This year and next year several AFL players will be appropriated by Greater Western Sydney as uncontracted players. Several clubs, which also lost players to Gold Coast last year, now face the prospect of losing a second player despite a number of clubs losing no players. This year, the Western Bulldogs may lose Callan Ward, one of their most promising players, the year after losing Jarrod Harbrow. Adelaide has already lost two players, one of whom was All-Australian Nathan Bock and the other of whom was his natural replacement. It is entirely possible that both clubs, and possibly others, will end up receiving considerably less than market value for these players. Accordingly, this is a petition to the AFL, in addition to the criteria already in place for determining compensation, to consider players already lost to Gold Coast under this system last year.
Watching clubs like the Bulldogs lose talent back to back is gutting for those of us who care about a fair competition. The feedback I keep seeing is that the current rules are clearly failing to protect teams from being stripped of their best assets. We have to keep pushing until the league acknowledges that this system is fundamentally broken.
September 1, 2011
Seeing this kind of momentum makes me feel like our club and others finally have a fighting chance to be heard. I remember sitting in the stands last year wondering how we would ever recover from losing good players for nothing, and now it feels like we are actually forcing a conversation about fairness.
Reached 100 supporters
September 1, 2011
6 Comments
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Sarah Wright
14 years ago
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getting sick of the afl ruining the competition just to help gws get a head start. fix the compensation formula now.
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Leanne Obi
14 years ago
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So unfair to the clubs who are actually trying to build a team. GWS should not get a free pass to steal talent.
J
Jason Brooks
14 years ago
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Complete joke how they let this happen. Stop poaching our best players for nothing.
M
Mark Sullivan
14 years ago
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The draft system is totally rigged against clubs like the dogs. It needs to be fair for everyone not just the new teams.
D
Dave Lin
14 years ago
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Lost too many good players already. The system needs to change or it will be impossible to compete.
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Paul Okonkwo
14 years ago
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Compensation is way off. Owners and fans deserve better than this.
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This year and next year several AFL players will be appropriated by Greater Western Sydney as uncontracted players. Several clubs, which also lost players to Gold Coast last year, now face the prospect of losing a second player despite a number of clubs losing no players. This year, the Western Bulldogs may lose Callan Ward, one of their most promising players, the year after losing Jarrod Harbrow. Adelaide has already lost two players, one of whom was All-Australian Nathan Bock and the other of whom was his natural replacement. It is entirely possible that both clubs, and possibly others, will end up receiving considerably less than market value for these players. Accordingly, this is a petition to the AFL, in addition to the criteria already in place for determining compensation, to consider players already lost to Gold Coast under this system last year.
Watching clubs like the Bulldogs lose talent back to back is gutting for those of us who care about a fair competition. The feedback I keep seeing is that the current rules are clearly failing to protect teams from being stripped of their best assets. We have to keep pushing until the league acknowledges that this system is fundamentally broken.
September 1, 2011
Seeing this kind of momentum makes me feel like our club and others finally have a fighting chance to be heard. I remember sitting in the stands last year wondering how we would ever recover from losing good players for nothing, and now it feels like we are actually forcing a conversation about fairness.
Reached 100 supporters
September 1, 2011
6 Comments
S
Sarah Wright
14 years ago
Featured
getting sick of the afl ruining the competition just to help gws get a head start. fix the compensation formula now.
L
Leanne Obi
14 years ago
Featured
So unfair to the clubs who are actually trying to build a team. GWS should not get a free pass to steal talent.
J
Jason Brooks
14 years ago
Featured
Complete joke how they let this happen. Stop poaching our best players for nothing.
M
Mark Sullivan
14 years ago
Featured
The draft system is totally rigged against clubs like the dogs. It needs to be fair for everyone not just the new teams.
D
Dave Lin
14 years ago
Featured
Lost too many good players already. The system needs to change or it will be impossible to compete.
P
Paul Okonkwo
14 years ago
Featured
Compensation is way off. Owners and fans deserve better than this.
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getting sick of the afl ruining the competition just to help gws get a head start. fix the compensation formula now.