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CibbuanoDraft concessions for western Sydney announced
October 20th 2009 04:36
THE AFL has announced a raft of draft concessions for the fledgling western Sydney club on Tuesday.
Greater Western Sydney will have the first pick in each round of the 2011 national draft along with selections 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 15.
Unlike GC17, Team GWS will also have access to four 17-year-olds who must be traded to rival clubs, zoned access to players from NSW/ACT and the Northern Territory and the ability to sign up to 16 uncontracted players over two years.
The other concessions are; the right to select up to 12 17-year-olds at the end of 2010 with the option to relocate to Sydney for the 2011 season, the first eight picks in the 2010 rookie draft, the ability to pre-list 10 players who had previously nominated for the AFL draft or were previously listed with an AFL club and the right to have an expanded list and increased salary cap.
AFL legal and business affairs manager Andrew Dillon said that granting access to four 17-year-olds who must be traded at the end of the 2011 and 2012 seasons would help western Sydney secure the services of established players.
"It's to make it more attractive for the current AFL clubs potentially to allow one of their players to leave," Dillon said.
"It's just to give (GWS) something to trade with given that they won't have a list of players."
"Because (the player) has to be traded ... it gives them some flexibility but also to guide their hand and make it attractive for (rival) AFL clubs to lose a player as well."
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said the league was aware that GWS wouldn't be an overnight success.
"The AFL Commission understands that establishing a team in Greater Western Sydney is a generational decision. If a licence is granted, its success won’t be truly judged for 20-30 years but we need to ensure Team GWS - like the Gold Coast Football Club - is given every opportunity to develop into a community club that is strong on and off the field," Demetriou said.
"The aim was also to have list development rules that impacted on as few national drafts as possible, for the national draft to return to its pure form."
"Also, the AFL Commission had to be mindful that the concessions would provide the new team with an opportunity to build medium to long-term on-field success. When previous entry rules have been too strict, or poor decisions have been made, the AFL Commission has had to return to a number of start-up clubs with additional draft concessions."
Western Sydney will play in the TAC Cup next year and is scheduled to enter the AFL in 2012.
Greater Western Sydney will have the first pick in each round of the 2011 national draft along with selections 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 15.
Unlike GC17, Team GWS will also have access to four 17-year-olds who must be traded to rival clubs, zoned access to players from NSW/ACT and the Northern Territory and the ability to sign up to 16 uncontracted players over two years.
The other concessions are; the right to select up to 12 17-year-olds at the end of 2010 with the option to relocate to Sydney for the 2011 season, the first eight picks in the 2010 rookie draft, the ability to pre-list 10 players who had previously nominated for the AFL draft or were previously listed with an AFL club and the right to have an expanded list and increased salary cap.
AFL legal and business affairs manager Andrew Dillon said that granting access to four 17-year-olds who must be traded at the end of the 2011 and 2012 seasons would help western Sydney secure the services of established players.
"It's to make it more attractive for the current AFL clubs potentially to allow one of their players to leave," Dillon said.
"It's just to give (GWS) something to trade with given that they won't have a list of players."
"Because (the player) has to be traded ... it gives them some flexibility but also to guide their hand and make it attractive for (rival) AFL clubs to lose a player as well."
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said the league was aware that GWS wouldn't be an overnight success.
"The AFL Commission understands that establishing a team in Greater Western Sydney is a generational decision. If a licence is granted, its success won’t be truly judged for 20-30 years but we need to ensure Team GWS - like the Gold Coast Football Club - is given every opportunity to develop into a community club that is strong on and off the field," Demetriou said.
"The aim was also to have list development rules that impacted on as few national drafts as possible, for the national draft to return to its pure form."
"Also, the AFL Commission had to be mindful that the concessions would provide the new team with an opportunity to build medium to long-term on-field success. When previous entry rules have been too strict, or poor decisions have been made, the AFL Commission has had to return to a number of start-up clubs with additional draft concessions."
Western Sydney will play in the TAC Cup next year and is scheduled to enter the AFL in 2012.
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