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I reckon the AFL have got this down pat…AFL TRADE WEEK…I must admit I’m not 100% across the ins and outs of how this works…but my limited knowledge is the AFL sets aside 2 weeks for all AFL clubs to trade players and have a draft…not a bad idea I must say…if anything it takes away the mid season deals that are oh so disruptive to player and club…just look at the Tigers in 2011…I personally would like to see something similar introduced in the NRL…your views???
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I don’t know much about the way the AFL trade week works but from my limited knowledge it sounds like a good idea however I wonder whether it is too good to be true. How much would have already been worked out and just enacted during the TRADE WEEK? Do players have to go where they are traded to, if so I don’t know how they can force players (and in some cases their families) to move to a new club and/or area unless it’s for players who are happy to be part of the trade otherwise they end up with no club. I vaguely recall rugby league trying to ‘govern’ player movements in the past only to have it thrown out in Court as a restraint of trade or something similar and that is one of the reasons we are in the situation we have now.
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We should do what the English Premier League does and offer two transfer windows. All mid year transfers and next year contracts could all be negotiated within those periods and the CEO’s and recruitment managers would really earn their crust.
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Post season trade weeks have to be done after the 4N (give players a chance to end their season completely before sorting their future out). If we had one, Brent Tate’s career would be over. His Warriors contract ended last year and they didn’t renew it, so he signed with the Cowboys during the season for the following year. If he had to wait until after the 4N, nobody would have signed him as he tore his ACL and was out for most of this season. If we make players wait for the season to end, this will occur more often, and injuries may cost players their careers. Whilst our current system isn’t ideal, trade week like the AFL have isn’t the solution. I am a fan of transfer windows like they have in the EPL. One during May/June for mid season moves, then one that lasts the entire off-season for players to sort out their futures (players moving clubs in the off season is not a big deal).
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I like the concept of a trade window, and think the AFL do most things better than we do. But I’ll play devils advocate.
A players point of view it could be an issue, given the possible relocations that may be required for a player, we need to provide them sufficient time to organise themselves and there family.
The lesser players may get neglected by their managers under this scenario, given the limited time, naturally the player managers are going to focus on the bigger deals, the lesser known career footballers have most to lose in this scenario, currently manager work hard on getting them a few extra dollars at the moment, i feel in the trade window situation, this may not be the case.Just a few thoughts, however that said, I think in whole im in favour of a trade window in principle.
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I like the concept of a trade window, and think the AFL do most things better than we do. But I’ll play devils advocate.
A players point of view it could be an issue, given the possible relocations that may be required for a player, we need to provide them sufficient time to organise themselves and there family.
The lesser players may get neglected by their managers under this scenario, given the limited time, naturally the player managers are going to focus on the bigger deals, the lesser known career footballers have most to lose in this scenario, currently manager work hard on getting them a few extra dollars at the moment, i feel in the trade window situation, this may not be the case.Just a few thoughts, however that said, I think in whole im in favour of a trade window in principle.
But its not like you will have 50 players changing hands during the trade window Goose I would put a limit of two a club unless for injury reasons of course
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Its clear it has to change & i don’t think there is any excuse as to why transfers can’t be done AT THE END OF THE SEASON!!! Don’t give me this crap that it dosent give them enough time to relocate.They have 6 long months to do so.So the trade window for me would start Oct 4 & close Mid March.Then i would open a 2 week window around origin time where a player that is signed during this time must go to their new club immediatly like they do in soccers january window
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Its clear it has to change & i don’t think there is any excuse as to why transfers can’t be done AT THE END OF THE SEASON!!! Don’t give me this crap that it dosent give them enough time to relocate.They have 6 long months to do so.So the trade window for me would start Oct 4 & close Mid March.Then i would open a 2 week window around origin time where a player that is signed during this time must go to their new club immediatly like they do in soccers january window
If a player off contract picks up an injury that will see them sit out most of the following season, unless it is a superstar, he probably won’t get signed, whereas if it’s done mid year you have a much better chance.
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@happy tiger:
I like the concept of a trade window, and think the AFL do most things better than we do. But I’ll play devils advocate.
A players point of view it could be an issue, given the possible relocations that may be required for a player, we need to provide them sufficient time to organise themselves and there family.
The lesser players may get neglected by their managers under this scenario, given the limited time, naturally the player managers are going to focus on the bigger deals, the lesser known career footballers have most to lose in this scenario, currently manager work hard on getting them a few extra dollars at the moment, i feel in the trade window situation, this may not be the case.Just a few thoughts, however that said, I think in whole im in favour of a trade window in principle.
But its not like you will have 50 players changing hands during the trade window Goose I would put a limit of two a club unless for injury reasons of course
isn’t the suggestion to have something similar to the AFL, where there is no midseason trading and the last week of October is where all players change clubs. There would be the same amount of trades we have now (roughly)
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The first thing about the AFL is that their players association has accepted the player transfer system.
In rugby league, following the “Dennis Tutty case”, the players have NOT agreed to a similar system.
In March, 1968, citing unhappiness with the terms of his contract, Tutty applied to the Tigers for a clearance to play with another club. At the time, clubs were able to prevent any professional player who had played in one of its teams from playing with any other club, even if the player no longer played for the retaining club. The request was refused and Tutty then lodged an appeal with the New South Wales Rugby League. In May, he withdrew the appeal before it was heard and agreed to play for Balmain for the 1968 season for an increased remuneration. At the end of the 1968 season, Tutty applied once more to be placed on the transfer list but he was again refused and his name was placed on the ‘retain’ list. Tutty did not appeal the second refusal but sat out the 1969 season, not playing for any team.
Tutty commenced legal action in May, 1969. He fought for over two years for the right for players to transfer to another club. The New South Wales Equity Court granted Tutty’s application to have the League’s transfer system declared invalid, deeming it an ‘unreasonable restraint of trade’. The League appealed to the High Court of Australia but on 13 December 1971, the High Court’s judgement upheld the Equity Court’s decision. The implications of Tutty’s successful legal action were quickly felt throughout the game. In the first two months, South Sydney lost three internationals, John O’Neill, Ray Branighan and Ron Coote.
After two years sitting out of the game, and while still waiting for a legal decision, Tutty returned to play for Balmain during 1971. He played seventeen games but did not receive any remuneration from the club. Tutty was free to play for the Penrith Panthers in 1972 and he remained with the club for three seasons.Therefore, until the players agree to a transfer system and agree not to go to court siting restraint of trade, the NRL cannot place restrictions on the changing of clubs without the danger of ending up in court.
