diddley wrote: ↑Thu 10 Dec 2020 6:40am
ace wrote: ↑Wed 09 Dec 2020 11:50pm
I can not understand why only two draft picks were taken.
it does not make sense to have delisted Shane Savage and Johnathan Marsh unless they were planning to take more.
I read something recently that Gags wanted to go into the season with 1 list spot to grab someone mid year.
I think it is a good year to do this, as we can swoop on someone who developed this year that we didn’t get to see.
My understanding is that the mid year picks are for rookies.
AFL to have one mid-season draft in 2021
The mid-season rookie draft will remain in similar format to 2019 after the AFL consulted clubs and the AFL Players Association about the feasibility of running three in 2021.
The proposal would have meant one draft per month held after rounds four, eight and 12 next year.
The idea had received cautious support from clubs in a survey the AFL conducts at the end of each season, with more than half the teams wanting the AFL to put the idea on the table and explore it further.
But with the uncertainty surrounding the starting times of state league competitions around the country and the NAB League, which will be an under-19s competition in 2021, starting later than it has in previous years, industry sources said there was a recognition that players would have different levels of exposure depending on the competition they played in.
There have also been concerns raised among player managers about plucking players out of state league competitions more than once a season on short-term deals, while the WAFL and the SANFL remain wary of the concept because of the potential impact on their competition when players join AFL clubs midway through the year.
The decision means clubs will still have next week's national draft, the pre-season and rookie drafts,
the pre-season supplemental selection period and the mid-season rookie draft available as opportunities to add players to their lists between now and the middle of the season.
The 2021 mid-season draft has been tentatively scheduled for June 2 next year while the pre-season supplemental selection period (SSP) will run from January 6 until March 9.
In the week before Christmas clubs can nominate a maximum of six players being considered for the SSP to train with them from January 6 when club's senior players return.
The mid-season draft was not held in 2020 due to COVID-19 but yielded the game's biggest story in 2019. Richmond drafted Marlion Pickett in the middle of that year and he made his debut in the grand final against Greater Western Sydney.
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