Welcome BLOKES to season 4 of our keeper league.

Before we get into the preview of the 2021 season though, I want to take us down memory lane of the 2020 season – to bring everyone up to speed on how the season unfolded.

2021:

Premiership club - $300
English Muffins

Runner up - $150
Steen Trains

Minor Premiership - $150
English Muffins

Second place - $100
Bacchus Martians

Coleman Medal - $50
Bacchus Martians

Brownlow Medal - $50
Setting the Barlow

Rising star - $50
Botany Braves

Highest player score - $50
Botany Braves

Highest team score - $50
English Muffins

MVB Shield - $50
Steen Trains & Beveridge State Uni

2020:

Premiership club - $300
Setting the Barlow

Runner up - $150
BeamsMeanzHeinz

Minor Premiership - $150
Setting the Barlow

Second place - $100
ParkerrrUpBoyys

Coleman Medal - $50
Nathan Lions FC

Brownlow Medal - $50
Setting the Barlow

Rising star - $50
BeamsMeanzHeinz

Highest player score - $50
Botany Braves

Highest team score - $50
Setting the Barlow

MVB Shield - $50
Setting the Barlow

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:

Setting the Barlow $1020

Yarra Rangers $650

The Boyys $550

Steen Trains $525

English Muffins $500

BeamsMeanzHeinz $400

Bacchus Martians $300

Botany Braves $150

Beveridge State Uni $75

Westgate Warriors $0

Alright, now we start looking towards 2021 and what each club looks like heading into our fourth season. 

New rules: No "new" rules, however we will continue the 30man squads (no locked rookie lists) that were coach managed as we did in 2020.

Same blokes: As of today we head into our fourth season with a number of changes from the 2020 season. The 'Constant Rebuilds' have rebranded as 'Bacchus Martians' and 'Parkerrr Up Boyys' are now known as 'The Boyys'.

Draft weekend: Jan Juc will host the 4th preseason draft - not as remote as we would usually like, however with last minute planning due to a baby @ the Barlows, this location will be a matter of "close enough (to melbourne) is good enough". Maybe for our 5th year special the winner of the 2021 season can plan early and get us away to somewhere special to celebrate the milestone. 

The key dates for the 2022 season are as follows:

• February 19th: Draft weekend. 2022 Preseason Draft followed by 2022 Rookie Draft

• Wednesday March 16th: Round 1 begins

• May 23rd: Mid-year Draft delistings due

• May 25th: Mid-Year Draft. All clubs leave the draft with 32 players

• July 3rd: Trade Deadline

• September 24th: 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.

Waivers will be OFF throughout the year. To compensate clubs for having the inability to de-list/recruit each week, the rosters will be managed the same as 2021. That is, clubs will have the ability to field any player they wish from their squad of 30 (which may increase or decrease as the season progresses and trades occur).

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%

Teams will nominate their delistings by Monday May 23rd 8pm which will create the space in the roster for clubs to flex up to 32 players post draft. for example, if the Muffins own 30 players heading into the draft and delist noone, they can draft 2 players at the mid-year draft. If they were to delist 4 players, they would be able to draft 6 players.

The draft will be held Wednesday May 25th 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

The first two picks must go to the clubs ranked 9th and 10th. Example: Boyys and Warriors are 9th and 10th but the first ball out is the Lions who are 4th, then the Lions get pick 3. If the second ball out is the Barlows who are 1st then the Barlows get pick 4. If the 3rd ball out is the Warriors then they get pick 1 and the Boyys get pick 2.

A week before the AFL national draft in 2021, clubs will be given 2 picks via the same lottery odds as the mid season draft, determined by the clubs' finishing positions at the end of the finals series.

Clubs will select 2 players from the AFL national draft of 2021 using a linear draft format – these players will be NGA players for the 10B1C 2022 draft.

These picks cannot be traded and neither can the NGA players once they have been drafted. [RULE AMMENDMENT FROM SEASON 4]

The first four picks must go to the clubs ranked 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th. Example: Boyys and Warriors are 9th and 10th but the first ball out is the Lions who are 4th, then the Lions get pick 3. If the second ball out is the Barlows who are 1st then the Barlows get pick 4. If the 3rd ball out is the Warriors then they get pick 1 and so on.

Matching bids:

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

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

Let’s say The Muffins bid on The Barlows academy prospect Nick Blakey at Pick 5 (1878 points)

In order to snare him, the Barlows now have to match the Muffins bid using the draft picks they already hold.

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.

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

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.

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).

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

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 2022 draft.

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.

[RULE AMMENDMENT FROM SEASON 4]  The first round of the preseason draft will be "pure" - i.e there will be no ability to match bids made on rookies or NGAs. The exception to this is after a club has lost one rookie or NGA through via a bid, they can match future bids for their players even if they happen in the first round. Note: Drafting your own NGA or Rookie does not count as losing an NGA or Rookie.

Following the 2022 preseason draft, there will now be an additional draft known as a Rookie Draft.

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

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 2021 season.

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, as they can post byes.

Waivers can NOT be used over the bye period following the mid year draft.

During the finals, all 32 players (or more or less if trades have been involved) can be used without restriction, however waivers will be off and trading will not be allowed.

Trade deadline will be Sunday July 3rd @ 8pm - this will be during Round 16 and will be held in person. There will be 2 home and away rounds following the trade deadline before a 4 week finals series commences.

Prize Pool will follow the 2021 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