barrackers
Brownlow Medallist
- Sep 4, 2016
- 12,172
- 21,786
- AFL Club
- Collingwood
I don’t believe the changes went as far as having a pick in the same round. As someone said in the media the benefit should be in the access not the draft concession. Future pick trading will help with multiple father son or zone players in the same draft. There’s also no mention of the points deficit in the changes, so I assume clubs can still go into deficit and make up the difference the following year.Basically the benefit of the father-son rule is diminished, which I think is sad as it’s a wonderful and traditional part of our game.
The discount reduction from 20 > 10% and need to use picks within the round to do that will make clubs think twice about matching which ultimately will mean a few less father son selections.
I like seeing father son players for every club for me to cheer, boo, admire and ridicule.
I do not believe expansion clubs should feel neglected in this. They get massive draft concessions and assistance for several years.
If we lower the eligibility threshold from 100 > 50 games they will get access to their father son options sooner as the children of mature age recruits who played less games for them will also be eligible.
I also think there’s a possibility that there will be some golden draft picks. For instance, pick 18, 36 and 54 as last picks in the round give equal access at a lower price.
I’d also like to understand how dvi works at the end of round three when compensation picks and father- son selections push round three picks beyond pick 54 and having a dvi value as I read it.
This system just trades one set of problems for another in my opinion.
And it will ultimately make it near impossible to draft multiple f/S and nga selections in the same year.
Not approved.