- Sep 18, 2003
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- #76
Crow Chick said:Just a quick comment about the F/S discussion of Gibbs. It's not the number of games that is the issue, the Crows are fine with the 200 games, it's the qualifying time frame that is the problem.
Port - first AFL game in 1997. SANFL F/S qualification period end of season 1996.
Freo - first AFL game in 1995. WAFL F/S qualification period end of season 1994.
West Coast - first AFL game in 1986. WAFL F/S qualification period end of season 1985.
Crows - first AFL game in 1991. SANFL F/S qualification period end of season 1989. (Therefore, games played in the year prior to AFL entry (1990) are not counted in F/S qualification, whereas games played the year before West Coast, Freo and Port's entry are counted).
Hope this clears it up for some of you!
But, the Crows put forward that proposal and the AFL agreed. The Crows should have made it more even in terms of yrs, I dont know what they were thinking. In reality, the Crows do not have a leg to stand on and with the other clubs well and truely aware of what the crows are trying to do, I cannot see the AFL changing the rules. The crows needed abit of foresight and tried to change this afew years back when Gibbs wasnt such hot property. Unfortunatly, they just presumed he would be eligible.