Originally Posted by
Lantern
Yep. And that just opens up a whole new can of worms anyway. Previously, we let the 'market' decide, so an unwanted Aker was worth a second-rounder, a Judd in prime was a third-pick plus young gun, Ball, who was picked ahead of Judd in their draft, went for pick 30, Fev went for a bottle of milk and a young tall, Hall, a key forward was worth a third rounder, and a wayward speedster in Lovett went to the Saints for a first round pick. A clear, "supply and demand" type logic to the exchanges, but certainly not based on individual talent or history.
Trades are by their very nature laden with history, context, form, personality fits, trading nous etc. etc. etc. How can a tribunal hope to replicate that fairly in any way, shape or form?
It's just a recipe for disaster.