Welcome BLOKES to season 3 of our keeper league.

Before we get into the preview of the 2020 season though, I want to take us down memory lane of the 2019 season – to bring everyone up to speed on how the season unfolded.

1. Sam Walsh - Constant Rebuilds

2. Bailey Smith -  Botany Braves

3. Zac Butters - BeamsMeanzHeinz

4. Will Setterfield - Constant Rebuilds

5. Dom Sheed - Constant Rebuilds

6. Steven May - Constant Rebuilds

7. Blake Hardwick - Mad Mundys

8. Jordan Clark - BeamsMeanzHeinz

9. Isaac Rankine - Steen Trains

10. Jackson Hately - Setting the Barlow
    
    

Complete 2019 Preseason Draft 

2019:

Premiership Club - $300
Nathan Lions FC

Runner Up - $150
Parkerrr Up Boyys

Minor Premiership - $150
Parkerrr Up Boyys

Second Place - $100
Nathan Lions FC

Coleman Medal - $50
Steen Trains

Brownlow Medal - $50
Parkerrr Up Boyys

Rising Star - $50
Constant Rebuilds

Highest Player Score - $50
Nathan Lions FC

Highest Team Score - $50
Constant Rebuilds

The 321 - $50 (moved to MVB)
Nathan Lions FC

MVB – $50
Steen Trains

Final Fantasy - $100
Nathan Lions FC

2018:

Premiership Club - $300
Setting the Barlow

Runner Up - $150
Steen Trains

Minor Premiership - $150
Steen Trains

Second Place - $100
BeamsMeanzHeinz

Coleman Medal - $50
Mad Mundy

Brownlow Medal - $50
BeamsMeanzHeinz

Rising Star - $50
Constant Rebuilds

Highest Player Score - $50
BeamsMeanzHeinz

Highest Team Score - $50
Parkerrr Up Boyys

Tipping - $50
Parkerrr Up Boyys

MVB – trophy
BeamsMeanzHeinz

1639 Bye Round - $70
Setting the Barlow

Club Financials:

Nathan Lions FC: $550

Parkerrr Up Boyys: $450

Steen Trains: $400

Setting the Barlows: $370

BeamsMeanzHeinz: $200

Constant Rebuilds: $150

Mad Mundy: $50

Why So SAAD?: $0

Fyfey Spoony: $0

English Muffins FC: $0

Alright, now we start looking towards 2020 and what each club looks like heading into our third season. 

New rules: The new season will bring some new rules including waivers being turned off, next generation academies and a mid year draft. All of these changes are made to “even” the competition, while at the same time make it social and strategical. 

Same blokes: As of today we head into our third season with the same teams and coaches as our second year – that is awesome. I would however be expecting the saads and the mundys to enter a rebranding stage this off season – it could be the spark they need to climb the ladder.

Draft weekend: Since this time last year we have had the Barlows move back from SA to VIC however the Boyys have now moved inter-state. To assist with planning the draft weekend has been locked into the weekend before round 1 of the AFL season – the location will most likely be within an hour of Melbourne. The search for the perfect hot tub continues.

The below data refers to clubs progress from the start of 2019 to the end of 2019. From this we can summarise each club to have made the following moves over the year:

- NLFC sold a large amount of their 2020 trade stocks for older players, putting 2.95 years onto their roster, the second most behind PUB

- PUB traded out youth for older players, improving their onfield average by 112 points (2nd most) but also adding 3.32 years to their roster (1st most)

- TST sold a large amount of their 2020 trade stocks, 2704 points (the 1st most), brought in older players added 1.7 years to their roster, but it didn’t add anything to their on-field average

- EMFC went rebuild mode, finishing the year with 115 less points on field, 2 less years on their roster, and 1169 less draft points. They have traded for players they expect will breakout in 2020 and 2021.

- CRFC traded in older players adding 2.52 years to their roster, but only improved their onfield points by 55 points. They did however leave their 2020 draft stocks untouched. Will need this currency to fix the mistakes.

- FS went rebuild mode, finishing the year with 46 less points on field and 1.59 years less on the roster. They also improved their draft stocks. 

- STB consolidated their roster on the back of a flag, maintaining onfield points, only adding 1.64 years on their roster and significantly improving their draft points for 2020. No real moves, but primed for 2020. The 2018 flag was ahead of schedule.

