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Message: [QUOTE="Sproj, post: 3331724, member: 8423"] The AFL has implemented safeguards against it (as best they can anyway) and if a team is clearly starting to field inferior than their best team or start seemingly throwing in the towel, they could lose the number 1 pick. This has never been enforced though. The reality is, this is a great idea in theory but the NRL will totally screw it up and one of those reasons is mentioned above that there would need to be a trade period. There are several other issues though and these include: - The salary cap needs to be tightly run (third party deals basically out the door) - Clubs that have academies / develop talent still need to have access to these players as priority picks and so club management need to be very careful with this and limitations need to be implemented in terms of trading draft picks - Players need to be drafted and signed for a minimum of two years and agents / clubs cannot entice them to break contract - If a player does leave, the origin club needs to be compensated - There needs to be a very limited trade window These are some of the big points about the draft but at the end of the day, it needs to be managed professionally and carefully, the NRL is not capable of this, so although a great idea in theory, it will blow up massively when it is implemented as a half-baked idea with no consultation with anyone that actually matters or is affected by it. - [/QUOTE]

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