Brisbane has given James Aish an ultimatum: re-sign or be sent to the pre-season draft.
Brisbane says it will not trade the 19-year-old, who is yet to re-sign with the club or announce a club of his choice.
"James Aish will either be playing at the Lions or he'll be going into the draft, he won't be traded, that I can guarantee you," Brisbane football director Leigh Matthews said on Adelaide radio station FiveAA.
Lions' CEO Greg Swann backed Matthews' statement.
"Our view is, it's been a bit too easy to walk away from Brisbane and we probably haven't got the value for the people that have left," Swann said.
"The longer it goes, I think the more likely he is to stay.
"He's a good player, he's a good kid, he's an early draft pick and we'd absolutely like him to stay."
Aish should just remember how Brisbane treated him throughout 2015.
He was not the reason that other players left but he was treated like he was.