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Luke Ball in the National Draft

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I hope the Mac has been shut down.... :rolleyes:

:lol: Geez you guys are Quick!! i gotta pay that one....

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    http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/luke...from=public_rss

    Well good luck to him, lets use our pick on a kid who'll be excited at the opportunity of joining the dees.

    Not that I want him, but I thought that if a player refused to play for the club that chose him he would be banned for 2 years. If that is in fact the case, I hope someone calls his bluff, like Port or Sydney.

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    Not that I want him, but I thought that if a player refused to play for the club that chose him he would be banned for 2 years. If that is in fact the case, I hope someone calls his bluff, like Port or Sydney.

    I'm not familiar with the rules on draft tampering but i'd think discouraging teams to pick you would be a form of tampering.

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    http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/luke...from=public_rss

    Well good luck to him, lets use our pick on a kid who'll be excited at the opportunity of joining the dees.

    Well, that certainly does make it a brand new ball game. It all but certainly rules Collingwood out of the picture because Essendon has three picks before Collingwood has it's first pick.

    This probably explains the comments by Eddie in Mx and it also explains why one Collingwood insider is suggesting the club is looking at an unknown by the name of Josh Thomas at pick 30.

    I think it also now requires an investigation into the situation by the AFL because, if some of the stuff in that article is true, Ball and/or his management might be acting in a manner prejudicial to the draft.

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    I'm not familiar with the rules on draft tampering but i'd think discouraging teams to pick you would be a form of tampering.

    On that basis, Daniel Bradshaw & Sydney should be done for draft tampering.

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    On that basis, Daniel Bradshaw & Sydney should be done for draft tampering.

    Did he talk teams into not picking him or just say he prefers Sydney?

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    On that basis, Daniel Bradshaw & Sydney should be done for draft tampering.

    Possibly, but neither Bradshaw nor his manager has come out and suggested he won't be playing with another club which is the essential ingredient in a case where tampering with the draft is involved. As a Collingwood fan you might recall the Greg Chalmers case from the 90's. I think that was the situation in those days. Ball might be in a little bit of trouble if the AFL's rules are the same or similar to the one which saw Chalmers effectively banned from the AFL for a year.

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    http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/luke...from=public_rss

    Well good luck to him, lets use our pick on a kid who'll be excited at the opportunity of joining the dees.

    Good luck to Ball, i hope he regrets those words before his career finishes.

    But is this Legal in terms of AFL rules.

    If it is allowed it opens the door to free agency & makes a mockery of the draft as we know it.

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    http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/luke...from=public_rss

    Well good luck to him, lets use our pick on a kid who'll be excited at the opportunity of joining the dees.

    You don`t always believe what you read in the papers, but I reckon Hutchy is spot on!

    I hope MFC have moved on and are not spending one nanosecond of time still considering picking up Luke Ball.

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    Good luck to Ball, i hope he regrets those words before his career finishes.

    But is this Legal in terms of AFL rules.

    If it is allowed it opens the door to free agency & makes a mockery of the draft as we know it.

    I never wanted him - as I said previous he has max 2 yrs left in his body which makes Ess and Coll better fits for Sept action (seemingly). However all this rubbish him and his manager are doing and going on with is really upsetting in terms of a total lack of respect for our club. I honestly can't wait for scully to line up on him in 2010 or 11 and run off him all day exposing what a liability he is.

    My hope is that in 2 or 3 yrs time when players perception of where Mfc is at has changed that this sort of blatant draft tampering is allowed so players such as this get to us while our window is open.

    Having said all this I'm really pleased we will be picking someone like Vardy instead - Go Dees!!

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    This sounds like draft tampering to me. But if the end result is that Connors dissuades us from taking him, then I'll be happy.

    He's not worth Pick 18. Let's start looking at young talent instead, and leave this crap for Essendon and Collingwood to deal with.

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    After picking up Bradshaw (most likely) Kennelly,Seaby and Gary Rohan from the Falcons with their first pick, i think Luke Ball will top Sydney off because they are the stoppage Kings and Ball will be in his element with their gameplan.Brett Kirk needs to be replaced soon and Ball would be the perfect replacement and may even be a future Sydney captain.The SCG will suit Ball's game and we all know Sydney doesn't bottom out and Ball is ready to go Round 1.

    Bye Bye Luke :lol:

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    I like the idea (any idea were he doesnt come to us) but dont know if it will happen. Not much evidence, just opinion. But hopefully your right

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    Could you change the thread title? You say it as if it is confirmed or there are strong rumours about it. Instead its just your own opinion on what could possibly happen

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    Hope your right!

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    Very feasible. Sydney refuse to re-build, which you can understand.

    Dunno, I'm kind of warming to the idea of Luke Ball at 18.

    Why?

    They have lost Hall, Barry, O'Loughlin and Jolly. How can they avoid the re build? They cant.

    Its Roos last year. Longmire will have no choice but to continue to pension off the remnants of the 2005 premiership.

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    I would love it if he went to Sydney at 14.

    They've had one leg taken out from underneath them, and their long list of NQR recent trades isn't going to make them a premiership contender either. Meanwhile we're all about the youth.

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    I would love it if he went to Sydney at 14.

    They've had one leg taken out from underneath them, and their long list of NQR recent trades isn't going to make them a premiership contender either. Meanwhile we're all about the youth.

    And then there was a team called Port.....

    I think Port could play hard "Ball" and select him at pick 16, after selecting the likes of Butcher and perhaps a Jetta at picks 8 & 9.

    They did lose an elite player in Burgoyne, they will need some experience IMO.

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    Dunno, I'm kind of warming to the idea of Luke Ball at 18.

    Same here, would not mind if the MFC picked him at 18, he would be a great influence on the young midfielders, not to mention Scully & Trengrove...

    I wonder if Bailey had his meeting with Ball today :unsure: <_< :blink:

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    Seems a lot of the experts and footy people now believe Ball will get to the Pies.

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    Seems a lot of the experts and footy people now believe Ball will get to the Pies.

    In which case it is possible to tamper with the draft.

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    In which case it is possible to tamper with the draft.

    If Ball gets to Collingwood something is indeed rotten in Denmark or should I say the AFL

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