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No I'm asking how Would Bulldogs or Brisbane acquire pick 2? or Collingwood pick 4. None of those teams had anywhere close to the draft capital to make a fair trade - You may as well not have father/son rules at all.
The big issue with the current set up is that there is a discount built in, but clubs are giving other clubs further discounts by not making them pay top dollar. Darcy and Daicos would have gone 1 and 2 if it was a free for all, but because Dogs and Collingwood did deals with GWS and North they 'decided' not to bid - basically giving Dogs and Collingwood a discount worth an extra pick in the 30s.
Theres far better, common sense approaches they can use to increase the price of the picks, which is what they're bringing in next year.
Find a way. Trade out players, use draft picks. Or, miss out.
F/S should be a nice-to-have. It shouldnt ruin the entire draft process - which in many cases it has.