Why don't SA and WA clubs academies have access to players who who live in metropolitan areas?
Surely if Vic clubs do, then SA and WA clubs should get the same deal.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-03-26/wa-sa-clubs-make-play-for-indigenous-talent
Academies.
The NGA program for West Coast, Fremantle, Port Adelaide and Adelaide has allocated each of the four clubs rural and remote regions where they can develop indigenous prospects and then have first call on those players at draft time under the father-son and Academy bidding system.
However, AFL.com.au understands the League has been approached and a presentation put forward for each state's metropolitan and city areas to be halved so more players fall into their catchments.
The NGA has been developed by the AFL to increase the talent pool of indigenous and multicultural players, with each club (outside of NSW/ACT and Queensland clubs who already have their own Academies) given an area to run Academy programs and develop players.
Players of multicultural backgrounds who live in metropolitan areas and meet the relevant criteria are already eligible to the SA and WA clubs, but not indigenous players.
This is in contrast to the Victorian clubs, who have access to multicultural and indigenous players within their zones even if they live in metropolitan areas, a difference that the proposal makes clear to the AFL.
Surely if Vic clubs do, then SA and WA clubs should get the same deal.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-03-26/wa-sa-clubs-make-play-for-indigenous-talent
Academies.
The NGA program for West Coast, Fremantle, Port Adelaide and Adelaide has allocated each of the four clubs rural and remote regions where they can develop indigenous prospects and then have first call on those players at draft time under the father-son and Academy bidding system.
However, AFL.com.au understands the League has been approached and a presentation put forward for each state's metropolitan and city areas to be halved so more players fall into their catchments.
The NGA has been developed by the AFL to increase the talent pool of indigenous and multicultural players, with each club (outside of NSW/ACT and Queensland clubs who already have their own Academies) given an area to run Academy programs and develop players.
Players of multicultural backgrounds who live in metropolitan areas and meet the relevant criteria are already eligible to the SA and WA clubs, but not indigenous players.
This is in contrast to the Victorian clubs, who have access to multicultural and indigenous players within their zones even if they live in metropolitan areas, a difference that the proposal makes clear to the AFL.
