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This article is about the annual Australian rules football draft. For the historical American Football League draft, see American Football League Draft. The American Football League (AFL 1960 - 1969 stocked its teams in two ways 1 Signing free agents (players whose contracts in other professional football leagues had expired or

The AFL Draft is the annual draft of new unsigned players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League. A draft is a process used in the United States, Canada, and Australia to allocate certain players to Sports teams Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players The Australian Football League (AFL is both the professional Australian national competition in the Sport of Australian Rules Football and its highest

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History

When the competition was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), the league introduced the first incarnation of a draft system in 1981, where teams had two selections each of interstate players determined by reverse finishing position order. [1] This was introduced as an equalisation strategy in response to the increasing transfer fees and player salaries at the time, which in combination with declining attendances, threatened to derail the league. It was also a result of the failure of country zoning, introduced in the late 1960s, which had led to a systematic inequality whereby the clubs with the best zones, like Carlton and Hawthorn, could dominate over clubs with poorer zones like Melbourne. In Australian rules football, zoning (originally called district football) refers to a system whereby a given area either region or lower-level football league is Carlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the third oldest club in the Australian Football League and one of the oldest Australian rules football Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL founded in 1902 This article is about the Australian rules club for the Football (soccer club see Melbourne Victory FC.

In 1986, the first VFL Draft was held. The 1986 VFL Draft was the first formal draft to provide recruitment opportunities to clubs participating in Australian rules football 's elite Victorian Football The draft saw players tied to zones based on their location of residence, with each club having first call on players falling within that zone. The West Coast Eagles received access to all West Australian players, while the Brisbane Bears received 6 concessionary picks before the other clubs. West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. Brisbane Bears were an Australian rules football Club and was the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League

Current draft system

In the AFL Draft, clubs receive picks based on the position in which they finish on the ladder during the season. The draft is held in November, with a pre-season draft in December. The AFL Pre-season Draft is the drafting of uncontracted players to teams in the Australian Football League.

Eligibility

Currently to be eligible for the draft, a player must be at least 17 years of age on or before April 30 in the year in which they are drafted. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule This has been slowly increased over the past few years due to concerns about school age players potentially having to leave home to play football in another state.

Priority draft pick rule

See main article Priority draft pick. The Priority draft pick is a term used in the Australian Football League 's AFL Draft.

Father-son rule

See main article Father-son rule. The Father-Son Rule is a rule that allows clubs to select the sons of players who have made a major past contribution to the team in Australian rules football, most notably the

Number 1 draft picks

The number 1 draft pick is awarded to the bottom-placed team, though in some cases it is traded.

Number 1 draft picks:

Pre-season draft

Main article: AFL Pre-season Draft

Rookie draft

See also: Rookie list

Held at the same time as the pre-season draft, the rookie draft is a chance for clubs to recruit players under 23 for their Rookie list. Martin Leslie (born 17 November 1962 is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League (AFL Anthony Banik is a former Australian rules football player who played in the AFL between 1990 and 1994 for the Richmond Football Club. John Hutton (born 26 May 1966 was an Australian rules football player in the VFL/AFL with the Brisbane Bears and the Fremantle Football Club. Drew Banfield (born 27 February 1974 is a former AFL Football Player Darren Gaspar (born 20 May 1976 is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Jeff White (born 19 February 1977 is an Australian rules footballer who had a distinguished career in the AFL spanning 14 years Clive Waterhouse (born 23 June 1974 in England) was an Australian rules footballer He played in the Australian Football League for the Fremantle Football Michael Gardiner (born 5 July 1979 is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League and plays for the St Kilda Football Club Travis Johnstone (born 17 July 1980 is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Brisbane Lions. Des Headland (born 21 January 1981 is an Australian rules footballer He plays as a half-forward flanker or midfielder. Josh Fraser (born 5 January 1982 is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Nick Riewoldt (born 17 October 1982 is an Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League. Luke Hodge (born 15 June 1984 is an Australian rules footballer He currently plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (Australian Brendon James Goddard (born 20 May 1985 is an Australian rules football player Adam Cooney (born 30 September 1985 is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the AFL. Brett Deledio (born 18 April 1987 in Kyabram Victoria) is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Marc Murphy (born 19 July 1987 is an Australian rules footballer recruited at number one in the 2005 AFL Draft by the Carlton Football Club Bryce Gibbs (born 15 March 1989 is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League from 2007 Matthew Kreuzer (born 13 May, 1989) is an Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club. The AFL Pre-season Draft is the drafting of uncontracted players to teams in the Australian Football League. The Rookie List is a means for Australian Football League clubs to maintain additional players outside of the 38-man primary or senior list Rookies are usually picked as young, developing players and can be elevated from the rookie list during the year, if there is an injury or retirement to a senior player in the team. Once the rookie is elevated, he remains that way until the end of the year, where they can be officially upgraded to the senior list, or kept on as a second year rookie, or delisted/not offered a new contract. Most teams have 4 rookies, but Brisbane and Sydney have more, and other teams may have more or less depending on the amount of veterans on their list.

International rookies

Rookies are also available to be selected from overseas countries and players on the list do not count towards the salary cap. In Professional Sports, a salary cap (often called a wage cap in the United Kingdom) is a limit on the amount of money a team can spend on player An example of this are Irish players Colm Begley and Collingwood players Kevin Dyas and Martin Clarke. The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate Colm Begley is a former Irish Gaelic footballer who now plays Australian rules football for the Brisbane Lions Australian Football League Collingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. Kevin Dyas is a former Armagh GAA player who plays with Australian Football League team Collingwood. Martin 'Marty' Clarke ( Irish: Máirtín Ó Cléirigh) (born 13 November 1987 is a footballer from Cranfield Point, County Down,

In 2006, the AFL introduced a new scheme where clubs can maintain 2 international rookies (excluding Irish players) outside of the regular rookie list.

References

  1. ^ The draft blows in, Emma Quayle, The Age, November 17, 2006. Emma Quayle has been a journalist at The Age newspaper in Melbourne since 1999 and has covered sport since 2001 specialising in AFL football but also covering some tennis and The Age is a Broadsheet daily Newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854

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In Professional Sports, a salary cap (often called a wage cap in the United Kingdom) is a limit on the amount of money a team can spend on player
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