Was looking at this article
No hard feelings for Ball - AFL.com.au regarding Luke Ball.
Luke Ball was a Number 2 draft pick who made it. He was Captain of his club, well respected in the league, seems to have no social problems or downside. After 8 years of development - making the potenial seen in him as a No. 2 pick into reality his value drops to Pick 30 (some might say inflated due to Collingwoods shananegans).
Luke Ball is 25 years old and has probably 5-7 years of good football in front of him. Can anyone explain this?
Got me thinking about the recent Jolly excapade.
We took Jolly as a relatively unproven entity at 16 sold him at a bargin for 14 after proving his worth - Under his real value. So with 14 we picked up Jetta. If we had pick 8 would we have still picked Jetta? Is Jetta worth Jolly?
To me it seems that the proven player should be much, much more valuable - but the market indicates the opposite.
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