If Jack Bowes is traded to Geelong, with the Cats also gaining the prized pick seven in the national draft, the deal will represent a worrisome watershed in the competition’s history. | JakeNiallTHEAGE
and have missed the finals once in 16 seasons. The Suns are yet to make the finals in their dozen, largely dismal years of existence.The draft and salary cap are socialised measures designed to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, invented to lift lowly teams up and undercutting, if not levelling, empires such as Geelong’s.
It is remarkable that Geelong, despite an unmatched run of success since Joel Selwood’s arrival in 2006, can take on the excessive Bowes contract . It is less surprising that Hawthorn and Essendon can accommodate Bowes, given their recent ladder positions. The Giants and Suns are caught in a cycle of losing players, whom they have little choice but to overpay based on their high draft position; hence, the Giants are giving upCredit:The Suns are making this radical step of the salary dump for a high pick, in the knowledge that: a) Bowes is on the fringes of their best side; b) his back loaded deal means he’s on too much money; and c) they have to offer clubs something irresistible to get them to take on his contract.
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