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It’s clearing going to be this.I don't believe you should ban F/S and academy picks in top first round but have no issue with the points being adjusted
If Grundy was best 22 at Melbourne wait until you hear who Sydney have lost over the last few years let alone decade
Salary cap. Getting so close to the problem without acknowledging itThat’s how the salary cap works. Things are meant to equalise.
You’ve lost more people because you combine a great development culture with being able to double dip on talent
Academies have been around for 14 years. I'd say it's very well worth looking over the last 10 years.Stop deflecting and looking back 10 plus years.
Well thats just a nothing statement. Something someone would say when they ......well......dont have a real answer.Academies have been around for 14 years. I'd say it's very well worth looking over the last 10 years.
I'm sorry it doesn't support your argument but that's really not my problem
Any sane person would be upset losing a good player but would make that trade off a million times for a fairer drafting system.if the north Melbourne and western australian teams people on this thread that want the northern academy's kids and their f/s picks so bad how will you cope if/when they get homesick?
that's when the whinging will start
Absolutely confident Vic, SA and WA fans would prefer that system.Any sane person would be upset losing a good player but would make that trade off a million times for a fairer drafting system.
So are begging bowl antics to extract three consecutive years of extra draft picks out of HQAcademies are a rort and should be scrapped immediately
I will start a petition for WC and Fremantle, Adelaide and Port to fund your academy and they can continue to run the academy at no cost to the benefit of the AFL as a whole. Then you can pinch them back from us when we draft them like everyone else does. No problem from my end.Absolutely confident Vic, SA and WA fans would prefer that system.
Little to no NSW and QLD players. Players constantly getting poached to go home.
Suns, Swans, Giants and Lions go back to being the rest of the competitions academies
if the north Melbourne and western australian teams people on this thread that want the northern academy's kids and their f/s picks so bad how will you cope if/when they get homesick?
that's when the whinging will start
So are begging bowl antics to extract three consecutive years of extra draft picks out of HQ
You got no comment on the rorts that are NGA's? That's the system you tried to leverage to get exclusive access to Ryley Sanders
A number of years of poor list management and poor draft decisions led to North being where they are, not F/S, NGA and academy bids.If other clubs playing finals werent getting prioity access every year North wouldnt need all that help would it? It would have access to the best kids as opposed to teams at the other end of the ladder getting stronger and stronger at the expense of clubs struggling to rebuild.
The rich stop getting richer and that allows teams such as North the opportunity to bridge the gap and become competitive faster. The outcome being no need for all that assistance.
A number of years of poor list management and poor draft decisions led to North being where they are, not F/S, NGA and academy bids.
JHF, what a **** up that was, should have bid on Daicos first to cause Pies (the rich) maximum pain. Phillips over McDonald the KPF you so desperately (still) need to support Larkey, tell me about it
The academies, father sons and free agency has diluted the talent pool a hell of a lot. Making the strong teams stronger and rebuilding teams' job much, much more difficult.
If you can't see that then there is no point discussing it.
The curve is very important, as is limiting to 3 picks to match.A factor sure, but those clubs have self hurt themseleves through list decisions too. Whether it be giving the farm for Tim Kelly, whether it be drafting JHF when he was a risk from dat dot. Clubs all get their own advantages, it's a juggling act with trying to get it being fair for all clubs (it never will be).
Fix the curve and 90% of the issues are done, that should be simple easy and done this year. The rest of the ideas lets see, but the key thing is making these junk picks not being worth a top 5 selection.
The curve is very important, as is limiting to 3 picks to match.
A factor sure, but those clubs have self hurt themseleves through list decisions too. Whether it be giving the farm for Tim Kelly, whether it be drafting JHF when he was a risk from dat dot. Clubs all get their own advantages, it's a juggling act with trying to get it being fair for all clubs (it never will be).
Fix the curve and 90% of the issues are done, that should be simple easy and done this year. The rest of the ideas lets see, but the key thing is making these junk picks not being worth a top 5 selection.
They have a rort element to them, but that is as many on here are saying easily fixable.Academies are a rort and should be scrapped immediately
How convenient. Just in time for a big Victorian team to benefit.