AFL Trade Period 2012 – Dream Team discussion

The AFL Trade Period unofficially commences today with the free agency stuff all happening this week and then moving onto the actual trade stuff beginning on Monday 8th October. Discuss all of the trade period stuff here… specifically what certain trades will mean for DT and their scoring!

We will update this post with the trades that matter for DT. Until then, happy commenting.

IMPORTANT DATES

Here are the key dates around the Player Rules for the exchange process and the 2012 NAB AFL Draft:

• October 1 – Commencement of Gillette AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency period.
• October 5, 2pm – Nomination of Father-Son Eligible Players and Academy Bidding Players.
• October 8, 10am – Father-Son Eligible Players and Academy Players Bid Meeting.
• October 8 – Commencement of Gillette AFL Trade Period.
• October 19, 2pm – Deadline for GWS Giants to pre-list balance of any uncontracted players under List Establishment rules.
• October 19, 5pm – Close to Gillette AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period.
• October 22 – Restricted Free Agency Matching Offer Response Closed
• October 23, 5pm – Trade Incentive Rule (17 year-olds) Deadline for Trading.
• October 26, 2pm – End of Gillette AFL Trade Period.
• October 26, 2.10pm –Trade Incentive (17 year-olds) Selection.
• October 31, 2pm – List Lodgement One.
• November 1 – Commencement to Gillette AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period.
• November 13, 2pm – End to Gillette AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period.
• November 13, 2pm – Out of Contract Listed Player Draft Nomination Deadline, New Player Draft Nomination Deadline.
• November 13, 2pm – Deadline for Nomination of any use of 2012 GWS Giants Compensation Selections.
• November 15, 2pm – List Lodgement Two.
• November 16, 2pm – Delisted Player Draft Nomination Deadline, Non-Retained Rookies Draft Nomination Deadline, Nominated of Queensland Zone Priority Selections and Nomination of NSW/ACT Zone Priority Selections.
• November 22 – NAB AFL Draft, Gold Coast Convention Centre.
• November 23 – Second Gillette AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period commences.
• November 28, 2pm – Out of Contract Listed Players Nomination Deadline, International Players Nomination Deadline, Players Not Registered / Played Three Years Deadline, NSW Scholarship and International Scholarship Players Deadline.
• November 28, 5pm – Second Gillette AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period ends.
• November 29, 2pm – List Lodgement Three.
• December 4, 2pm – Delisted Player Nomination Deadline.
• December 4 – Deadline for GWS Giants to pre-list balance of any previously listed or previously nominated for draft players under List Establishment rules.
• December 11, 11am – NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft.
• December 11, 11.05am – Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast Suns, GWS Giants and Sydney Swans Eligible Pre-Selected Rookies.
• December 11, 11.10am – NAB AFL Rookie Draft.