swan42 wrote: Let me play the devil's advocate role and I am going to speak to the G7 clubs.
Whilst I accept that Subiaco's junior zone may not be the most fertile but would it be significantly better if Subiaco had ploughed significantly more funds into their zone rather than recruiting the likes of Robinson, Twomey et al?
Secondly as I have suggested previously a problem with the points cap is that there is no real penalty for a club like Subiaco recruiting players from the bottom team. To provide a significant disincentive there should be a premium for a club like Subiaco recruiting from the bottom teams. My proposal would be that, and I will use this year's positions, if Subiaco (1st) recruited a 10 point player from Perth (9th) the actual points for Subiaco would be the 10 points plus the difference in positions (9 - 1) 8 times a multiplier factor of 2.5 giving the cost in terms of Subiaco would be 30 points. The multiplier factor would only apply where the club recruiting the player finished higher than the player's current club.
there's an easier solution 42 in that top 5 clubs can't poach contracted players from bottom 4 clubs full stop.
