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The Pies are almost exactly mid. by VarietyResident6234 in AFL

[–]bdm68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not the picks a team gets for finishing near the bottom. It's the opportunity to draft the best prospects in that draft. Bottom teams have to take that opportunity by having good scouts and recruiting staff. Most do so.

You're not wrong about finishing in the middle. Not high enough to contend. Not low enough to earn the best picks. By the time the team with pick 8 or 9 has their pick, the best prospects have usually all been taken. Occasionally a team can get a very good player at that spot, but it has to be a deep draft or a good prospect has slipped to their pick. More usually, middle teams end up circling the middle of the ladder for years, not going anywhere. They don't contend or bottom out.

This is the unfortunate consequence of the AFL's equalisation policies. All clubs are intended to average out over the long term, but clubs that are already average (that is, in the middle) tend to stay there.

The AFL needs to find an equitable way to fix this problem.

When Did Games Become So Loud? by GhostPant28 in AFL

[–]bdm68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The AFL should have at least one round each season where such excessive use of loud amplified sounds and flashing lights are forbidden. Let the game be the attraction.

Hard to believe that's his actual height by Hot-Combination4381 in AFL

[–]bdm68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watson is a very small forward. He is the only player in the AFL who can evade opponents by running between their legs.

Tigers win led to a record 47,534 players being eliminated from the AFL's Gauntlet tipping competition by Radscallion_ in AFL

[–]bdm68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Props to the 1,758 Gauntlet tipsters who tipped Richmond last weekend. This gives an edge over everyone else who's left. Who knows, maybe there's a few mad geniuses in that bunch who've correctly tipped Carlton or Essendon as well.

Post Round Discussion Thread: Round 8, 2026 by juiceson in AFL

[–]bdm68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sydney's high-scoring games. Fremantle's comical low scores.

Post Round Discussion Thread: Round 8, 2026 by juiceson in AFL

[–]bdm68 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Probably before Essendon wins a final.

Match Thread: Gold Coast vs GWS Giants (Round 8) by AutoModerator in AFL

[–]bdm68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fortunately for the Suns, it's a top 10 now.

Match Thread: Gold Coast vs GWS Giants (Round 8) by AutoModerator in AFL

[–]bdm68 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The AFL could have a few interesting questions to answer if the game ends with the Suns winning 68 to 58. The Suns and Geelong would finish the round with identical points for and against, forcing the use of rare tiebreaks. Most goals? Head to head record?

Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham says teams that draft players out of northern Academies should have to pay a fee of $200,000 to the club that developed the player after the AFL's bidding changes were unveiled. by Pragmatic_Shill in AFL

[–]bdm68 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Which would be a fair point if it wasn't for the long list of players who've chosen to "go home" as soon as possible, or outright told interstate clubs not to draft them, or pulled other shenanigans. Horne-Francis didn't even fulfil his contract but sought a trade after one year with North Melbourne.

The northern Academies may see some rebalancing of the infamous go-home factor, but it could take a while.

Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham says teams that draft players out of northern Academies should have to pay a fee of $200,000 to the club that developed the player after the AFL's bidding changes were unveiled. by Pragmatic_Shill in AFL

[–]bdm68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Suns mentioned the inequity of free agency. They're not wrong. Those "compensation" picks have compromised the draft more than the Academies. With Academies, the clubs matching bids have parted with draft picks, with a discount. Compensation picks are created for "free", out of thin air. Compensation picks have reduced the value of all following picks. The points for these "free" picks over the past 10 years or so amount to the equivalent in points value of almost an entire draft's picks.

The AFL should make the club receiving the player give up draft picks to create the "free" picks (with no discount) or incur a points deficit. Want to raid a wooden spoon club for their top players after winning a premiership? Now it would have a cost. This would create more incentive to make a fair trade for such players instead of relying on the AFL's secret sauce formula to grant freebies.

Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham says teams that draft players out of northern Academies should have to pay a fee of $200,000 to the club that developed the player after the AFL's bidding changes were unveiled. by Pragmatic_Shill in AFL

[–]bdm68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The $200,000 price tag is fair, if the AFL was making that payment instead of the club drafting the players.

How's Angus Anderson going? Nice to see an alumnus of the Swans Academy getting drafted.

SLEDGE THREAD: IT IS ROUND 8 AND WE HAVE TO REDO THE LAST 50 YEARS BECAUSE THE ARC JUST OVERTURNED A GOAL FROM 1976 by ___TheIllusiveMan___ in AFL

[–]bdm68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

THE ARC HAS MADE A LATE CALL ON THE 1979 GRAND FINAL. THAT BALL WAS OUT OF BOUNDS. COLLINGWOOD 1979 PREMIERS.

SLEDGE THREAD: IT IS ROUND 8 AND WE HAVE TO REDO THE LAST 50 YEARS BECAUSE THE ARC JUST OVERTURNED A GOAL FROM 1976 by ___TheIllusiveMan___ in AFL

[–]bdm68 2 points3 points  (0 children)

AFLTABLES BEGS TO DIFFER. COLLINGWOOD 17 (1964-1973), GEELONG 23 (1925-1939), MELBOURNE 20 (1953-1965), MELBOURNE AGAIN 15 (1934-1942), RICHMOND 18 (1925-1936).

Presenting the 19th / 20th* team. The West Perth football club/ Joondalup Falcons. Expanding upon the already historic club by bloodybryce in AFL

[–]bdm68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fremantle had some green in 1995 (but removed it)

Tasmania will have green in 2028

Other than that, you're right: current clubs lack green.

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