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How the draft was born

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HOW THE DRAFT WAS BORN

[T]he VFL's biggest problem was that it had become a very uneven competition. In the 18 seasons from 1967 to 1984, only five clubs - Carlton, Richmond, North Melbourne, Hawthorn and Essendon - had won premierships.

"Seven clubs were basically making up the numbers," Carter says.

"So we got into questioning the assumption about failing clubs equalling bad management. That led us into the pursuit of finding other ways to run a competition and that led us to the draft."

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    "It didn't take long to realise that the NFL's equalisation strategies like the draft, the salary cap and the sharing of the television contract evenly across all clubs was very effective.

    Strange how they didn't stick to the bolded part. This really needs to be looked at in our game.

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