Speculation Harley Reid [OOC 2026]

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

The system is working fine.

Its greedy fans who are far too invested in an entertainment sport that are willing to turn peoples / families lives upside down just to get a slightly better draft pick / trade result.

Lets just stop and think about that for a moment shall we.

Players include partners, wives, children, schools, friends and families.

The team that finished 1st just got the best young player in the country. The system is as broken as a system can be. Can you imagine if in 2023 The Nuggets got pick 1 and drafted Victor Wembanyama after winning the title?

We have the worst draft/trade system in world sport and not even a close 2nd

 

[eastfreo75]

The team that finished 1st just got the best young player in the country. The system is as broken as a system can be. We have the worst draft/trade system in world sport and not even a close 2nd

The draft is about equalization. NGA, Northern academies and F/S is the opposite to that and much into the old club zones.

Points system was a total joke, and the new points is just a little less of a bad joke. Massive discount already.

Everybody talks about the romantic nature of the father/son but shouldn't be up to the club to trade up to keep the tradition going. Getting a discount is rubbish.

NGA is a joke when one of the parents is Australian and would have played footy anyway.

NBL doesn't have a draft, and the competition is pretty close. NRL has a very similar ladder to us with no draft.

Time to get rid of the draft, it's not working.

 

[Big_Birdy]

The draft is about equalization. NGA, Northern academies and F/S is the opposite to that and much into the old club zones.

Points system was a total joke, and the new points is just a little less of a bad joke. Massive discount already.

Everybody talks about the romantic nature of the father/son but shouldn't be up to the club to trade up to keep the tradition going. Getting a discount is rubbish.

NGA is a joke when one of the parents is Australian and would have played footy anyway.

NBL doesn't have a draft, and the competition is pretty close. NRL has a very similar ladder to us with no draft.

Time to get rid of the draft, it's not working.

Eventually someone with enough money and determination to get to where they want may challenge it in court, and the AFL hand will be forced as the NRL's was.

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[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

The draft is about equalization. NGA, Northern academies and F/S is the opposite to that and much into the old club zones.

Points system was a total joke, and the new points is just a little less of a bad joke. Massive discount already.

Everybody talks about the romantic nature of the father/son but shouldn't be up to the club to trade up to keep the tradition going. Getting a discount is rubbish.

NGA is a joke when one of the parents is Australian and would have played footy anyway.

NBL doesn't have a draft, and the competition is pretty close. NRL has a very similar ladder to us with no draft.

Time to get rid of the draft, it's not working.

The draft is about manipulation. It has been ever since Eagles entered the competition. . I think it’s so far away from being an acceptable system we will never see it. We need a minimum of 6 rule changes and I don’t think we even have the courage to do 1 .

 

[eastfreo75]

The draft is about manipulation. It has been ever since Eagles entered the competition. . I think it’s so far away from being an acceptable system we will never see it. We need a minimum of 6 rule changes and I don’t think we even have the courage to do 1 .

At work I spoke to a player (won't mention their name). He said that Port was going to draft him, but his manager had a few tools to put them off. Port let him slide and a Victorian team selected him with the next pick.

Heppell used his injuries to get to Essendon. Source a good friend of his mother, they catch up most weeks. Heppell overplayed the injuries with other teams so he could go to the Bombers.

Bailey Smith's manager wrote to all of the interstate clubs saying that he had mental issues and couldn't live away from his family.

Time to get rid of the draft.

 

[eastfreo75]

Eventually someone with enough money and determination to get to where they want may challenge it in court, and the AFL hand will be forced as the NRL's was.

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AFL are underhanded and threaten that player. Won't happen as too many are afraid of the AFL.