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Academy Rorts - The 2025 Draft Thread
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The AFL's decision to move the AFLW Grand Final to 7:45PM?
Decided to hold over changes to the academy bidding system until 2025?
Instituting the stand rule to handicap Richmond?
Introducing the 6-6-6 because old commentator were getting annoyed that players positioning didn't conform to the team sheet?
Reducing interchange numbers because somehow tired players = less defensive football?
Taking the maximum $ from Fox and therefore not having any FTA football on Saturdays?
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Getting a point for missing the goals? Definitely woke
Get a prize even if you’re not the best men’s or women’s team? So woke
Get a prize even if you’re not the best men’s or women’s team? So woke
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Regarding short memories.
So some players left Brisbane when they were rebuilding. Yep, they did. just like Richmond just had a heap walk out.
How many player then elected to go to the Lions in the past say 5 or so years?
Daniher
Dunkley
Neale
Well there are a couple of pretty useful sorts to help even the ledger.
And there have been a fair few other decent role players as well.
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Think the pretty clear difference is that Richmond got really good value for the players that left? Translated to picks 7, 12, 14, 21 after bid matching.
Richmond's players that left were contracted, older and better regarded for sure but the difference is stark. Richmond was happy to move some of them on given the draft hand they got so very different.
Whereas Yeo, Docherty, Polec, Longer only resulted in picks 25, 28, 33, 34 (and possibly contributed to a pick swap in the 20s, can't remember exactly). Unsurprisingly of the players taken with those picks only 1 is still playing footy (McStay).
Yeo particularly at the time was a massive underpay, one we had to accept with no leverage.
What a choice rort we have with Will that keeps on giving
irel
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The Lion’s Rort.
In the land of Aussie rules, where the Lions roar, A tale of draft rorts, whispers galore. Brisbane's pride, with tactics so sly, Caught the league's eye, oh my, oh my, another rort!
With picks and trades, they played the game, In the draft's shadow, they sought their fame. But whispers grew loud, and questions arose, Were the Lions too clever, who really knows?
The AFL watched with a careful eye, As Brisbane's manoeuvres reached for the sky. In the end, the truth came to light, A draft day drama, a curious sight.
But through it all, the Lions stood tall, with fans who cheered, through rise and fall. For in the game of footy, one thing's clear, It's the love of the rort that we hold dear.
Don't blame me. Blame AI.
In the land of Aussie rules, where the Lions roar, A tale of draft rorts, whispers galore. Brisbane's pride, with tactics so sly, Caught the league's eye, oh my, oh my, another rort!
With picks and trades, they played the game, In the draft's shadow, they sought their fame. But whispers grew loud, and questions arose, Were the Lions too clever, who really knows?
The AFL watched with a careful eye, As Brisbane's manoeuvres reached for the sky. In the end, the truth came to light, A draft day drama, a curious sight.
But through it all, the Lions stood tall, with fans who cheered, through rise and fall. For in the game of footy, one thing's clear, It's the love of the rort that we hold dear.
Don't blame me. Blame AI.
For thre forts or this rubbish
Elixuh
See you on the 9th green at 9
Woke is using third rounders to draft the [5th] best player in the draft
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Basically a negative catch all term for anything deemed progressive.
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Basically a negative catch all term for anything deemed progressive.
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It’s especially weird because if anything the northern academies would themselves be considered the thing that is ‘woke’.
You have the AFL implementing handouts to a specific sets of clubs (northern clubs) due to inequity of their circumstances (less homegrown talent and retention issues).
The Vic clubs would be the people complaining about the handouts because they aren’t able to comprehend the idea that the system isn’t equal.
The northern academies and having them play in the talent league and all that is affirmative action (or DEI) for Queenslanders and New South Welshmen.
I'm not far off 50 now. Still love the princess bride, awesome movie.
