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THE AFL will continue to debate introducing the trading of picks on draft night as some clubs push for it to be a part of this year's event.

Many clubs have seen the ability to swap selections during the NAB AFL Draft as the next obvious step in the evolution of player movement.

The fluid nature of the selection order since the establishment of the new father-son and academy bidding process - which became a live element of the draft for the first time in 2015 - has added a new and less predictable dimension to the draft in the past two years.

The AFL's player movement group, made up of senior list managers and club and League officials, are due to meet later this month, with live trading of picks on the agenda to be discussed.

Read more: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-02-14/could-live-pick-trading-be-introduced-at-this-years-draft