Would that mean he would have to forgo the Nab champs & TAC duties.

Surely he would need Us to commit to him first, before going down that stream without U-18s exposure.

He will surely get Under 18 exposure next year irrespective of whether the family stays in SA or returns to Victoria.

After that, if he is able to join Casey as part of a programme designed for his future integration into the MFC then his situation would be no different to that of the Gold Coast 17 year old's like Swallow, Matera and co. One would imagine he would share his playing times between his school and the VFL team and, by committing to the Demons, he would be reunited with his old schoolmates Jack Trengove and Luke Tapscott.

As far as the actual decision to nominate father/son with the MFC is concerned, legend has it that when Todd Viney was being looked at by the club, his father negotiated a pretty hard bargain with the Demons. I have a feeling that this tradition will continue with young Jack as well but, in the end, some things are destined to happen. Just as RDB played for his father's team under the f/s rule, it's only fitting that Jack does likewise with us.

Fate

The Father-Son rule really is a brilliant element of the game, and not just because we will benefit from it.

There is something truly poetic about the way we could recruit RDB after what his father had given to the club, and the way Gary Ablett jr came into the game with little fanfare but was to become clearly the best in the game as his father had.

Obviously it doesn't always work, but for the narrative of the game itself it works so much better than if Ablett had have been a star at Freo.

I hope we see a similar situation with Viney, as well

as Cordy, Libba & Wallis at the dogs and Buckley at the Blues.

Fate

The Father-Son rule really is a brilliant element of the game, and not just because we will benefit from it.

There is something truly poetic about the way we could recruit RDB after what his father had given to the club, and the way Gary Ablett jr came into the game with little fanfare but was to become clearly the best in the game ashos father had.

Obviously it doesn't always work, but for the narrative of the game itself it works so much better than if Ablett had have been a star at Freo.

I hope we see a similar situation with Viney, as well

as Cordy, Libba & Wallis at the dogs and Buckley at the Blues.

So true E25. Its just as natural as a father handing over to his Son.

It gives it that family feel.

And you've got the two Fletchers playing around 700 games for the one club. I think that's pretty awesome, whatever you think of the Bombers.

Without wanting to alarm the panic-merchants, Mark Stevens claimed on Triple M prior to the weekend's game that securing Viney as a F/S was far from a done deal, and that there was talk that Jack was not really keen to move back to Victoria to play his football.

Not sure where Stevens got his information from but he intimated that the Dees would be doing a lot of work behind the scenes between now and then to try and make it happen (which included jokes of Schwabby arranging gift packages to be sent across to SA, etc). The crew then briefly discussed his alternative which would most likely be playing for Western Sydney and being based in Rooty Hill (where Blacktown Olympic Park is situated). As you can imagine with the Triple M crew the discussion quickly disintegrated upon mention of Rooty Hill, but it was interesting that Stevens felt the need to bring it up for discussion and you would have to wonder if it is a serious possibility that he would choose not to come to the Dees.

You can't shed any more light on where you got your information from can you, JJJ?

he also said that joe daniher was a done deal, now we know thats not done, i think mark stevens wants to pretend he is a news breaker.