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Re: AFL and AFLPA close to agreement on new CBA
Well, the AFL have had an uncanny ability to implement changes that can get exploited so unless this is one of the rare times they get it right then it will be exploited and not used in the spirit of what it's designed for.
To me this is all designed to keep dominating the sporting news landscape which is why we get so many things wrong.
Lets go back to the reintroduction of the mid season draft.
The vision
If a club lost a ruck or key position player or two then there was was plenty of good players in the state leagues that could be brought in. That sounded logical
The reality
Clubs use it to get a jump start on 19yo state or talent league players overlooked at the last draft who have performed well enough to get on the draft radars. Of course they will also bring in mid-fielders rather than the ruck man they lost. Who could have seen that coming?
Lets go back to live trading on draft night.
The vision
If a player a club really rates is available a lot later in the draft than originally projected it will allow clubs to trade back into the draft and snare the highly sort after player. That sounded logical
The reality
In the 2018 Sydney and West Coast exploited a poorly implemented option so that the Swans could draft Nick Blakey on the cheap and surprise surprise the AFL signed off on it. Who could have seen that coming?
The mid-season trading will all sound good because they are great at selling the vision but some teams will exploit this and it won't be used in the manner that it's being designed. Still it will help the AFL create news stories and dominate the sporting media and it appears that is the real bigger picture with these changes.
Well, the AFL have had an uncanny ability to implement changes that can get exploited so unless this is one of the rare times they get it right then it will be exploited and not used in the spirit of what it's designed for.
To me this is all designed to keep dominating the sporting news landscape which is why we get so many things wrong.
Lets go back to the reintroduction of the mid season draft.
The vision
If a club lost a ruck or key position player or two then there was was plenty of good players in the state leagues that could be brought in. That sounded logical
The reality
Clubs use it to get a jump start on 19yo state or talent league players overlooked at the last draft who have performed well enough to get on the draft radars. Of course they will also bring in mid-fielders rather than the ruck man they lost. Who could have seen that coming?
Lets go back to live trading on draft night.
The vision
If a player a club really rates is available a lot later in the draft than originally projected it will allow clubs to trade back into the draft and snare the highly sort after player. That sounded logical
The reality
In the 2018 Sydney and West Coast exploited a poorly implemented option so that the Swans could draft Nick Blakey on the cheap and surprise surprise the AFL signed off on it. Who could have seen that coming?
The mid-season trading will all sound good because they are great at selling the vision but some teams will exploit this and it won't be used in the manner that it's being designed. Still it will help the AFL create news stories and dominate the sporting media and it appears that is the real bigger picture with these changes.
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