If the list spots were before taking account of rookie elevations, the AFL would have given us seven picks in the National Draft.
We started with a senior list of 36, lost six and added one, leaving 31 senior listed players. We would then have seven picks available to take us to the maximum of 38.
You can therefore deduce that the list spots (and thus allocated picks in the National Draft) must be after rookie elevations.
I have heard a few comment that Adelaide will only take one player in the ND but I don't know how that works. The standard rule has, for a long time, been that clubs have to take at least three players in the National Draft, but that one of those spots (but not more than one) can be accounted for by an elevated rookie.
IIRC correctly they temporarily tweaked this after the 2020 season when list sizes where trimmed down in the COVID-affected period. But my understanding was that this was a one-off change only.
I guess we'll see next Monday/Tuesday how many players the Crows take in the ND. I believe it will be at least two.
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