So .... that would be a "no" then?

Yep.
The AFL will probably give Melbourne one too.

Actually I do remember the AFL emphasising the PP would only be considered over a multiple season period.
That being the case our record over the past, say four years is probably not much better than the Suns.
(Not that I'm seriously suggesting we should bother applying for one now).

We have probably only won a handful more games than the Suns over the past 4 years.

SAKC!

From a tank to a private jet, now to a train

AFL will announce a priority pick soon and have told GCS it needs to be traded. Adelaide will get that pick potentially for Crouch. Everyone's a winner - except those who want a transparent organisation running the competition.

FWIW

Wouldn't be the least bit surprised #MakeyUppey

The AFL commission has reportedly met in secret to agree on a major bailout of the Gold Coast Suns.

AFL Commission directors reportedly met in Melbourne on Monday ahead of the Brownlow where it was decided premiership battlers the Gold Coast Suns will be handed a priority draft pick at the start of the first round of the 2019 national draft.

The priority pick arms the Suns with picks No. 1 and No. 2 heading into the draft on November 27, knocking the Demons down to pick No. 3, despite the club finishing 17th on the ladder in 2018.

Rather than trade the coveted top picks, the Suns will reportedly look to use them to snag expected top draft pick Matt Rowell from the Oakleigh Chargers and Noah Anderson.

The decision to gift the Suns such a rich boost after another year of misery “has already been made,” according to The Herald Sun’s Mick Warner.

Warner told Macquarie Sports Radio on Tuesday the AFL committed to the priority pick assistance on Monday, but will look to announce the controversial decision next Monday at the start of the AFL trade period.

“Yesterday the AFL commission met and in secret they’ve awarded them (the Suns) the first two picks in the draft, so bad luck to those two kids who have to go up there,” Warner said.

“We’re being told they’re trying to keep it under wraps until Monday morning when the player exchange feeding frenzy begins.

FWIW

Wouldn't be the least bit surprised #MakeyUppey

Hang on a sec, why do the Crows deserve a makeyuppy PP, haha. Surely the Suns should have to trade the pick to us! Our records are similar.

They need the pick. If they’re getting pick 2 I hope they use it well.

But anyone saying this isn’t their fault is providing a very thin veneer to the Suns own mismanagement.

Lyons out for nothing in return, spend pick 2 on Weller. Couldn’t generate a trade and overspent on the other. Is there much difference between the two players? That’s just absolute mismanagement. Is it the same people still running the club while these type of practices are happening? Because pick 2 won’t solve that.

If, like us at the end of 2015, your off field is so poorly run everyone wants out, that’s the clubs fault.

And I think their list has heaps of young talent, maybe as much as ours. They should be working on retention of that talent.