Not good news for a couple of rookies hoping to stay on the list-
http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl ... 6499653820
CLUBS have called on the AFL to revisit a drastic cut to the rookie list, which will see almost 40 players miss out on being drafted this year.
The league will reduce each club's rookie list from six to four players, after allowing clubs extra rookies in the expansion era.
It means the hopes and dreams of two additional players at each club will not be realised in December - some teams will retain all four existing rookies and not bring in any new 18-year-olds.
Essendon chief executive Ian Robson said clubs would lobby the AFL to allow the additional players, given the success of the rookie list.
Many of the stars of the game, including Shane Mumford, Aaron Sandilands and Dean Cox started from rookie lists
How fast names come and go from the system
in the side bar- associated Articles- Saints to rookie list former Demon
I wonder where Danny Hughes is now....
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Surely the more guys that can be nurtured in an professional AFL, the better the comp is as a whole? Seems you get about 1 AFL player out of every ten or so rookies... I think it's really exciting element as we see more players getting a go from less traditional breeding grounds.
We might not have seen Dunell or Curren under a 4 maximum rookie system, and that would be a shame.
We might not have seen Dunell or Curren under a 4 maximum rookie system, and that would be a shame.
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Don't know why we needed to shorten the list in the first place? Could mean we don't pick up any rookies this year, elevate ones we didn't necessarily need to or de-list ones we didn't necessarily want to.
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Spot on....savatage wrote:Don't know why we needed to shorten the list in the first place? Could mean we don't pick up any rookies this year, elevate ones we didn't necessarily need to or de-list ones we didn't necessarily want to.
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