It wouldn't be inconsistent with Free Agency. Players would still have the same options there. It'd just give the existing club the ability to put together a more attractive offer to keep players.I never understood why they canned it.
Given Free Agency has largely become a funnel from smaller clubs or non-Victorian clubs (outside Port) to big Victorian clubs (something that was always likely), given who controls the A(V)FL removing anything stopping that wasn't going to remain.