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Option 2 please. Simple, effective and makes the club pay a fair price in some shape or form. Yes the 'selling club' might miss out sometimes, but unlikely in most cases, and at least it removes the ability for the 'buying club' to get a player for nothing through PSD just because they are out of contract.
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Our of interest, what do people think would have happened if JD had tried ti get to the Crows via the ND?
Would another club have taken him? I can see Port taking him at 16. Do we think the Crows would have been forced to use or at a minimum split pick 4 to get him?
What is there to stop JD doing what Jack Martin did and putting a price on his head that only the Crows are prepared to match?Comment
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Corey Warner feature really high in a number of the Combine tests, touch and go that he'll last to our second pick. If we want him it will be a reach with our first at pick 18 or we'll need to trade up our second on the night. Corey says he'd love to play at the Swans so we'll know exactly who else is interested in drafting him and who the threats are.
With two other Warner brothers in the pipeline, maybe we can get the full set of four :-)
Angus Anderson, a Swans Academy player, made top 10 of the 2km run, anyone know anything about him?Comment
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How about using the price being offered by the selling club as a maximum, or in the absence of this, use the value of current contract plus 15% as maximum amount. Why should a player nominate a price just to be able to put some clubs off? Defeats the purpose of going into the ND. He just needs to go to the first club that can pick him, just like everyone else.Comment
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That would encourage the selling club to lowball players as they couldn't leave for more $$ (or only via Trade, which the club can refuse to do).
You could stop players putting a price on their head in the PSD. It would help, but you've still got the problem of clubs knowing where the player wants to go / be and not wanting to recruit an unwilling player.
You could do something Academy or F/S like in the ND. Allow a player iike JD to nominate their destination club of choice, who can then match a bid in the ND for them. Means they still go to their club of choice, but that club has to pay a "fair" value for them.
Thoughts?Comment
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I was quite impressed with Anderson, when I saw him in a couple of academy games and a VFL game. Tough inside midfielder who gets plenty of the ball and uses it creatively. Can also lay a tackle. At the very least, I expect him to make our VFL squad. Though I think it's more likely that he'll be rookie listed, or even taken late in the draft proper.
This is a story on him from Draft Central.
Anderson rides the wave of a long footballing journey - Aussie Rules Draft CentralComment
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That's the key point for mine. It forces the club getting the player to give something genuinely up for the player, rather then using a loophole to get them for nothing.
Far better outcome for mine as it creates a proper opportunity cost that gives them genuine incentive to fairly negotiate an outcome at the trade table, then risk someone
I don't mind the earlier suggestion of being able to match bids either like f/s or academy players. Again, creates a situation where they stump up actual value for the player.
Want that 24 year old gun that isn't a free agent but is out of contract. That's fine but you also can't expect to not pay some price for him.
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