AFL scraps priority pick

[soupman]

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Surely if they get one it will be end of first round. I can't see how the AFL can sell that they deserve pick 1.

[bulldogtragic]

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I don't think they deserve one either but I reckon the AFL will give them one. Just depends if it is at the end of the first round or before....which would be disgusting.

Before would start violent riots. If they do it should be the end. With Adelaide and Essendon out, it's less completely offensive to every other club and supporter of the game. Just.

[Bulldog4life]

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Before would start violent riots. If they do it should be the end. With Adelaide and Essendon out, it's less completely offensive to every other club and supporter of the game. Just.

I think this has been posted before but it just proves no one knows exactly when the pp would be given.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/melbourne-could-snatch-wonderkid-tom-boyd-from-gws-if-handed-a-priority-draft-pick-by-the-afl/story-fngexzp4-1226688395385

MELBOURNE could trump Greater Western Sydney and snare the rights to star big man Tom Boyd if handed a priority pick by the AFL Commission.

GWS has dangled the carrot of key forward Boyd to rival clubs, tempting them to assemble a package of senior players they could trade for the much-hyped kid.

But if the AFL Commission does hand out a priority pick to effectively reward Melbourne's continued failure over multiple years, it could be a selection before the first pick of the national draft.

GWS picky on drafting Boyd

That means even if the Giants won the wooden spoon, the Demons could take the first pick of the draft as a priority pick, then their official first selection after GWS took the second pick.

Melbourne would then be faced with a decision about whether to trade Boyd for established players while retaining its no. 3 pick.

If Greater Western Sydney loses this week to Melbourne, the Demons will be three games clear and the Giants will take the wooden spoon.

It makes the clash the "Tom Boyd Cup", and is shaping as one of the last winnable games for a Giants side that could become the first since since Fitzroy in 1964 not to win a game.

Scully Trengove

The exact make-up of the new formula for the priority pick is shrouded in mystery, with the pick handed out at the absolute discretion of the AFL Commission.

The league says it will be allocated only in "exceptional circumstances" but it has been customarily handed out before the draft or after the first round of the draft.

It is urging caution given the Demons might not get a pick at all, with the league not considering the situation until the end of the home-and-away season.

But clubs such as Fremantle have in the past been able to trade priority picks, with Melbourne in a spectacular draft position if it was handed that selection.

It would give it picks one, three and potentially 19 before it assessed its trade options, with Jesse Hogan to finally become eligible to play at the Demons from Round 1.

AFL boss Andrew Demetriou confirmed at the weekend the league's list group, consisting of officials Kevin Sheehan, Ken Wood and Andrew Dillon, would assemble information to hand to the Commission.

AFL deputy chief executive Gillon McLachlan recently said Melbourne had a "pretty strong argument" for a pick, given it hasn't finished higher than 12th since 2007 and has won only 33 games in the past six years.

Melbourne chief executive Peter Jackson is believed to have asked for the pre-draft priority pick in his submission to the AFL on a bail-out package to save the club.

[Remi Moses]

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For goodness sake the AFL's given them a CEO , a coach , and now they want a priority pick!
Port Adelaide managed to dig themselves out of the mire , yet piss weak Melbourne want a priority pick as well!! The AFL's just all over the shop currently, policy on the run seems to be the order of the day .
I'm tipping this will be announced a day before the draft.
If they do get one, why don't the AFL put a stipulation on that pick being Traded? We've had compromised drafts, and just when we all get a clear run the AFL Demons want a priority!

[LostDoggy]

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If they give them pick 1, they'd better make them trade it. Otherwise there's going to be hell to pay.

[LostDoggy]

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No way they should get any priority pick, they have cheated. They have destroyed good players.

[GVGjr]

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No way they should get any priority pick, they have cheated. They have destroyed good players.

Why give someone a bonus when they haven't demonstrated that they can make the most of it.

If I was at the AFL I'd look to help help Melbourne in a lot of ways but a PP isn't one of them.
I think most youngsters would dread going there unless they were hell bent on staying in Melbourne. Questionable development program and certainly not a winning one.
I'd much rather go to GWS than Melbourne if I was being drafted.

Of course playing for Macca would be number one on the wish list.

[jeemak]

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Why give someone a bonus when they haven't demonstrated that they can make the most of it.

If I was at the AFL I'd look to help help Melbourne in a lot of ways but a PP isn't one of them.
I think most youngsters would dread going there unless they were hell bent on staying in Melbourne. Questionable development program and certainly not a winning one.
I'd much rather go to GWS than Melbourne if I was being drafted.

Of course playing for Macca would be number one on the wish list.

They're the prime example of why teams shouldn't be handed priority picks to fix their cultural and list problems. They've been rebuilding since 2007, had ample opportunities to demonstrate a culture of developing people into reasonable footballers from high draft picks and have failed miserably year in, year out.

You know a club has to be going badly when we're complaining about the handouts they're receiving!

[Bornadog]

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Brisbane and Carlton request for priority picks has been rejected.

[Happy Days]

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Brisbane and Carlton request for priority picks has been rejected.

One more for the good guys.

[Axe Man]

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With Adelaide to match Geelong on Dangerfield, Kruzer re-signing and Luenburger unlikely to be worth tier 1 compo the first round of the draft should be uncompromised for the first time in forever!

[Twodogs]

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So we actually get the actual ninth pick?

[Axe Man]

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So we actually get the actual ninth pick?

Eleventh pick - we finished 8th, not 10th

INDICATIVE FIRST-ROUND DRAFT ORDER
(1) Carlton
(2) Brisbane Lions
(3) Gold Coast
(4) Essendon
(5) St Kilda
(6) Melbourne
(7) Collingwood
(8) Greater Western Sydney
(9) Geelong
(10) Port Adelaide
(11) Western Bulldogs
(12) Richmond
(13) Adelaide
(14) Sydney Swans
(15) North Melbourne
(16) Fremantle
(17) Grand Final runner up
(18) Premier
(19) Gold Coast end-of-first round compensation selection

[Bulldog Joe]

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How will GWS cope with no pick in the top 5.

[westdog54]

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How will GWS cope with no pick in the top 5.

It just means there's a few less future champions for them to overlook so that one falls to us.