- WSS also consolidated their roster, weirdly from a mediocre 2018 effort. No change in onfield points, no change in roster age, no change in draft points.

- BMH went rebuild mode, shaving 2.48 years off their roster (league most), but managed to hold the same onfield points. Draft stocks 2020 have been traded out to assist the rebuild.

- MM went rebuild mode, but for 2020. Their draft stocks for 2020 are almost double what they had before trades. Their onfield points have taken a slight hit (-63) and they have added 1 year on their roster – suggests they still have too many old guys.

The key dates for the 2020 season are as follows:

• February 20th: AFL Preseason competition begins

• March 9th: Clubs announce their 22 and nominate their 2 NGA players

• March 13th: Draft weekend. 2020 Preseason Draft followed by 2020 Rookie Draft

• March 19th: Clubs announce their squad of 30, round 1 begins

• June 5th: 2020 Mid-Year Draft

• July 31st: Trade Deadline

• September 26th: Awards Day/Fees Due

Alright blokes, the big changes for 2020 are in this section – the rules updates.

Most of this stuff shouldn’t come as a surprise as we have all discussed them at one point or another – this is more an organization of what they are and how they will work. I’ve passed them through the deputy for his sign-off now we want all of you to sign off on them.

We are open to changing them, but keep in mind how hard it is to take on 10 blokes’ different ideas and then get all 10 blokes to agree. If you do have an issue with any of the following rules, please message me your concerns/suggestions and we will work through potential changes with the group.

Ideally we get these all signed off and locked down in the next week, so people can trade knowing the rules are locked and the new positions are also locked.

Here are the summary of changes from 2019 to 2020 – read on to see how each of these changes will be implemented.

• NEW Waiver Rules: Waivers will be turned off outside of the bye weeks.

• NEW Rookie Draft: A draft that immediately follows the 2020 preseason draft.

• NEW Mid-Year Draft: Held the Friday night of the first game of the first week of byes.

• NEW Next Generation Academy: Teams will nominate 2 players from their delisted 8 for the draft. 

• NEW Roster Management: 22 on site, 4 reserves, 2 rookies, 2 academy players

- Waivers will be OFF before and after the mid year byes (round 12-15), as well as the finals. To compensate clubs for having the inability to de-list/recruit each week, the rosters will be managed differently in 2020.

- Clubs will leave the 2020 draft weekend with 30 players on each roster, and on March 19th they will be required to nominate their squad of 30. This announcement will be structured as the following:

o 22 STARTING: the 22 players starting on the supercoach site. 

All of these players can be traded at anytime. Players can be brought up from reserves/rookies to cover trade deficits. 

o 4 RESERVES: 4 players that didn’t make the ones and are essentially playing in the twos. Once the 22 is announced (to be announced by Friday 8pm each week), these 4 players can’t be used – i.e they can’t be late ins. If no announcement is made by 8pm Friday then the 22 players that are on the supercoach site must be the only players used over the weekend.

All of these players can be traded at anytime. Players can be brought up from rookies to cover trade deficits. Free access during byes and finals.

o 2 ROOKIES: 2 rookie players that are there for LTI cover. These players can only leave the rookie list if a player is brought down from the starting 22/4 reserves via an injury that has been announced on the AFL site. Once a player is sent down to the rookie list they can’t be brought back up until they have missed a minimum of 3 weeks. The rookie that is sent up to the starting 22/4 reserves slot can not be traded out, and must be the player that comes back into the rookie slot. 

These players can be traded at anytime however academy players can not be brought up to cover trade deficits. Free access during byes and finals.

o 2 NEXT GENERATION ACADEMY PLAYERS: 2 players that can’t be used outside of the bye weeks and the finals. Can be traded out, and can be traded in, but can’t be filled via internal starting 22, reserves, or rookies. 

- Each club will get 2 picks via a lottery to determine pick order, with the odds calculated based on ladder position after round 11

- The lottery odds of first pick are as follows:

o 10th - 18%

o 9th - 18%

o 8th - 18%

o 7th - 15%

o 6th - 11%

o 5th - 9%

o 4th – 6%

o 3rd – 3%

o 2nd – 1%

o 1st  – 1%

- The draft will be held Friday June 5th 6pm, with a live lottery draw and live trading.

