Blue Sombrero wrote:
AIRCAV wrote:
Free agency without cost to the team getting the FA is the farce. It’s allowed the top 4 clubs to get AA players at absolutely no cost. It’s not the compensation that’s broken, it’s the cost.
We could lose Cripps in a couple of years to a top 4 side.
It’s completely broken. The cap was expected to be the limiter but they overlooked that the top clubs are selling premiership glory and so aren’t paying market rates.Hawks have rorted it for all its worth. And the lower teams have all been raped,.
WE did it when we were fab.
The circle will turn.
Maybe the FA needs to be reviewed so there is a cost to the gaining team as you said above..
How about the player has points allocated to him like F/S and academy draftees and if (Hawks) want (Cripps) in two years, they have to pay Carlton the going rate of 45000 points which would equate to them giving Carlton their first three picks in the 2020 draft.
That would slow them down a bit.
The current situation is never going to equalise anything as you said.
I like the idea of assigning a minimum points value to the players value and then teams would know what an RFA/FA is worth before letting them go or be traded.
However, I think they need to take a different angle and look at the draw instead of trading and drafting (although these can still be tweaked) for both a better competition and larger spread of "destination" clubs for players to go to.
Firstly every team should be bracketed as per ladder position, 1-6, 7-12 & 13-18
You play the teams in your bracket from the previous year once at the start of the season (5 games).
You then play the remaining teams until you have played everyone once (12 games). Have away games for the better bracketed teams to give the lower teams a home ground advantage.
You then play the teams in your bracket from the previous year once more (5 games). Or if the could schedule it, you play your current bracket.
Total = 22 games.
It has several benefits:
We get to see the top teams battle at the start of the year with little or no injuries with similar fitness levels.
The bottom teams have a better chance at getting some points on the board at the start of the season.
We will see better games at the end of the year when the final contenders are gearing up.
There will be more chances of the mid bracket making the finals.
The bottom teams get to really give their kids a fair taste of AFL level at either end of the year.
All teams below the top 6 have more of a chance to improve for the next year and in the draft.
This would make the competition a lot more even and produce better games for us to watch.
The only drawback would be getting the AFL to take a risk and try something different with the possibility of either having less crowds or creating more.
Anyway, that's just a left field thought.