3 hours ago, Dee Viney Intervention said:

Time to pack it in with the academies. We were denied MAC Andrew, had Darwin as a zone taken off us and given to the Suns and now have the Mornington Peninsula Junior Football league which is a strong competition taken off us and get SFA in return. Good thing we stocked up on smalls in the last draft because we won’t be getting Marcus Prasaad.

Equalisation……Bollocks.

Why won’t we get Prasad?

Club run academies are the biggest joke ever. The development of the game is the AFL's responsibility and they should take ownership of the programs.

Get rid of zones and stop the rorting of players being tied to clubs merely because they lived in the area at some point in their lives.

And yes, having a zone with a significant population of migrants from the subcontinent is great if you are running a cricket program, not so much for a football program.

1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

Why won’t we get Prasad?

My mistake, was pure red mist when I saw the changes but didn’t see the transition date at the end of the article.We should be able to draft Prasaad. Make no mistake though we have absolutely been bent over here again.

Interesting that Darwin is not allocated to anyone, especially as it was taken off us for Gold Coast. Not that I want it back either….just interesting.

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3 minutes ago, Dee Viney Intervention said:

Because we have lost MPJFL as a zone. His home club is Dromana. Free kick Saints.

Pretty sure i read that this new academy changes don't kick in until either 2027 or 2028?

4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Pretty sure i read that this new academy changes don't kick in until either 2027 or 2028?

You’re right Dazzle, pure red mist on my behalf.

New zones 2028 onwards

Prasad remains a chance

Not sure many NGA qualified kids are lining up to play at the Sorento Sharks. Its based on population and migrant numbers per area. Melb have a small area but high density population and migrant numbers. All that farming land that Geelong got is not run by new arrivals.

'On the fly' AFL strikes again.

So they've pretty much taken the peninsula off us and given it to St Kilda so they can look like Italy on the map. Yay.

I know this is based on population or NGA player numbers that have come out of these areas but it feels a bit meh.

20 hours ago, Roost it far said:

New zones 2028 onwards

Prasad remains a chance

What about Corey Ah Mu? Will they now be including the Samoan and other south seas islanders into the acadamies?