Father-son rules change opens up options

[LostDoggy]

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Edit ... It took me a while to find it ... Murray Rance also played 140 games for Swan Districts.

If we include state leagues then we should have had dibs on Dane Swan as his father was at our feeder Williamstown(as well port).

[Bornadog]

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If we include state leagues then we should have had dibs on Dane Swan as his father was at our feeder Williamstown(as well port).

Drawing a long bow with that one

[Scraggers]

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If we include state leagues then we should have had dibs on Dane Swan as his father was at our feeder Williamstown(as well port).

This was a rule brought in by the AFL when the West Coast E-Girls and Brisbane Bears first came into the AFL ... The clubs (particularly WCE) thought they would never have the opportunity to pick up father/son prospects without some sort of compensation on the rules.

My understanding is it is only valid for interstate teams.

[Sockeye Salmon]

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Now that there is a bidding system in place I don't understand what would be wrong with having the limit 1 game?

[Mofra]

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Now that there is a bidding system in place I don't understand what would be wrong with having the limit 1 game?

Very valid point - the 100 games rule change was well before any bidding system

[soupman]

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Now that there is a bidding system in place I don't understand what would be wrong with having the limit 1 game?

I think the issue is that it has too much potential to compromise the integrity of the draft pool. The draft is about giving clubs a fair chance at any player available at their pick. Giving clubs priority access to any son of an ex player, from 1 game to 400, means that many more players become eligible and we are no longer jut talking about players that supporters care about.

The father son rule was brought in to help keep the romance of a club legends son playing for the same team, if you bring the limit down to one game it begins to compromise the draft. 50 games may still be alright, but anything below that is pushing it. Why should we get priority access to Cameron Wights sons? Or Mulligans? And we certainly shouldn't have equal rights to Nicky Winmars kids.

Besides, how much of this thread is driven by the fact we missed out on a couple of Reid's and a Rance?