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We need an NRL draft now

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Roar Guru
25th May, 2020
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I’ve been recently thinking about the draft system the NFL have. Once the NRL gets enough money and resources to build a draft system, it will get fans more excited to see if their club gets an exciting young 18-20 year old kid.

Let’s use Dylan Brown as an example.

Dylan Brown just turned 17 and has been put into the school boy system in Sydney but can’t yet play because of the age requirements, so we put him in NSW or QLD cup to show off his potential.

Once the season ends and he’s 18, we put the top 50 players from that season that are 18 from both QLD and NSW cups into a draft system were they get drafted off to clubs that want them but only for a one-year contract worth $20,000 – with the option to extend the deal at that particular club.

We put 15-16 year olds through the system depending on where they live like Perth. Once they turn 17 they go to Sydney to play NSW or QLD cup and compete for a year or two, depending on the age.

Once they turn 18 they get drafted.

The system in New Zealand can be different so they don’t have to go to Sydney but stay in New Zealand and have the top 15 Kiwi players from the cup sides and draft them off to NRL clubs – or they can stay in NZ and fight for a spot in the Warriors side.

Again this is only an idea and the NRL will need to get a lot of money which will take ten years or maybe 20, but I’m 100 percent sure there will be a draft system in the NRL which will make the pre-season and post-season more fun for the fans.

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We could also live stream the draft system each year, either on television or the internet.

We need to obviously take in consideration how many players we want in the system across Australia. Here is my idea for that:

Sydney: 2,000 players max
Melbourne: 1,500 players max
Brisbane: 2,000 players max
Perth: 500 players max
NZ: 250 players max

Feel free to roast me about my ideas but I like the idea of a draft system.

We will see a draft system eventually in the NRL.

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