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I highly, highly doubt that the AFL manipulates the whole thing like a deep state actor - if so, Buddy Franklin would have gone to GWS.

Neither Petracca nor Oliver came out to publicly nominate a club because they knew the chances of getting there - particularly given lack of picks on behalf of their target clubs, Collingwood and Geelong - was minimal.

I absolutely agree that player managers are a blight, and not enough players are held to contract, but just because most players who come out publicly get to move, that doesn't mean the AFL just chooses it all.