- A lottery machine will draw numbered balls that represent each club. The balls in the machine will represent the odds of being picked. Balls will be drawn from the machine and the other they are drawn will represent the order of the draft. 

- These picks can be traded during the season in the lead-up to the draft as “round picks” however the actual pick order won’t be known until the night

- Following the draft, the waivers will be live for the duration of the bye weeks. Over the three week period, all 32 players at each club can be used each week, and waivers can be picked up using the supercoach site priority system (bottom ladder to top)

- For 2020 draft:

o For the 2020 draft, all clubs will have 2 next generation academy players or NGA players. 

o These 2 players will be nominated when clubs finalise their 22 on March 9th – before the 2020 draft.

o Eg: I have squad of 30 that I trim down to 22 players. Before the draft, I’ll have a squad of 22 players and I’ll nominate 2 players from the 8 that I delisted to be NGA players.

o These players can be bid on by opposition clubs in the draft.

o These bids can be matched by the home club with a 20% reduction in points matching.

o Bid matching will follow the AFL format where clubs can go into future year deficits

o The players that are selected as NGA players, do NOT have to be NGA players for the season. When teams announce their squad of 30 after the 2020 draft, NGA players can be any 2 of the 30 squad players.

- For 2021 draft:

o For the 2021 draft, NGA players will follow a different nomination process to the above.

o A week before the AFL national draft in 2020, clubs will be given 2 picks via the same lottery odds as the mid season draft. 

o Clubs will select 2 players from the AFL national draft of 2020 – these players will be NGA players for the 10B1C 2021 draft.

o These picks cannot be traded however once the NGA draft has completed, NGA players can be traded. Important to note they are only NGA players and are not owned by a club until the 2021 preseason draft following the bidding process.

- Matching bids:

o Each draft selection now has a points value attached to it, starting with Pick 1 (worth 3000 points) down to Pick 80. 

o The best way to explain the scenario is via a hypothetical example.

o Let’s say Mad Mundys bid on Barlows academy prospect Nick Blakey at Pick 5 (1878 points)

o In order to snare him, the Barlows now have to match the Mundy’s bid using the draft picks they already hold.

o First, we must take away the 20 per cent discount that would be given to the Barlows, meaning they now have to find 1503 points to secure Blakey.

o The Barlows’ first three selections, which are Pick 26 (729), Pick 33 (563) and Pick 38 (465), covers the Mundy’s bid.

o However, as the value of those three picks adds up to 1757, they have 254 points left over. This means the Barlows’ Pick 38 would slide back to Pick 52 in the draft.

o Now Nick Blakey is officially selected by the Barlows at Pick 5, but the Barlows have lost their first two picks (Pick 26 and Pick 33).

o The Mundys select again at Pick 6 and the predetermined draft order continues from there.

o If the Barlows did not have enough points to match, they can go into a trade deficit for the following year using their picks in the 2021 draft.

o The maximum points a team can go into deficit for is 1723 points and once a team goes into deficit their draft is over. They cannot match any further bids and their next selection is via the rookie draft if required.

o Following the 2020 preseason draft, there will now be an additional draft known as a Rookie Draft.

o The purpose of this draft is to ensure that all teams start the year with 30 players.

o Once pick 1-80 have been used, teams without 30 players will enter the Rookie Draft, selecting players in reverse order to the finish of the 2019 season.

o These picks cannot be traded at any stage during or after the season.

- Following the mid-year draft, all clubs will enter the byes with 32 players.

- All 32 players can be used over the byes, without restrictions.

- Waivers can also be used over the bye period following the mid year draft

- At the end of the bye period, clubs will need to announce their 32 man squad using the following format:

o Starting 22

o 6 reserves

o 2 rookies

o 2 academy players

- Roster management will then revert to the original rules that were followed prior to the bye period

- During the finals, all 32 players can be used without restriction, however waivers will be off and trading will not be allowed.

Prize Pool will follow the 2019 format:

• Premiership Club - $300 

• Runner Up - $150 

• Minor Premiership - $150 

• Second Place - $100 

• Coleman Medal - $50 

• Brownlow Medal - $50 

• Rising Star - $50 

• Highest Player Score - $50 

• Highest Team Score - $50 

• MVB – $50