AFL: The Eagles are insisting they are still likely to retain the number one pick in this year's draft despite consistent rumours they will trade the pick to North Melbourne.
New AFL boss Andrew Dillon has gone on the front foot defending the much-queried formula for free-agency compensation, adamant it has helped make the competition more equal than ever.in the upcoming AFL draft as compensation for free agent Ben McKay, who was drafted at pick 21, joining Essendon on a six-year deal.
“We don’t make the player salaries public, so that makes it slightly difficult, but the formula is the formula. “One of the great things about the AFL is the competitive balance that we‘ve got. We’ve got a draft, we’ve got a salary cap and now we’ve got a soft cap,” he said.
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