2013 Key draft and free agency dates

[Whispering_Jack 29,798]

Friday 4 October - Gillette AFL restricted free agency offer and unrestricted free agency period begins.

Friday 4 October by 2pm - Gillette AFL father-son bidding nominations; Academy bidding nominations lodged with AFL.

Monday 7 October 10am - father/son and Academy players bidding meeting; Gillette AFL Trade period begins.

Friday 18 October at 5pm - close of Gillette AFL restricted free agency offer and unrestricted free agency period.

Monday 21 October - Gillette AFL restricted free agency matching offer three-day period ends.

Friday 25 October at 2pm - Gillette AFL Trade period closes.

Thursday 31 October by 2pm - list lodgement (1); rookie promotion to primary list; retained second and third-year rookies; scholarship players; alternate talent player nominations.

Friday 1 November - Gillette AFL delisted player free agency period (1) begins.

Friday 8 November - international players inclusion on rookie list form; players not registered or played for 3 years rookie list form lodgement.

Wednesday 13 November - Gillette AFL delisted player free agency period (1) closes; out of contract listed AFL primary list players draft nomination form and player request for removal from list form lodged with AFL; new or expired (after 3 years) draft nomination form lodgement. Priority zone selections – NSW/ACTand NT on the primary list of GWS Giants.

Thursday 14 November by 2pm - list lodgement (2) and TPP estimates.

Friday 15 November - Gillette AFL delisted player free agency period (2) commences.

Monday 18 November – delisted primary list draft nomination form lodgement; non–retained rookie players draft nomination form lodgement; Gillette AFL delisted free agency period (2) concludes.

Thursday 21 November - NAB AFL Draft selection meeting (Gold Coast Convention Centre).

Friday 22 November - Gillette AFL delisted player free agency period (3) commences.

Monday 25 November - Gillette AFL delisted free agency period (3) concludes; AFL club list lodgement (3); notification of NSW and Qld pre-selected rookies, father-son pre-selected rookies, Academy pre-selected rookies, international scholarship pre-selected rookies and scholarship pre-selected rookies nominated if not selected in the pre-season draft.

Wednesday 27 November - NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft selection meeting (11am, Telstra Webex); NAB AFL Rookie Draft selection meeting (11.10am, Telstra Webex)

Monday 2 December – final list lodgement and final TPP estimates.

[Gorgoroth 12,924]

Can we have a count down clock on the board so I have something to look forward too...

[Demonland 71,614]

Can we have a count down clock on the board so I have something to look forward too...

On the homepage there is a Calendar about half way down in the middle column which list these key dates.

[CBDees 3,167]

What a complicated drawn-out six-week saga that is. No wonder many players claim to want to be a one-club player!

[jnrmac 20,055]

So when is the draft cause I can't make head or tail of that....

[old dee 23,781]

So when is the draft cause I can't make head or tail of that....

I am glad there are two of us Jnr, two thirds of the way down the list I gave up. Edited September 26, 2013 by old dee

[McQueen 17,864]

So when is the draft cause I can't make head or tail of that....

I am glad there are two of us Jnr, two thirds of the way down the list I gave up.

November 21st on the Gold Coast.

[Demoneyes 562]

THANKS FOR THAT WJ. GIVES ME SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK ABOUT!

[pantaloons 2,019]

According to the AFL site, free agency doesn't start until Friday:

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-09-29/key-draft-and-free-agency-dates

[pantaloons 2,019]

So with a week still to play out in the trading realm, as it stands we will be taking picks 9, 40, 57, 94 and 112 to the draft.

[Redleg 40,839]

I am being told that the PSD and Rookie draft are now on the 27th November..

[Whispering_Jack 29,798]

I am being told that the PSD and Rookie draft are now on the 27th November..

See changes made to OP.

[hardtack 10,514]

Don't know if anyone else saw this, but as I was flicking around the Foxtel menus this morning, on Fox Sports 3 (I think it was) in the Program Guide, it has "Coming: AFL Draft..." along with a couple of other sporting events.

When I clicked on the Info button on my Fox remote, the program information that is displayed says something about (and I am paraphrasing badly here) "...all draft picks from pick 27 onwards...".

That seems like a pretty random number to me... does anyone have a clue as to what that is about?