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Changes to priority picks.

About bloody time. If St. Kilda fail to win a flag with the list they've currently got as a result of exploiting the system then footy could still get out of this relatively unscathed. It's a shame the AFL can't take Koschitzke and Ball off them. Teams being rewarded for failure (often as a result of lack of commitment, poor coaching, bad administration etc. rather than a lack of talent), supporters barracking against their own team - what a joke.
 
I personally would have accepted the "in-between" option, where the bottom 8 sides still had picks 1-8, then any "Priority Picks" would be taken before the sides that finished in the finals had their go.

If these latest changes result in perennial poorly performing clubs taking too long to improve, then it will mean more years of heartache for those who have the misfortune of finishing low on the ladder in the next few seasons.

I think the balance has tipped a little too far the other way now.
 
can anyone tell me ( since the draft was introduced ) would any team have qualified for a first round priority pick applying the new system ? if not then the new rules do very little to assist struggling clubs .
 
yandb said:
can anyone tell me ( since the draft was introduced ) would any team have qualified for a first round priority pick applying the new system ? if not then the new rules do very little to assist struggling clubs .
Brian Cook on sen this morning said only three teams over the twenty years of the draft would have qualified for a priority pick before the first round.
 
jb03 said:
Not sure about that lotto idea j2r. Fancy team finishing 9th getting pick no. 1 and team 16 getting 9th pick. Create more problems than it solves.
cant see how it would cause anymore of a problem JB.If anything the system would put to bed any preception of tanking.
feisty tige said:
The second post was for a normal lotto, like tipping? Is that correct j2r ?
My 2nd post was more toungue in cheek FT :)