I started at 9 and did the same as your son, just the luck of the draw Bigred.
While I have not been involved in recent years I have lots of friends of other clubs who tell me it this way every year. It beggars belief that the AFL allow this fiasco every year.
i will hang in till 12 then it is tv for me.
i have thought my membership is a charitable donation for over a decade and today confirms it.