye.

 

[Aussie in exile]

Unnecessary secrecy is a feature of the AFL.

The thing is other clubs know, managers know, certain players in the team often have some idea, media figures usually know, but they just can't handle being open with the public. It's the same way certain clubs handle their injury lists. Always vague.

It's rare you have a player like Gaff who just goes right up to the line before making a decision.

To say that the AFL is clandestine on almost everything is an understatement.
Its like a freemason lodge.

 

[Duskfire]

Players rarely stay for unders.

People are naive if they think Best Players At **** Teams are demonstrating loyalty.

While I agree with you to a certain extent, there is no way a bunch of Geelong players weren’t being paid unders for a chance of success. Barrel, Enright, Scarlett, Johnson all could have gotten far more then what they were paid, especially once the expansion clubs came along.

I agree with you mostly though.

 

[Topkent]

Because any player not at a top 8 club will sit in the reserves for the rest of the season

 

[juss]

The AFL industry and fans are very immature in regard to player movement and free agency compared to other leagues.

This is because player movement and drafting is a lot more restricted than other sports, it historically has happened once a year for a brief period.

The current attitudes towards player movement are immature because of that. Compare it to other sports where they can sign/trade/FA players multiple times through the year and it's not as big a deal.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

there is no way a bunch of Geelong players weren’t being paid unders for a chance of success

Yeah being paid unders in the salary cap.

While paying unders for some nice investment opportunities in hotels.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Didn't North try that???

Cough Martin, cough Kelly...

 

[Scotland]

What about Andrew "done deal" Gaff? We had 3 FAs last year weighing up offers. Two stayed, Lycett left. Everyone knew North wanted Gaff and he was considering it but in the end he stayed.

Given the paperwork can't be lodged until October anyway what happens if a player agrees to terms with a club, makes it public and then suffers a career threatening injury?

 

[longsuffreosupp]

Needs to be a true mid season draft and trading. Then players who are surplus or who are already going can get out early (if they or the club want)