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By: Wrapup of Round 18 2008 | The A to F to L of Australian Football

Wrapup of Round 18 2008 | The A to F to L of Australian Football — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:23:50 +0000

[...] realised that a win would damage their chances of having a better pick in this years draft so they tanked for a [...]

By: 2008 Round 20 round wrapup | The A to F to L of Australian Football

2008 Round 20 round wrapup | The A to F to L of Australian Football — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:20:31 +0000

[...] answer to our question last week, would West Coast tank, the answer is yes they tanked. While their forward line failed to function I do not think besides a quick good forward pocket [...]

By: Is the National Draft the ONLY way to win a Grand Final? | The A to F to L of Australian Football

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:56:58 +0000

[...] Tanking for draft picks is the dirty word of the AFL, while people pretend it does not exist Carlton of 2007 and West Coast of 2008 shows it does. The winner of the 2008 premiership (Hawthorn Hawks) raises an interesting issue that is seeing clubs think the ONLY WAY to win a premiership is through the National Draft. [...]

By: Round 21 AFL Wrapup | The A to F to L of Australian Football

Round 21 AFL Wrapup | The A to F to L of Australian Football — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:29:14 +0000

[...] game only was interesting to see which one tanked best and the Demons won. Port lost their chance to pick up Fijian born ruckman Nicholas Natanu with [...]

By: Will West Coast tank and will you run on the ground? | The A to F to L of Australian Football

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:33:58 +0000

[...] This weekend West Coast Eagles who are 15th (with 4 wins for the season) are playing 16th side in Melbourne. The big question is now should they try and win or loose (tank) and get a bonus draft pick? [...]

By: Jermayn

Jermayn — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:49:45 +0000

@Rob – Yes clubs will still tank but we cannot change that with the draft pick system that the AFL has. Like I have said, I do not disagree with the draft pick system as it allows teams to rebuild quickly and it means we do not have an England Soccer system were the rich clubs always win (like the 70s and 80s).

However at the moment it is better off to finish 15th or 16th than 11th and so why not drop a game when you get a better player. However if the bottom 5 or so get a chance to get draft pick 1, it will mean that clubs wont be loosing to get pick 1 or 2.

If you think my suggestion is still flawed, please provide some further suggestions as I welcome your input and comments and thanks for dropping by.

Jermayns last blog post..What is the best sequel?

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:06:01 +0000

So what is good about your plan? Clubs will still have the incentive to tank, it is just that it is the clubs ranked about 11-14 on the ladder, who will want to tank so as to get into the bottom 4 and the draft lottery.

Try thinking through the implications of these ‘quick and easy’ supposed solutions before publishing them

By: AFL 2008 Round 14 tips pt1 | The A to F to L of Australian Football

AFL 2008 Round 14 tips pt1 | The A to F to L of Australian Football — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:57:15 +0000

[...] this split round but also expect some teams to be blown out of the water, especially as the tanking issue once again rises it’s ugly head with Port Adelaide opting to leave out 4 big [...]

By: Round 13 2008 wrapup | The A to F to L of Australian Football

Round 13 2008 wrapup | The A to F to L of Australian Football — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:53:51 +0000

[...] time to experiment, get players to have operations and to play their kids. In other words they will start to tank! While they will not start to on purpose lose games, they are tanking for next [...]