The AFLs approach to the problem of declining Aboriginal draftee numbers is completely backwards. JUH, or NWM, or other top 20 picks were always going to get on a list. Allowing the NGA clubs to get the highest rated Aboriginal players will make no difference. It’s the lower ranked players, the ones coming from further back, that need better support. But how do you think the clubs will spend their (meagre) NGA resources? On the best prospects, or on the marginal ones, the ones who are harder work and need more support?
The whole thing is a joke. The AFL, not the clubs, has all the money. The AFL should do a broad-based Aboriginal development program itself, and abolish the NGAs completely.
The whole thing is a joke. The AFL, not the clubs, has all the money. The AFL should do a broad-based Aboriginal development program itself, and abolish the NGAs completely.