Port Adelaide, Carlton and Western Bulldogs have been the first to come forward over their frustrations regarding the recent AFL Draft changes that was revealed on Wednesday.
Power president David Koch and Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge were the first asked about the major upheaval, led by new league footy boss Greg Swann.
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The changes put Port Adelaide at a disadvantage as they prepare to land Pick 1 fancy Dougie Cochrane, as well as 2027 club-tied prospects Zemes Pilot and Louis Salopek.
"We're furious. It is putting the V back into AFL," Koch said on 5AA.
"The AFL talks about fairness and equalisation and things like that.
"Interstate clubs are already at a disadvantage with all the travel we do and now to change the rules so dramatically like this and to bring them in just months before the draft rather than (doing) what the NFL do and major sporting organisations around the world, they ease them in over two or three years, we just bring them in, bang!"
The Blues are also in the same position as they will be forced to pay much more than the likes of Gold Coast and Brisbane over the years for father-son prospect Cody Walker.
"While our club has agreed that working towards adjusting access to father son and NGA talent was necessary over the long term to ensure a more equitable system, our club's position has been absolutely clear that for any proposed rule changes, they had to come with an appropriate runway so as not to disadvantage specific clubs," Carlton president Rob Priestly said.
"Part of the clear case we put forward was that the AFL had to allow all clubs to properly plan and prepare for any changes to draft rules, in order to provide the same runway that previous clubs have been afforded, and as a result, have significantly benefited from.
"This was the only appropriate and truly equitable way to implement such changes however today's discretionary decision by the AFL has gone against this, with full knowledge that it will disadvantage certain clubs more than others, which no AFL rule change should."
Beveridge couldn't help but chuckle when quizzed about the incoming draft changes, saying that the whole league needs a review.
"It's a bigger picture consideration for me around the equities of the game rather than just changing a rule for this year," Beveridge said.
"We were part of the change because we brought Jamarra in back then, and there was another reaction to the pressure from clubs. What has happened, is the AFL are a punching bag at the moment.
"We're trying to make things perfect in a game that's chaotic and the unfortunate thing is, (the media) are the ones that the AFL are paranoid about, because they don't want you to criticise them.
"Because every time you do, they change something. It's not this regime's fault. It's the operational regime of the last 15 years that keep changing things.
"We're at a point now where we need a Peter Jackson to go in and do a review of how to strip it all back and make it all simple again.
"One of the ridiculous things that's happened recently is between the arcs, last possession thing. I mean, ultimately if there's confusion of who it came off, what did we used to do? We used to ball it in. How about we ball it in again?
"But no, we had to bring another layer in, and reverse it. Because we haven't been strong enough to go 'yep, mistake was made. Move on'.
"This is another one where we're making a change on the run. There's eastern seaboard, northern academies that's been going on for the last 10 years. There's clubs complaining about getting their own.
"We just have to strip it all back and get it right.
"The inequities in the draw, in the draft system, in the whole thing needs to be sorted out.
"There's some bigger challenges ahead for City Hall, and I just hope they engage someone like a Peter Jackson to go in, in an independent way, and say 'hey, have a think about this is what we got to do'. If we have to go back 10 years to make the game better, then let's do that.
"Because of the money and the broadcast, because we've tried to create more goals in the game, we've turned the game into this ridiculous game of ping-pong because we want money from broadcast, because there's more ads with goals.
"It can't all be just about revenue. It's about the nature of the game. We've got some challenges ahead. That's me off the soap box."
