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On 11/18/2022 at 6:59 PM, xman97 said:

It's always been 3 x Cat B Rookies. It went to 2 only for the Covid years.

I've searched high and low for any reference or 'talk' that in 2023 list sizes and sal cap will revert to pre-covid levels.

Would very much appreciate seeing something more about it.  TIA.

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13 hours ago, Elwood 3184 said:

Does anyone know if it’s true that we have opted not to nominate Emilie-Brennan or whether we can’t pick him because we’re limited to 2 Category B rookies? 

Nothing official to say we have or haven't nominated him.  If we have, we can take him as a senior player rather than a B-rookie.

As I understand the list size rules a club can have up to 42 players comprised of Senior and A-rookie (36 to 38 senior players and up to 6 A-Rookies.  In 2022 our combo was 36 senior players and 6 A-rookie players.  We can change this mix to take FE-B

We currently have 34 senior players and 3 A-rookies.  So 5 potential list spots to fill. 

It has been said we will use two draft picks + our last pick for Chandler promotion.

The other point is having draft picks.  We have 13, 37, 90 and 118 the latter two will come into the 60-70 range.  One will be used to promote Chandler the other could be used for FE-B if the bid to match is late enough in the draft.

Having said all that the pointers are that we won't be taking him.

11 minutes ago, alpha33 said:

So can we still nominate a FEB?

Nominations have closed.

But if we have nominated him we can get him - see comment above.

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I didnt realise you can have 3 Catagory B rookies so that gives Emile-Brennan a chance.  The AFL will surely produce a list of nominated players soon because Cooper Vickery (Hawthorn) Nathan Barkla (Port Adelaide), Jasper Scaife (Fremantle) and Yuyu Ashwin ( Collingwood) would be certain to be wanted as rookies at least by their clubs and theres been no mention of them being nominated.

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42 minutes ago, IvanBartul13 said:

I didnt realise you can have 3 Catagory B rookies so that gives Emile-Brennan a chance.  The AFL will surely produce a list of nominated players soon because Cooper Vickery (Hawthorn) Nathan Barkla (Port Adelaide), Jasper Scaife (Fremantle) and Yuyu Ashwin ( Collingwood) would be certain to be wanted as rookies at least by their clubs and theres been no mention of them being nominated.

It is yet to be confirmed whether it is 2 or 3 B rookies.

This article talks about list sizes.  how-your-club-is-placed-ahead-of-the-list-lodgement-deadline-and-upcoming-afl-draft  The underlying assumption is the status quo remains ie  Seniors + A-rookies should not exceed 42 and the max B rookies is 2.

According to that article, the clubs you've listed currently have zero or one B-rookie.

As mentioned in an earlier post we can take FE-B as a senior player if we nominated him or even if we didn't, if he gets to the end of the draft with no takers.

Hopefully, the AFL produces a list.  And that list sizes are confirmed.

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There was something I heard that it's going back to normal, but as there's no official word yet, it makes it very frustrating and I'm now starting to think that clubs can go to max allowed list size as pre Covid, but the minimum can stay at the Covid years level. I'd be shocked if the list sizes don't go back to normal as the salary cap surely goes up due to the following points below. Surely you can't have the salary cap go up and the list sizes stay at Covid year levels.

 

-Players currently having access to 28 per cent of forecast defined AFL revenue. The broadcast deal's price is $643 million per season, up on the current $473 million per season. 

 

-The Soft Cap limit will increase by an additional $500,000 in 2023 and a further $250,000 in 2024. 

 

-Total Player Payments/Average wage for the following seasons (Covid years didn't go up as planned below):

2016: $10.37m / $309,000

2017: $12.45m / $371,000

2018: $12.6m / $375,000

2019: $12.76m / $380,000

2020: $13.02m / $388,000

2021: $13.28m / $396,000

2022: $13.54m / $403,000

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2 hours ago, xman97 said:

There was something I heard that it's going back to normal, but as there's no official word yet, it makes it very frustrating and I'm now starting to think that clubs can go to max allowed list size as pre Covid, but the minimum can stay at the Covid years level. I'd be shocked if the list sizes don't go back to normal as the salary cap surely goes up due to the following points below. Surely you can't have the salary cap go up and the list sizes stay at Covid year levels.

 

-Players currently having access to 28 per cent of forecast defined AFL revenue. The broadcast deal's price is $643 million per season, up on the current $473 million per season. 

 

-The Soft Cap limit will increase by an additional $500,000 in 2023 and a further $250,000 in 2024. 

 

-Total Player Payments/Average wage for the following seasons (Covid years didn't go up as planned below):

2016: $10.37m / $309,000

2017: $12.45m / $371,000

2018: $12.6m / $375,000

2019: $12.76m / $380,000

2020: $13.02m / $388,000

2021: $13.28m / $396,000

2022: $13.54m / $403,000

Maybe no announcement on list size is because the new CBA that has just expired has not been finalised.  Theoretically, increase in sal cap means more players.

However, players may want to 'catch up' what they lost during the covid years cut backs so the list size may not go up in 2023.  patrick-dangerfield-reveals-covid-reward-clause-he-wants-written-into-the-next-afl-cba

Also, given that clubs have managed fine with the current list size (42 + 2 B-rookies) and a Tassie team, the AFL may not increase list sizes at all...

