Quote Originally Posted by Doc26 View Post
Hey BT, do you know that this is actually the term of the contract that Gardner negotiated with the Club?
The mid-season draft as far as I’m aware permitted a short term contract option to 31Oct this year, or the option to 31Oct2020, with the option to be re-signed based on existing rookie rules.
Not for a fact on that. Buku got two years last year. La Young got an upgrade very early on. Sweet looked like at least two years plus and got that second year last month. Bevo loves Roarke and we should have one rookie selection or SSP at minimum. So all that factored in, I’m having an educated guess that at the time of the mid season draft we wouldn’t have given him anything passed the end of this year (locking ourselves & our flexibility down) based on two handful of VFL games. Unfortunately for him he his PCL. As I say, that’s my best guess. The rookie list will be interesting to keep tabs on.