The AFL has handed West Coast another first-round draft pick and additional rookie list spots as part of an assistance package.
The Eagles had requested aid from the AFL following a one-win season, with the league recently weighing up concessions for the Perth club.
On Tuesday, the AFL confirmed West Coast will be given Pick 19 for the 2025 AFL Draft, as well as four Rookie List vacancies for the next three years.
"It is important that we have a competitively balanced competition and that fans can feel that on any day, in any game, their team can win," AFL football performance lead Greg Swann said in a statement.
"The Eagles have won only nine games in the past three seasons and finished in the bottom three of the ladder in the past four seasons.
"We have been working with the Club on how assistance can improve their on-field performance to return to being competitive.
"This package is structured to assist the club in the development of their younger playing group by adding the four additional Rookie list spots, it allows them to invest in additional talent."
The AFL has declared that the Rookie List spot will be funded by the Eagles, and that the concessions can be reviewed and altered if there is a "material change to the circumstances under which they were provided".
The Eagles "believed" they qualified for assistance after multiple bottom-three finishes in recent seasons, and flagged the compromised nature of the past few drafts as further strengthening their claim.
"Submitting an assistance request was not a decision we took lightly, and the Club accepts and takes responsibility for previous decisions which contributed to our current situation of four successive years of bottom-three finishes," West Coast CEO Don Pyke said.
"There have been comprehensive changes at senior levels of our Club and Football Department recently, including the appointments of our senior coach Andrew McQualter and Head of Football John Worsfold.
"Our submission highlighted factors – such as the compromised nature of recent national drafts – that have increased the challenge of rebuilding our playing list, while also considering the broader implications for the competition of sustained poor on-field performance.
"Equalisation is a core pillar of the AFL and, as such, we believed our Club qualified for assistance, which we are committed to using responsibly in alignment with our clear list management strategy to take us forward.
"We also continue to invest significantly in our Football Department, above the Soft Cap, and are building a strong development culture to improve our current situation as quickly as possible."
The addition of Pick 19 sees West Coast's draft hand now hold Picks 1, 15, 17, 19, 33 and 51.
