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AFL draft sells hope but system provides no guarantee of glory – ABC News
At the best of times, the AFL draft is more a speculative act of distributing talented youngsters rather than a science. Imagine the uncertainty when clubs draft…
Every player selected during the AFL draft on Wednesday evening will be compared to a current or past champion as if his name only needed to be uttered for his destiny to be fulfilled.
The club with pick 47 will be unable to believe a young midfielder “slipped through to us” having rated him in the top five and another gleeful scout will declare he has just sown the seeds of a bumper premiership crop.
The schoolmasters of the media will then mark the performance of each club from A to E, never mind…
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