The AFL has given a green light to using future draft picks now.

Future trading given go-ahead but with restrictions

While restricted to 1 year in advance now, I can see this going pear shaped and higher draft pick demands for valuable players especially for clubs like us.

I have no problems with this.

Been arguing for it for a while, the academies successes have brought it in. Arse about as always the AFL but on the right track.

I have no problems with this.

Been arguing for it for a while, the academies successes have brought it in. Arse about as always the AFL but on the right track.

I'm still not sold 'rp' but I guess time will tell...

I would be more confident in our ability to deal with this if Jackson and Roos were around for a while longer.

I cbf looking for the full report (if it's even out), but I do have a few questions that aren't answered in that link -

- Does the 1st round pick in at least 2 out of every 4 years apply to all teams, even if they aren't trading future picks?

- Is there any contingency clause to protect struggling teams? eg if you trade your future 1st round pick and finish last in that year, do you get the #1 pick back or are you stuck paying a stupidly high cost?

I can see this going pear shaped and higher draft pick demands for valuable players especially for clubs like us.

The rules in place should hopefully mean that won't happen - can trade either your 1st round or all other picks from the next draft only, and must use first round picks in at least 2 years in every 4 year period.only

Can you imagine if there was future draft picks trading when Barry Prendrgast and Cameron Schwab were at the club?

Shudders

We would have been lucky to end up with a single player capable of growing pubic hair.

The rules should allow for clubs to put their own protections on picks ie. not top 5. But not sure they will.

Really though clubs are so conservative, trades for big players so hard to come by and even harder now with free agency and players can't be traded without their permission. All up it's not really going to create too many circumstances where clubs are giving up future picks.

Swapping future picks I can see, ie your first for our first, but mainly clubs will need a really good player to swap this year and next years first pick.

It doesn't do much to fix the circumstances where a player is out of contract and wishes to be traded though which will now become an even bigger issue. All out of contract players should be restricted free agents or able to be franchised/tendered to avoid this system where a player doesn't have a contract but still has to be traded.

Surely this spells the end of the Lions PP????? If they need more trading power they can look to next years draft and trade away.....