AFL Culture needs to grow up re: players waiting till end-of-season to reveal that they are planning to move out

[sruss]

Blakey fell under the same rules, he chose to not go to North. It's nobody's fault North weren't appealing enough to him.

Kelly didn't qualify and 80% of North fans born after 1982 wouldn't have even known Phil Kelly existed if Josh wasn't a gun. Change 1982 to 1992 for Mark Brayshaw and the point remains the same.

Laughable you're trying to draw a bow between Kelly/Brayshaw and 200+ games players in Daicos/Ashcroft/Darcy.

Seems arbitrary to me that the romance should only apply to certain father sons and not others, that’s all.

 

[Pistol Night]

Seems arbitrary to me that the romance should only apply to certain father sons and not others, that’s all.

It does though. We have a romance with the Daicos boys. The Brown boys and Will Kelly was less romantic

 

[sruss]

It does though. We have a romance with the Daicos boys. The Brown boys and Will Kelly was less romantic

Yeah I get it. You’d imagine the Brown and Kelly kids would have had some of the Daicos level of admiration if they were better footballers though - it seems the more talented they are, the easier it is to romanticise and strengthen the link the offspring have to the club

 

[Lana]

I always felt that deliberate ambiguity in spite of what is evident is in the best interest of all parties. Allows for a lot of flexibility should the unexpected happen

 

[eastfreo75]

Father-son is fantastic, and I would say that even if all we got out of it was Jed Bews. There would be something inherently wrong about Daicos, Darcy, Ashcroft etc playing anywhere else.

Should be up to the club to trade up or down to continue a legacy.

 

[Cleric]

It created a farce though when everyone knows a player is moving clubs and we have to endure "Put off contract talks",Ill sit down with my manager and the end of the season and decide whats best for my family". The suspense when Bailey Smith announced he wanted to go to Geelong was on par with Home And Away

So if you are happy that you think you know who is leaving, and that's without getting them to have to announce it prior, what are you losing out by the current situation?

Let's not forget that a certain number of rumours of players moving is the manager driving up their players price.

What if a Tigers player announces he is moving to St Kilda next year, then a few weeks later they both meet in a preliminary final. They player then puts in his worst game ever, and the Tigers lose, sending St Kilda to the GF. Imagine the strife that would cause. It just opens up so many holes we don't need opened.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

The American sports teams also have much larger Free Agency periods than the AFL the fact it lasts a couple of weeks is a joke

Oh God do not lengthen it

 

[piesaregreat]

F/S generally is considered good by a clubs supporters when their team has a lot of potential f/s
F/S is seem as unfair/out of date by a clubs supporters when their team has little to no potential f/s

Remember it is not compulsory for a kid to agree to f/s recruiting