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It would probably be a draft full of passes. List size would need to grow before that could happen.
There would definitely be more clubs passing but I think that is fine. Would rather a club passed than do what some do now and pick up a kid for 6 months knowing full well he wont get a game but is just there as a body.
 

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There would definitely be more clubs passing but I think that is fine. Would rather a club passed than do what some do now and pick up a kid for 6 months knowing full well he wont get a game but is just there as a body.
Maybe make it if you nominate 18 months you can be picked up by any club , 6 months only home state clubs. If I had a opportunity to try prove myself I would take any time frame offered.
 
Maybe make it if you nominate 18 months you can be picked up by any club , 6 months only home state clubs. If I had a opportunity to try prove myself I would take any time frame offered.
I still think 6 months is just way too short a timeframe to get a good idea on a player, particularly with them not having an AFL preseason and coming into a new team halfway through a season.
 
I still think 6 months is just way too short a timeframe to get a good idea on a player, particularly with them not having an AFL preseason and coming into a new team halfway through a season.
It’s definitely not ideal but while the list size is the way it is I don’t think there is much choice. Maybe a 18 month Rookie category C .
 
Still unsure why the AFL hasn't just made it a mandatory 18 month contract for mid season draftees. 6 months is ridiculous particularly for someone having to move interstate. If clubs don't want to offer that length then they don't get to take a free 6 month hit.
Especially true if the next club in line was prepared to offer the longer contract.
 
Problem w/ 6 months is if you get picked up then delisted w/out getting a gig, it's unlikely you will get picked up again by another club later that year / next year, so it's a career killer. But if you extend it to 18months, then clubs will probably only pickup long term options and not go for the short-term needs players, which limits the potential of guys like that ruck/fwd Ryan we're supposedly looking at to get a chance.
 

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On the flipside, these players get a chance they probably wouldn't without the msd! So, anyone who has the workrate and the want to succeed has a chance to prolong their career for another 12 months at the very least , Ä°F they show some good form and work ethics in their initial six months at a club.
Worth seeing it as a ' second' chance, if you like.
 
The standard MSD contract should be 18 months.

Players can choose to nominate for only 6 if they choose.

That way the player gets some security. If a mature age player knows he might just be the missing ingredient or an injury replacement for a finalist, he can choose to accept only 6 months.
 
If we don't get Hansen Jr I want one of the BHH boys.

We need to continue to reward Box Hill to entice players that it's a draft pathway especially through the Hawks.

Good for the culture and development if we have a strong second side and we will only get that by enticing the best talent to Box Hill.
 
If we don't get Hansen Jr I want one of the BHH boys.

We need to continue to reward Box Hill to entice players that it's a draft pathway especially through the Hawks.

Good for the culture and development if we have a strong second side and we will only get that by enticing the best talent to Box Hill.

Looks like we have an interest.

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If you have to move to play with the club it should automatically be a year and a half.
I think the reason they did it because rookie contracts are only 12 months. You’d have more job security being picked in the msd.
 

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