Clubs told AFL decisions final

Angry Hawthorn say they feel they have been 'pickpocketed' over the loss of Tom Murphy. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun

THE AFL says there is no avenue for appeal for clubs livid at the compensation they received for departing free agents.

Hawthorn is smarting at receiving pick No.66 for Clinton Young (Collingwood) and nothing for Tom Murphy (Gold Coast).

The Hawks want to talk to the league about being short-changed, but the AFL said yesterday it had "received no formal approach from any club".

Adelaide yesterday said it wanted an explanation from the league about receiving no compensation for Chris Knights (Richmond).

AFL spokesman Patrick Keane said there was no appeals process for clubs.

He said the league already had warned there would be modest compensation, with the criteria for compensation picks being a player's age and contract at his new club.

Under the compensation formula a "committee review" is possible if the formula produced "a materially anomalous result", which could see alternate compensation recommended.

But that process already was used before the picks were released, with no built-in appeals system for upset clubs.

"The compensation comes down to the age and contract offered," Keane said.

"If there are two players who are the same age and there was different compensation for them, it is obvious why it is different.

"The whole purpose of free agency was that if a player leaves, there is not automatic replacement via a draft pick. The (expansion selections) provided much greater compensation because we were adding players to the competition."

Hawthorn was angered by its compensation. Football manager Mark Evans said: "It is like we've been pick-pocketed and somebody has put an old $2 scratchy ticket back in our pocket."

Melbourne also was mystified when it received one third-round selection (49) for Jared Rivers (Geelong) and Brent Moloney (Brisbane Lions).

The Demons lured Geelong's Shannon Byrnes, but considering the league felt he was not worthy of a compensation pick he would not have affected the quality of the pick allocated for Rivers and Moloney. Both are 28, which dilutes the compensation. But Young and Knights - for whom Adelaide received no compensation - are 26.

That formula indicates Young, Rivers and Moloney are on contracts of less money at new clubs than former Port Adelaide players Danyle Pearce (Fremantle) and Troy Chaplin (Richmond).

Port received No. 30 for Pearce and 31 for Chaplin, St Kilda 13 for Brendon Goddard (Essendon) and West Coast 62 for Quinten Lynch (Collingwood).

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