I would be surprised if list sizes weren't as per 2022, next year.

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54 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Maybe no announcement on list size is because the new CBA that has just expired has not been finalised.  Theoretically, increase in sal cap means more players.

However, players may want to 'catch up' what they lost during the covid years cut backs so the list size may not go up in 2023.  patrick-dangerfield-reveals-covid-reward-clause-he-wants-written-into-the-next-afl-cba

Also, given that clubs have managed fine with the current list size (42 + 2 B-rookies) and a Tassie team, the AFL may not increase list sizes at all...

I would be surprised if list sizes weren't as per 2022, next year.

You make very good points. I don’t think West Coast did so well with the list size last year though 😂

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Serious question, would we have any interest whatsoever in Emile-Brennan if he wasn't in our NGA?

As with Moniz-Wakefield and Mac Andrew, people are putting on their rose-coloured glasses regarding players who really don't fit our needs, if indeed they are even an outside chance to make it as AFL players. 

I get that a NGA player can be a free hit, but Emile-Brennan is going to chew up a heap of development resources to get him even remotely close to AFL standard.

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According to this article we have nominated him  afl-draft-2022.

Interestingly it shows the latter rounds of the drafted truncated to a few teams.  Not sure the logic behind it.  But anyway, it shows our picks as 13, 37, 78 (round 5) and 83 (round 6).

While it was reported we would take two players at the draft (and promote Chandler with our last pick) there is scope to take F-EB with pick 78.

 

Edit:  I have reservations about the accuracy of the listed NGA nominations as it lists Keeler as Adelaide's nominee and they have chosen to not nominate him albeit he was eligible. 

Also, they have shown Kyah Farris-White as an NGA nominee but he joined us as a B-rookie.

So NGA nominations are still bit of a mystery.

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47 minutes ago, poita said:

Serious question, would we have any interest whatsoever in Emile-Brennan if he wasn't in our NGA?

As with Moniz-Wakefield and Mac Andrew, people are putting on their rose-coloured glasses regarding players who really don't fit our needs, if indeed they are even an outside chance to make it as AFL players. 

I get that a NGA player can be a free hit, but Emile-Brennan is going to chew up a heap of development resources to get him even remotely close to AFL standard.

Based on what assumption?

Didn't realise you could already come to the conclusion that EB is going to chew up a heap of development with zero facts to back this up.

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56 minutes ago, poita said:

Serious question, would we have any interest whatsoever in Emile-Brennan if he wasn't in our NGA?

As with Moniz-Wakefield and Mac Andrew, people are putting on their rose-coloured glasses regarding players who really don't fit our needs, if indeed they are even an outside chance to make it as AFL players. 

I get that a NGA player can be a free hit, but Emile-Brennan is going to chew up a heap of development resources to get him even remotely close to AFL standard.

Sometimes players who look like they need lots of development only need a professional environment to become the player we hope they will become.

At one stage Finn look like he was going to be a top 40 player why the drop off?

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5 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

According to this article we have nominated him  afl-draft-2022.

Interestingly it shows the latter rounds of the drafted truncated to a few teams.  Not sure the logic behind it.  But anyway, it shows our picks as 13, 37, 78 (round 5) and 83 (round 6).

While it was reported we would take two players at the draft (and promote Chandler with our last pick) there is scope to take F-EB with pick 78.

 

Edit:  I have reservations about the accuracy of the listed NGA nominations as it lists Keeler as Adelaide's nominee and they have chosen to not nominate him albeit he was eligible. 

Also, they have shown Kyah Farris-White as an NGA nominee but he joined us as a B-rookie.

So NGA nominations are still bit of a mystery.

No offence to Fox News but I would rather see confirmation of this on the AFL site.

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5 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

According to this article we have nominated him  afl-draft-2022.

Interestingly it shows the latter rounds of the drafted truncated to a few teams.  Not sure the logic behind it.  But anyway, it shows our picks as 13, 37, 78 (round 5) and 83 (round 6).

While it was reported we would take two players at the draft (and promote Chandler with our last pick) there is scope to take F-EB with pick 78.

 

Edit:  I have reservations about the accuracy of the listed NGA nominations as it lists Keeler as Adelaide's nominee and they have chosen to not nominate him albeit he was eligible. 

Also, they have shown Kyah Farris-White as an NGA nominee but he joined us as a B-rookie.

So NGA nominations are still bit of a mystery.

The list is definitely not definitive, it's more of a list of NGA players that are possibly draftable prospects.  As well as Keeler, there are other discrepancies. 

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23 hours ago, Red and Blue realist said:

I know father sons retain their status,  do academy kids? As in,  if he had a good year next year would we have the same access or is it just a 1 off? 

yes, angus mclennan was a 19yo mature ager who was nga listed by the saints this year, and the dogs did a similar thing with cody raak last year after initially passing on them in their 18th year, i'm not sure if theres certain rules about whether they have to still be playing nab league as an overager or whatever in order to still qualify as i imagine a 26yo playing state league who was once nga tied cant be taken but not sure

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