Quote Originally Posted by chalbilto View Post
Would making it mandatory for a first round selection to be listed for 3 years help alleviate the go home factor? Thoughts?
The problem is that most draftees are only finding their way in the first two years and getting intermittent games at senior level therefore feeling a bit homesick.

Along comes home state clubs showing interest via their manager who no doubt passes it along, the young player then discusses it with Mum and Dad who want him home, mates tell him to come home, he loses focus, loses form then requests a trade. It's happening more and more. The AFL will lock horns with the AFLPA on this as AFLPA almost want free movement but it's destabilising the comp in expansion areas. Gold Coast may never get out of bottom four!