Matthew Knights and his experienced recruiting contingent will commence talks with representatives from other AFL clubs at the Dome today as the AFL exchange period kicks off for 2008.

 

The trading period concludes at 2pm on Friday 10 October.

Key rules to note in the Trading / Drafting process include:

- A club may exchange a player or players on its primary list for a player or players on the primary list of another club;

- A club may exchange a player or players on its primary list for the draft selection or draft selections of another club;

- A club may exchange a player or players on its primary list for a combination of a player, players, draft selection or draft selections of another club;

- A club may exchange a draft selection or draft selections for a draft selection or draft selections of another club;

- A club cannot on-trade a player received in any exchange until the following year.

- A club may exchange a draft selection it has received from another club, provided that the selection is not traded directly back to that club.

- Where the exchange of a player(s) and draft selection(s) involves more than two clubs, it is not a requirement that each club involved in the transaction make an exchange between each other.

- Any draft selection received in an exchange does not need to be exercised. However, any club that passes on a draft selection shall be excluded from exercising any remaining selections at that same meeting.

An indicative draft order as it stands is: