ronrat wrote:If I had the power to do so I would change the father/son rule. If your father played one game for the club you could be drafted to that club using the last pick available to that club. If that is unfair to some other clubs then bad luck. There is unfairness everywhere. We live in an age of pretend academies, concessions to new clubs & Brisbane were allowed a different salary cap to win their premierships.
Wouldn't work. The SA and WA clubs get access to players whose Dads played in the Snaffle and Waffle. You could suddenly have the last 2 rounds of those competitions suddenly have debutants at age 41 etc. The Eagles arranged for Ashley McIntoshs father to sit on the bench in a WAFL game to qualify him.
And what about those players whose Dad played for 2, 3 or even 4 clubs. But never managed 50 at any of them.
If a another club, say the Dogs, were to stupidly put in a a bid 2 rounds higher than the players ratings and they get stuck with you just bid for one of theirs and they are forced to choose. Or they player suddenly takes a gap year or 2 and pisses off to Europe leaving a hole in the list and when they lose patience grab him for nothing when he is delisted.
What disappoints me is Pants Millane was obviously using condoms.[/quote]
It would work. They would be my rules. Under those rules the father/son would only apply to AFL teams not to state based teams.
I don't understand why a father playing for more than one team is an issue.The draftee has a choice as to nominating & can chose whether he wants to nominate a club under that rule, just as Marc Murphy decided not to nominate Brisbane.
