I'm confused about the FS rule.
The rule says if another club chooses to nominate Viney with their first selection it forces Melbourne to use its "next available" selection. Knowing that we have already committed ourselves to Viney what is stopping a club with a pick ahead of us nominating him, forcing us to take him with our first pick?
Also, do our compo picks count as 'next available', and what if we choose to trade all our top picks away? Can we then force our 'next available' to be very late?
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