{"id":55574,"date":"2023-10-13T10:18:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T00:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/?p=55574"},"modified":"2023-10-13T12:38:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T02:38:38","slug":"guywholikessports-guide-to-trade-value-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/2023\/10\/guywholikessports-guide-to-trade-value-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"GuyWhoLikesSport’s guide to TRADE VALUE – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHECK OUT PART II HERE\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Trade week is well underway (Narrator: it goes for 9 days).<\/p>\n

As it gets warmed up, it\u2019s worth asking who is the most valuable trade asset in the league.<\/p>\n

Not the best young player, not the most versatile.<\/p>\n

Simply who, if put on the trade table, would demand the biggest haul?<\/p>\n

The idea of the rankings is that if player number 16 was offered for player number 9, the team offered player number 9 says yes.<\/p>\n

This idea is just flagrant stealing from the legend Bill Simmons but applied to the AFL.<\/p>\n

To judge trade value, a few things have to be taken into account.<\/p>\n

Firstly, positions matter. Unequivocally, the most valuable position in footy is the key forward.<\/p>\n

There simply are not many people on the planet who can run, jump, kick etc. at the level required to be a star key forward at AFL level so the good key forwards get a bump.<\/p>\n

Also valuable are those game-breaking type midfielders that win you finals.<\/p>\n

In short, it\u2019s hard to score in modern footy so players that give you an avenue to goal through their own individual brilliance (s\/o Ned Zelic, hope you\u2019re well) will inevitably be a more valuable trade commodity.<\/p>\n

On the less valuable end of the scale are ruckmen, as I have written previously.<\/p>\n

Secondly, consider age and contract given the fairly obvious theory that the younger the player is, the more valuable he will be on the trade market.<\/p>\n

More interesting is the contract, with the new CBA coming in, players have got a significant bump in the percentage of league earnings over the lifetime of the new CBA, getting 38% of league revenue.<\/p>\n

This is good news for players, and good news for clubs who locked up their stars before the new CBA came into effect.<\/p>\n

Some players will, of course, have their earnings tied in some way to a percentage of a club\u2019s cap but there is no way for us to know that as interested observers.<\/p>\n

So, for the purposes of this exercise, a long-term deal signed before the new CBA came into effect (all of them bar Naughton) is a good thing.<\/p>\n

I also want to note that, with player contracts not being public, I am guessing, based on reports that I have found, what the salaries are for players.<\/p>\n

Third and finally, this column takes place in a land far, far away.<\/p>\n

A land where players can get traded without consent and clubs have some bargaining power if a player says they\u2019re upset and want out. It happens in a world where trades happen based on value and nothing else.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the same galaxy where Oppenheimer was as good as it should have been and people actually watch Armchair Experts.<\/p>\n

Anyway, onto the list.<\/p>\n

The world<\/strong><\/h3>\n

21. Harris Andrews (26. 2 years left, money unclear)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Congratulations to Harris Andrews who has claimed his first @brisbanelions<\/a> best and fairest \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n

More on his thrilling one-vote win: https:\/\/t.co\/n60id4SAgu<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/1AEARvRw5X<\/a><\/p>\n

— AFL (@AFL) October 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n