Ahead of today’s official commencement of the Free Agency period, the AFL has updated the list of restricted and unrestricted free agent players to all clubs across the competition.
Under the rules that were agreed between the AFL and AFL Players Association (AFLPA) in February 2010, restricted and unrestricted free agents may consider offers from rival clubs during the post-season period, following the 2016 AFL Premiership Season.
An offer to a player only includes capped salary and capped ASA (Additional Service Agreements) amounts.
Under the AFL Player Rules, an unrestricted free agent may automatically move to the club of his choice. An offer to a restricted free agent may be matched by his club, which has right of first refusal over his services.
If the restricted free agent player does not wish to remain with his original club, he must enter the draft or seek a trade.
Compensation in the form of AFL allocated draft picks will apply to clubs with a net loss of free agents, based on the formula determined by the AFL.
Restricted Free Agents
Nathan Brown (Collingwood); Jack Grimes (Melbourne);Ty Vickery (Richmond).
Unrestricted Free Agents
Ricky Henderson, Scott Thompson (Adelaide Crows);Dennis Armfield (Carlton);Jarryd Blair (Collingwood); Courtenay Dempsey (Essendon);Zac Clarke, Matt de Boer, Chris Mayne, Clancee Pearce (Fremantle); Tom Lonergan (Geelong Cats);Brent Harvey, Drew Petrie, Daniel Wells (North Melbourne); Paul Stewart (Port Adelaide); Sam Fisher (St Kilda); Mitchell Brown, Sam Butler, Patrick McGinnity (West Coast); Matthew Boyd, Will Minson (Western Bulldogs).
