On the VFL website a few moments ago - as expected the VFL (read Eddie here) are looking to close the loophole that saw us, GWS and Brisbane trade early picks for a bunch of later picks that gave the northern clubs more ND points to use on Academy and F/S selections.

I must admit that whilst I really thought it was clever trading within the rules, it did give the northern clubs opportunities that the other clubs didn't have, albeit a number of those clubs benefitted from gaining earlier selections from the northern clubs.

Needless to say, the example the VFL use in their article is Callum Mills, just like Heeney was the previous year.

Being able to trade picks last year and getting Heeney for pick 18 the previous year were benefits to us but they were negated by the disgraceful trade ban.

The VFL will definitely make the changes flagged but it won't affect us this year with no academy prospects on the radar and it's unlikely to hurt GWS as they just keep trading out surplus players for additional high draft picks.