Lift draft age to 19 and relieve students' stress
Ted Richards - The Age - 22 June
THE AFL has made modifications to the game over the past few years, and many of these changes, such as the concussion rule, have been introduced with the players' welfare in mind.
But there is another change the AFL should consider, one that would be a significant shift and that would have an impact on players on and off the field. The AFL should increase the minimum draft age a further year to 19.
For aspiring AFL players, the most important year of their school life, year 12, unfortunately coincides with the most important year for football, the year they are trying to get drafted. For all potential draftees, year 12, which is already an incredibly difficult year, is all the more demanding and stressful.
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