woodublieve12 wrote:RB wrote:Phantom Gossiper wrote:RB wrote:So at least two players are being gifted games that they probably wouldn't have got at other Sanfl clubs.
Is that such a bad thing?
Think of it this way,
would you be ok with the same thing happening every week in the AFL? Yeah it's great some guys get the opportunity or whatever but I just don't think the Sanfl should be used like that.
it's happening now in the AFL for the past couple of years... GWS, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Jon Butcher and Richard Tambling all say hi... Players are now getting gifted games in the AFL who wouldn't even get a sniff a few years ago due to the expansion of the comp...
The John Butchers of the world were at least drafted by the AFL clubs; these clubs obviously thought they were better than all the other players not already drafted. However the topup players for the reserves sides are just randoms from around the traps there to make up the numbers.
It would be different if the topup players were all stars in the A1 last season. But they weren't. I know some people say that some great talent could be unearthed, late bloomers etc., but in my view, they should play their way into the Sanfl, not be gifted games. For every undiscovered talent out there in their bush there are a hundred hacks.