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Mid Year Draft 2019
one-eyed:
AFL to introduce mid-season rookie draft in 2019
By Michael Gleeson & Peter Ryan
The Age
4 October 2018 — 3:57pm
Clubs will have more flexibility to tweak their lists right up to the start of next season and a new mid-season draft will be held next year under new rules approved by the AFL Commission.
The mid-season rookie draft will be held in the AFL about round 10 in 2019 with clubs able to select players overlooked in drafts or those previously on a club list who choose to renominate for the rookie draft.
A memo sent to clubs has informed them of the change, with the AFL also set to allow clubs to add a player to their rookie list during the pre-season if they have a spot available or if they lose a player to a long-term injury or retirement.
Under that clause clubs will be able to add a new player to the rookie list between December 1 and March 15 by placing a player on one of three inactive lists: a long-term injury list, a season-ending list or a retired player list.
The mid-season rookie draft will only be available to clubs that have a spare rookie position available.
They can then add a rookie player from that draft. The club has that player for the remainder of the year and has first rights to them at the end of the season.
To be picked up as a rookie, a player has to have been through a national draft previously and nominate for the mid-season draft.
The draft is a compromise that meets some of the concerns of state leagues that players such as Geelong's Tim Kelly, who was a roaring success in his first season, and Collingwood's Brody Mihocek might have struggled to perform as well if they were parachuted into the AFL mid-season.
If the rule had been in place this season, Collingwood's Tyson Goldsack may have been placed on the season-ending list and replaced with a rookie player, making his finals return impossible.
However it would also have allowed Carlton to find a replacement for Sam Docherty, who suffered a season-ending injury in the pre-season.
On the flip side, had there been a rookie draft in place this year, clubs with a bad run of injuries such as West Coast, GWS or Collingwood could have gone to the rookie draft looking for replacements.
It would be likely that a player like Werribee’s Sam Collins could have been picked up to play if he had chosen to nominate and considered it in his interests to do so.
Similarly Mitch Brown was a star in the amateurs for St Kevin's and could have been sought as a proven talent able to fill a role for the year.
However players that nominated for the mid-season rookie draft would be available to lower placed clubs first.
A player who might be starring in their state league and available for the mid-season draft might decide not to nominate however, preferring to wait until the end of the season for the November national draft.
How to handle the contract implications for players at state league clubs is still to be clarified.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-to-introduce-mid-season-rookie-draft-in-2019-20181004-p507sq.html
Assange Tiger 😎:
Why not just let anyone nominate? Stupid rule. Plenty of guys who'd be tearing up a state league next year that haven't ever nominated for a national draft.
camboon:
With the injury to Rancey, we should have a chance to pick someone up in the mid draft. What do you think we need and who might be available ?
one-eyed:
We've got until round 10 to look around as the midseason draft is on May 27.
mightytiges:
If Garth or Balta don't work out as Rance's replacement then of course we'll need to chase a key defender from the state leagues. If either can fill the role in our back six then I would add to our midfield depth. Find the next early-mid 20s later developer as we did with Lambert.
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