• VFL clubs will have smaller lists but pools of 19-year-old players next year
• A cut to the salary cap and father-son recruiting rule
• Stand-alone clubs can sign 40 players next year, down from 45 in 2019, as well as six over-age players from the NAB League.
• By 2021 primary lists will be cut to 38 and by 2022 to 36
• The salary cap will also be reduced from $380,000 next year to $350,000 in 2022
• Within two years clubs will be required to pay at least 90 per cent of the payment ceiling. The cap for AFL and AFL-aligned clubs will be $150,000 by 2022.
• Each clubs’ development squad of six players will have three players who can play only VFL (Category A) and three who can play in the VFL and NAB League (Category B).
• At least one 19-year-old player must be selected in the team each week, in addition to the 23rd player.
• Clubs can recruit the Category A 19-year-olds from anywhere but the Category B players must come from a region designated to each club (Box Hill Hawks, for example, has been linked with Eastern Ranges). AFL talent officers will identify the Category B players.
NAB LEAGUE-—VFL ALIGNMENTS
Bendigo Pioneers: Essendon VFL/Richmond VFL (NGA)
Calder Cannons: Coburg/Essendon VFL (NGA)
Dandenong Stingrays: Frankston/Sandringham (NGA), Casey (NGA)
Eastern Ranges: Box Hill Hawks
Geelong Falcons: Werribee/Geelong VFL
Gippsland Power: Casey/Box Hill VFL (NGA)
GWV Rebels: Footscray VFL, Geelong VFL
Murray Bushrangers: Richmond VFL
Northern Knights: Northern Blues
Oakleigh Chargers: Port Melbourne/Collingwood VFL (NGA)
Sandringham Dragons: Sandringham
Tasmania Devils: North Melbourne VFL (NGA)
Western Jets: Williamstown/North Melb VFL (NGA)/Footscray VFL (NGA)