Fixing the broken draft concessions
May 5th 2008 10:45
A matter that is sure to raise some eyebrows, and tempers in the next year or two is the issue of draft picks being quarantined for the newly-developed clubs in Western Sydney and the Gold Coast. As a matter of fact, it seems to have raised the ire of many clubs obviously seeing their fate affected by these new teams entering the competition as they're experiencing a lull, and taking away their right, as a poor team, to have access to the best young players in the country.
Surely there has to be a better way.
As always, there is.
In school you learn many skills. You learn to count, though really, you should know this before you are thrust upon your poor teachers. But at school, you learn to count by twos. How easy is that. Count by twos, AFL, and watch every existing club entering a rebuilding stage breathe a sigh of relief.
Allow your new clubs to come into the competition, but instead of adopting the overly-simplistic attitude of attempting to make them competitive immediately by giving them the world of young talent on a platter, at least have them work for it. Instead of picks 1-6, stagger the picks. Count by twos, and offer opportunity to those other clubs... you know, the ones who have been around a hundred years or so, the chance to climb the ladder as well.
So the Gold Coast Prejacs enter the competition (Does this name intimate their season will be over before it begins?) and they are given not picks 1-6, but six picks in the first eleven. Sound OK?
Gold Coast gets picks 1,3,5,7,9 and 11. If they cannot draft well with those picks, then really, they have no business being in the competition. This gives them a tremendous start without overly disadvantaging the clubs who really need a leg-up at the time.
All it takes is a little basic maths. Sadly, it seems that those in charge don't have the capacity to master this intricate skill. One pick at a time for the AFL. Counting by twos is a little too hard.
Surely there has to be a better way.
As always, there is.
In school you learn many skills. You learn to count, though really, you should know this before you are thrust upon your poor teachers. But at school, you learn to count by twos. How easy is that. Count by twos, AFL, and watch every existing club entering a rebuilding stage breathe a sigh of relief.
Allow your new clubs to come into the competition, but instead of adopting the overly-simplistic attitude of attempting to make them competitive immediately by giving them the world of young talent on a platter, at least have them work for it. Instead of picks 1-6, stagger the picks. Count by twos, and offer opportunity to those other clubs... you know, the ones who have been around a hundred years or so, the chance to climb the ladder as well.
So the Gold Coast Prejacs enter the competition (Does this name intimate their season will be over before it begins?) and they are given not picks 1-6, but six picks in the first eleven. Sound OK?
Gold Coast gets picks 1,3,5,7,9 and 11. If they cannot draft well with those picks, then really, they have no business being in the competition. This gives them a tremendous start without overly disadvantaging the clubs who really need a leg-up at the time.
All it takes is a little basic maths. Sadly, it seems that those in charge don't have the capacity to master this intricate skill. One pick at a time for the AFL. Counting by twos is a little too hard.
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