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Yeah, to me that's a massive issue for both SA and WA. Why should the state league teams spend their money, time and resources to develop kids for the AFL teams? I mean, with the Mid Season draft, even the players that don't get drafted that join the senior team can get ripped out of their teams halfway through the year.Colts are a bit sub-standard compared to other under 18s comps but there's zero incentive for the clubs to properly invest in them, just to see the top prospects go elsewhere whilst there's clubs over East who can pretty much freely pick their best prospects.
The AFL treats the state league clubs with distain, but expects those same clubs to do all their development work for free.