While a number of key club officials and football industry leaders have called on the AFL to scrap the picks, AFL.com.au understands there will be no change to the free agency system which has operated the past two years.
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League operations manager Mark Evans - who voiced some concerns over the system in his previous role as Hawthorn football manager - last year floated the idea of keeping compensation picks only for clubs who lose restricted free agents and dropping the selections for clubs who have unrestricted agents depart.
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But even that appears unlikely to eventuate in 2014, in the third season of the AFL's free agency era.
However, the timing of when clubs are informed whether they are handed compensation picks could be adjusted.
Last year a slab of inactivity in the middle of the trade and free agency period was blamed on the fact clubs were waiting to see if they would be given compensation selections for free agents who left.
In 2013, clubs were made to wait until the end of week two of the exchange period before they were told if they would receive a pick for the departing player, and which band (first round of the draft, end of first round, second round, third round and so on) that selection would fall in.
Although the League will need to consult the AFL Players' Association and clubs before making any tweaks to the process, two options are expected to be considered.
With the awarding of the compensation pick based on the net gain and loss of free agents - for instance, if a club signs a free agent and loses one, they won't receive a pick - the AFL could impose a rule which would see the club given the compensation pick almost automatically, but then disallowed from bringing in any more free agents.
The other possibility would see the AFL tell the club what pick it has been given (if at all), but the club would not be allowed to formally use the pick in a deal until the free agency period has closed.
This would allow the club to effectively know the card, or pick, it has been dealt and be able to work out its next deal with some clarity of which draft selections it has at its disposal.
In the AFL's shortened post-season window, the free agency period finishes on Monday, October 13, but the trade period runs through to Friday, October 17.
Compensation is based on a player's age and how much he is paid by the club he moves to.
Last year leading player agent Craig Kelly said the compensation picks made free agency "messy and complicated".
Clubs have also been split on whether picks should remain.
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