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I have a rule to suggest. What's happening at the lions is unacceptable in the long run. All of the clubs are happy and the fans are ok with stealing the lions players under the pretence of go home. In the NFL if a player leaves at the end of the draft two year contract, the acquiring team has to pay a large sum of money to the team losing the player. I would advocate that, as well draft equalisation measures in that a draft pick at least equal to the round the player was drafted in has to be paid. This would ensure that the interstate clubs don't suffer long term with no money for success and like the lions at the moment the other clubs trying to steal the players with a significant downgrade on the picks with no chance of picking up players of like ability.
I really feel sorry for the lions draft team. It must be very hard to try pick a players ability then try to get inside their head to make sure they won't walk out the door at the end of two years.
Yeah I was thinking about some kind of "transfer fee" as well but not sure how it would work. As AFL contracts are generally relatively small if it worked off a percentage it may not amount to much (say $50k per player?). Also it would favour the rich teams who could afford the transfer fees and mean it would be even more lop-sided than FA.