I honestly thought they had changed the rule completely, so that you just nominated someone and then wherever they went it was about matching, and if no one bids you get the last round of rookie draft. I thought they’d got rid of the “nominate them for ND or RD” part of the rule???
What am I not getting about this?
He’s a father-son pick.
Why does nominating our interest in him for the rookie draft mean we can’t match a team who hasn’t nominated him for anything in the ND?
I think how it works is:
If you nominate them in the ND, you have to take them in the ND (hence main list)
If you nominate them for the rookie list only, you can lock them in with your last rookie spot
Effectively gambling he’ll make it through the main draft.
Only have to give him 1 year on the rookie list, main list would be 2.
If Matt Neagle does not nominate himself in the main draft ( withdraws) he is ours, and gets a guaranteed AFL list spot (albeit rookie), who can play round 1 2019 anyway, if he is good enough, but on lower pay. Right. ?
PS, or is it conditional on them nominating in the ND?
Yeah, I thought they’d changed it based on the changed wording in the AFL Rules this year but I guess not. The rules say that a player has to agree to be taken as a rookie and that they can only be taken as a rookie if not taken in the ND (which, duh), but it no longer differentiates the two types of nomination in the wording (i.e. there’s just F/S nomination)
Oh well, I guess I misinterpreted it and they’re still two mutually exclusive processes.
Is the no nomination part the trigger that means we can’t match any other clubs that select him in the ND? If so it seems complexly illogical on two fronts. One why does a club have to reveal its hand up front - couldn’t the AFL just list all eligible father sons who have nominated for the draft and secondly why wouldn’t we just nominate him? My understanding is our nomination of Neagle would not mean we have to select him in the ND.
Matt Neagle is only 20 - I too am still confused on the F/S nomination process (ND vs Rookie) but I would assume he is close to a certainty slip through the ND.