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Father–son rule
The father–son rule is a rule that allows clubs preferential recruiting access to the sons of players who have made a major past contribution to the club in Australian rules football, most notably in the Australian Football League.
The rule was first established in 1949, and there have been more than ten amendments, most recently the refining of the draft bidding process in 2015.
The father–son rule was established during the 1949 season, allowing a player to be recruited by the club his father had played for, despite being residentially zoned to another club. The first player officially cleared under the father–son rule was Harvey Dunn Jr, who was recruited to his father's old club, Carlton, in 1951, instead of being zoned to North Melbourne.
The original rule is thought to have originally come into place as a result of successful lobbying by the Melbourne Football Club, which had wanted the young Ron Barassi to follow in the footsteps of his father, Ron Barassi Sr., who had been killed in action at Tobruk during World War II. Barassi was officially cleared to Melbourne under the rule in 1953.
When the VFL/AFL draft was established and residential zoning was abolished, the rule initially allowed the son to be recruited by his father's club, bypassing the draft entirely. West Coast's Ben Cousins, for example, was recruited in this manner, without the Eagles parting with any draft picks. However, by the late 1990s, the draft was becoming established as the predominant and most important means of player recruitment, and as a key equalisation measure to maintain competitive balance among the clubs. As such, the rules were first altered in 1997 to ensure clubs could still have preferential access to sons, but would be required to spend draft picks on the recruitment. This has undergone several changes as the league has sought to find the fairest balance for the draft cost:
In 2007, following concerns that potential first-round draftees were being selected for unfairly low draft picks, a bidding system was established. Under this 2007 amendment, any club could bid on another club's son with one of its draft picks, and the father's club then had the right to recruit the son by giving up its next pick. The bidding process occurred prior to the draft, but the decisions made while bidding were binding during the draft. For example, in 2008 the Western Bulldogs used a first-round selection to secure Ayce Cordy after St Kilda bid a higher first-round selection for him.
The bidding system was further refined in 2015. Under this system:
The same bidding process has also been used by the New South Wales and Queensland clubs to gain preferential access to their states' academy players.
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Father–son rule
The father–son rule is a rule that allows clubs preferential recruiting access to the sons of players who have made a major past contribution to the club in Australian rules football, most notably in the Australian Football League.
The rule was first established in 1949, and there have been more than ten amendments, most recently the refining of the draft bidding process in 2015.
The father–son rule was established during the 1949 season, allowing a player to be recruited by the club his father had played for, despite being residentially zoned to another club. The first player officially cleared under the father–son rule was Harvey Dunn Jr, who was recruited to his father's old club, Carlton, in 1951, instead of being zoned to North Melbourne.
The original rule is thought to have originally come into place as a result of successful lobbying by the Melbourne Football Club, which had wanted the young Ron Barassi to follow in the footsteps of his father, Ron Barassi Sr., who had been killed in action at Tobruk during World War II. Barassi was officially cleared to Melbourne under the rule in 1953.
When the VFL/AFL draft was established and residential zoning was abolished, the rule initially allowed the son to be recruited by his father's club, bypassing the draft entirely. West Coast's Ben Cousins, for example, was recruited in this manner, without the Eagles parting with any draft picks. However, by the late 1990s, the draft was becoming established as the predominant and most important means of player recruitment, and as a key equalisation measure to maintain competitive balance among the clubs. As such, the rules were first altered in 1997 to ensure clubs could still have preferential access to sons, but would be required to spend draft picks on the recruitment. This has undergone several changes as the league has sought to find the fairest balance for the draft cost:
In 2007, following concerns that potential first-round draftees were being selected for unfairly low draft picks, a bidding system was established. Under this 2007 amendment, any club could bid on another club's son with one of its draft picks, and the father's club then had the right to recruit the son by giving up its next pick. The bidding process occurred prior to the draft, but the decisions made while bidding were binding during the draft. For example, in 2008 the Western Bulldogs used a first-round selection to secure Ayce Cordy after St Kilda bid a higher first-round selection for him.
The bidding system was further refined in 2015. Under this system:
The same bidding process has also been used by the New South Wales and Queensland clubs to gain preferential access to their states' academy players.
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