Rookie Upgrades

[glenferriecrusader]

Patrick Keane - AFL Media Relations Manager tweeted this earlier today -

"Gold Coast Suns and GWS Giants do not qualify for Nominated Rookies upgraded to senior list, due to their extended Primary Lists."

Am I right then in deducing these teams unable to upgrade rookies e.g. Horsely or is there a difference in a "nominated rookie" as he states...???

He also stated -

These clubs can have a nominated rookie upgraded for '12 season, subject to TPP compliance - Adel (1),Carl (2),Melb (1), North (1),Port (1).

Any one know pls.

[Ziplock]

what? how can melbourne only nominate one :S

[yorgis]

maybe the upgrades are for players on the veterans list. i'm pretty sure e.g. port has 2 spots, i for cassissi [veteran]

and 1 for lobbe [LTI]

[4INAROW]

they should have 3.....strauss(LTI), gawn(LTI), green(VET).

[cortez]

im really confused... could this be the reason gold coast arent playing horsley in tbe nab and playing there kids instead?

[4INAROW]

does it say they have those spots or have upgraded that many rookies so far?

[4INAROW]

yeah horsely isnt named in the squad against geelong either

[glenferriecrusader]

It's got me totally confused too...will try & see if I can find out if a "nominated rookie" is something separate...will post if I can locate any info

[4INAROW]

cheers

[ben_020285]

Strauss doesn't have a LTI, it's Spencer.

[4INAROW]

ta

[glenferriecrusader]

Best I can find for now & only on wiki...clarifies rules & explains "nominated rookies"...only thing I can think is maybe at this point in time clubs may not have updated their LTI/Veterans lists. 

List maintenance

Each club is allowed to maintain a list of up to six eligible players, whilst Brisbane and Sydney can list a maximum of nine. Up to three rookies can be retained, with the players permission for a second or third season,[3] with the others having to be either delisted or elevated to the primary list at the time of the National Draft. Only half of the salary paid by a club to players on the rookie list counts towards the league's salary cap.

Generally speaking, a rookie-listed player cannot be selected to play in the senior AFL competition, and must play in state-level affiliated teams, except in two circumstances:

At the start of a season, a club can nominate up to two veterans from its senior list for salary cap reasons; if a team does not have a full quota of veterans, it can make up the balance by nominating rookies to be eligible for senior selection. These players are known as nominated rookies.If a senior-listed player is moved onto the long-term injury list, a rookie-listed player can be temporarily elevated in his place, becoming eligible for senior selection, while the senior player remains injured.
There are usually plenty of opportunities to enact either of these rules, so rookie-listed players who are playing well enough for senior selection are seldom deprived of the opportunity by list management constraints.

[Ziplock]

Melbourne should have three. Must not have updated their list.

[glenferriecrusader]

I think you're right, only thing that makes sense. 

I could be wrong but I believe all nominations/upgrades etc must be finalised a week before season begins.

[4INAROW]

yeah you'd be stupid as a club not 2 wait till a week before the season proper to have a real good look at rookies.

you wouldn't promote any rooks based on last weeks performance, possibly against rubbish competition.

we'll probably find out a week before the real stuff at the earliest as u said.