Representatives of the 16 AFL clubs will all meet at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday, October 5, to discuss their options for the player exchange period, which concludes at 2pm on Monday, October 11.
The clubs will meet from 10.15am to 3pm in the corporate boxes on Level C at Etihad Stadium.
Father-son bid selections
The bidding meeting for nominated players Jacob Brennan (son of West Coast player Michael), Tom Liberatore (son of Western Bulldogs player Tony) and Mitch Wallis (son of Western Bulldogs player Steve) will be at 10am on Tuesday, October 5 at Etihad Stadium.
These three players had to be nominated by their respective clubs by Friday, October 1.
Each other club in the competition, with the exception of Gold Coast, has the option to bid, in reverse ladder order, for a nominated player.
If a bid is made, the club that nominated the father-son player must use its next available selection if it wishes to retain hold on that player.
If the club nominating the father-son player declines to match the selection nominated, the club with the successful bid must use that selection at the draft.
Any club that makes a successful bid on a father-son selection is bound to the pick they nominate. If no bid is made by another club, the club that nominated the father-son eligible player will forfeit its last selection in the draft to select the player.
Key rules to note in the trading and drafting process (aside from the specific rules relating to Gold Coast entry)
- A club may exchange with another club or clubs any combination of primary list player(s), rookie list player(s), and national draft selection(s);
- Any rookie list player involved in any trade must be put on the senior list of the club to which he is traded;
- A club cannot on-trade a player received in any exchange until the following year.
- A club may exchange a draft selection it has received from another club, provided that the selection is not traded directly back to that club.
- Where the exchange of a player(s) and national draft selection(s) involves more than two clubs, it is not a requirement that each club involved in the transaction make an exchange between each other.
- Any national draft selection received in an exchange does not need to be exercised. However, any club that passes on a draft selection shall be excluded from exercising any remaining selections at that same meeting.
