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Offline Diocletian

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AFL bans Sydney Swans from trading players in.....
« on: October 09, 2014, 08:36:43 PM »
Quote from: Emma Quayle
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Sydney has been told it cannot trade any players into the club this year or next unless the club is prepared to bring about an immediate end to the cost of living allowance.

The Swans are extremely unhappy with the AFL directive, which also prevents the club from recruiting any restricted or unrestricted free agents until the end of the 2016 season.

It means the club will only be able to replace a player who retires or seeks a trade out of the club with a draft pick or picks.

The Swans lost Nick Malceski to Gold Coast as a free agent this week, and have young forward Tim Membrey on the way to St Kilda, with Ryan O'Keefe and Lewis Roberts-Thomson retiring.

Following discussions last month, the league wrote to the Swans last week confirming the club's recruiting would be restricted to draftees, delisted free agents and promoted rookies.

Should the club choose to pursue a restricted or unrestricted free agent, or trade a player in, its COLA payments would cease immediately.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-trade-2014-afl-bans-sydney-swans-from-trading-players-in-20141009-113sba.html#ixzz3FdftBYFE
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Re: AFL bans Sydney Swans from trading players in.....
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2014, 08:41:00 PM »
Um, why are the swans being given a choice?

Is the AFL running the comp or do the precious swans determine their own salary cap?  :huh

Just dump them back to earth and be done with it
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Re: AFL bans Sydney Swans from trading players in.....
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2014, 08:48:53 PM »
making things up as they go lol
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Re: AFL bans Sydney Swans from trading players in.....
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2014, 09:01:15 PM »
Swans are the biggest bunch of girls. So many advantages and every attempt to bring them back in line with the rest of the comp they have a sook.
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Re: AFL bans Sydney Swans from trading players in.....
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2014, 09:03:27 PM »
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Re: AFL bans Sydney Swans from trading players in.....
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2014, 12:14:39 AM »
Quote from: tony_montana on October 09, 2014, 08:48:53 PM
making things up as they go lol
Yes strange timing of this announcement by the AFL, half way through trade week!
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Re: AFL bans Sydney Swans from trading players in.....
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2014, 12:26:48 AM »
Just bizarre.

You have either broken a rule or you haven't.

Drafting sanctions have only ever been applied to the most heinous AFL crimes.
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Re: AFL bans Sydney Swans from trading players in.....
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2014, 01:34:19 AM »
Don't worry, the Swans will just go back to naming sons-of-rugby-players who didn't even register for the draft!  Keiren Jack anybody?  Player Number errr ..?? *cough ... *mumble ...

How did they get away with that?     :banghead
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Re: AFL bans Sydney Swans from trading players in.....
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2014, 07:09:21 AM »
Or locking them away in their 'academy'.
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Re: AFL bans Sydney Swans from trading players in.....
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2014, 08:44:44 AM »
Quote from: DCrane on October 10, 2014, 12:14:39 AM
Quote from: tony_montana on October 09, 2014, 08:48:53 PM
making things up as they go lol
Yes strange timing of this announcement by the AFL, half way through trade week!

Its a circus

Quote from: dwaino on October 10, 2014, 07:09:21 AM
Or locking them away in their 'academy'.

How's the Richmond academy going? Oh that's right we are not allowed one

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