Woke is the word of Big Footy,
They wear maroon…every other colour and gold
We will always rort with courtesy
To avenge the five of old,
All for woke and woke for all
We will execute a rort,
Woke Lions, Brisbane Lions
You’ll pick the winning rort,
You’ll hear a mighty rort
They wear maroon…every other colour and gold
We will always rort with courtesy
To avenge the five of old,
All for woke and woke for all
We will execute a rort,
Woke Lions, Brisbane Lions
You’ll pick the winning rort,
You’ll hear a mighty rort
Woke = Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Luckily there is a world wide trend now away from it, Walmart in the US just abolished all their employment directives around it. The AFL has spread the talent too thin to be achieve perceived DEI and needs more talent in the system - men and ladies.
Tasmania should have had an academy the day it was announced and it should have already been playing in a national system and their top kids should be in/or affiliated with Melbourne Private schools to get more Tasmania kids ready to take pressure of future draft subsidies. Darwin and Cairns should have a Northern Academy playing in a national junior league and scholarships should be set up so the top kids are being offered private boarding education in the AFL states which the AFL itsself pays for. There should also be junior academies for 'cultural' groups not attached to any one club that is specifically aimed at winning talented kids and taking them off the streets and into a game not familiar to their immigrated family. And yes, I'm all for bringing talented international kids coming to Australia on education scholarships to have some of them ready when drafting comes around just like rugby union does with the Pacific Island kids. If Collingwood want to bring 3 kids from the Tiwi Islands down to Melbourne and have them in a Private School at 16 yeas of age then can have those kids with big draft concessions. If Essendon brings 4 kids from Sudan across to Australia and pays their education they can have all 4 for free and if St Kilda brings 3 kids from the USA and reverses the basket ball trend of kids going the other way they can bypass the draft and have those kids. Clubs should only be rewarded where they bring completely new players to the game and not be rewarded for cherry picking kids already playing just because they are from a non-englisg speaking background.
Elite junior development and game expansion is too inhibited by what happens in the draft and who may get what perceived advantage over whom. Academies should be independent for growth and then those clubs that take a risk and put in the $ and pay their staff to go out and roll balls to the kids every week should get the benefits. Just keeping the peace among the clubs is an inhibitor, the AFL should reward hard work and reward success
Luckily there is a world wide trend now away from it, Walmart in the US just abolished all their employment directives around it. The AFL has spread the talent too thin to be achieve perceived DEI and needs more talent in the system - men and ladies.
Tasmania should have had an academy the day it was announced and it should have already been playing in a national system and their top kids should be in/or affiliated with Melbourne Private schools to get more Tasmania kids ready to take pressure of future draft subsidies. Darwin and Cairns should have a Northern Academy playing in a national junior league and scholarships should be set up so the top kids are being offered private boarding education in the AFL states which the AFL itsself pays for. There should also be junior academies for 'cultural' groups not attached to any one club that is specifically aimed at winning talented kids and taking them off the streets and into a game not familiar to their immigrated family. And yes, I'm all for bringing talented international kids coming to Australia on education scholarships to have some of them ready when drafting comes around just like rugby union does with the Pacific Island kids. If Collingwood want to bring 3 kids from the Tiwi Islands down to Melbourne and have them in a Private School at 16 yeas of age then can have those kids with big draft concessions. If Essendon brings 4 kids from Sudan across to Australia and pays their education they can have all 4 for free and if St Kilda brings 3 kids from the USA and reverses the basket ball trend of kids going the other way they can bypass the draft and have those kids. Clubs should only be rewarded where they bring completely new players to the game and not be rewarded for cherry picking kids already playing just because they are from a non-englisg speaking background.
Elite junior development and game expansion is too inhibited by what happens in the draft and who may get what perceived advantage over whom. Academies should be independent for growth and then those clubs that take a risk and put in the $ and pay their staff to go out and roll balls to the kids every week should get the benefits. Just keeping the peace among the clubs is an inhibitor, the AFL should reward hard work and reward success
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Well said - get rid of "rort" asap.
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Gardiner?
Nunez
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I woke up this morning. 
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Got him via a pick swap with the Giants at pick 22. Might have been linked to the Polec trade I think? But was too confusing to try work out exactly.
