Confirmed Josh Battle [to Hawthorn as UFA]

[Jeremias]

Infractions and thread bans have been handed out.

Keep it civil and on topic, or keep it to yourself.

Thanks.

 

[Falchoon]

Surely pick 8 for Battle is the nadir that causes the AFL to scrap FA compo.

Your compensation should be the salary cap you open up to attract other players

The opposite case is that free agency becomes top clubs raiding bottom clubs non stop, creating (in addition to the fixture) a system of haves and have nots rather than an equalised competition.

Not hard to envisage in the era of Gen Z and instant gratification.

Josh Battle will be better than the pick 8 equivalent player for at least the next 5 years, by which time the pick 8 player will be approaching free agency - and so on and so on.

This is one I think the AFL have got right.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

The opposite case is that free agency becomes top clubs raiding bottom clubs non stop, creating (in addition to the fixture) a system of haves and have nots rather than an equalised competition.

Not hard to envisage in the era of Gen Z and instant gratification.

Josh Battle will be better than the pick 8 equivalent player for at least the next 5 years, by which time the pick 8 player will be approaching free agency - and so on and so on.

This is one I think the AFL have got right.

Then don't be a bottom club. Everyone has the same salary cap - would be a good job to convince players to stay for unders in perpetuity

 

[jumperfan]

Then don't be a bottom club.

Wow what brilliant advice. Can't believe we've never once, in 150 years of existence, considered that.

 

[bird_man]

Or perhaps this is simply the broken clock scenario.

FA compo is ridiculous in its entirety.

Why should 16 other clubs be punished?

You could say exactly the same thing about academies and father sons though and that will not be changed any time soon.

It's hardly a perfect system but like academies and father sons, every club gets punished sometimes and sometimes your club has a win.

 

[EconomicDecline]

Fair enough some people don't like the compensation system, but of all players to spit the dummy over, Josh Battle? He's a ripper. Would have commanded a pick around 10 in a trade, what's so shocking about the Saints getting pick 8? Incredibly durable, can play at both ends, great hands and skills etc.

Because most commentators debating what his worth likely have never watched him play, or at best only when their team has played the Saints.