Crows chairman Rob Chapman has vowed Adelaide will be a big player in the free agent market next year. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: Herald Sun
LIST manager David Noble says the Crows will consider trading away players to get their teeth back into the first round of next year's AFL national draft.
Noble said having effectively lost three first-round selections in two years because of the Kurt Tippett salary cap scandal, the club would carefully examine the significance of gaining one of Australia's gun teenagers next year.
"That's a good opportunity which fortunately is still open to us," Noble said.
"We've copped a fair whack from the AFL but we are still allowed to trade our way back into contention for the top-end talent at the draft if we feel that's the right move for the club.
"It certainly is a mechanism that we can use and something we'll consider next year."
The Crows willingly gave up their first and third-round national draft picks this year to lighten future draft sanctions.
But they also lost Tippett for nothing after the Swans had offered a first-round pick and player (Jesse White) for him and were banned from the first two rounds of next year's draft, which is considered strong.
Noble described it has a "reasonable penalty" but a problem for the club. "That is potentially three very good players we have missed out on," he said.
"But there's no doubt things could have been a lot worse, so we get up and keep batting on."
It was feared Adelaide could have been banned from as many as four drafts for salary cap cheating and draft tampering, rocking the club for a decade.
Armed with an extra $750,000 a season in salary cap room from losing Tippett, the Crows' timing for losing draft picks could not have been better. The advent of free agency will let the club invest heavily in recruits and "fill holes which might be on our list".
Chairman Rob Chapman has vowed Adelaide will be a big player in the free agent market next year.
"Free agency certainly gives us more options," Noble said.
Adelaide will be only a minor player in next week's pre-season and rookie drafts.
Noble confirmed the club would redraft second-year midfielder Nick Joyce - the Crows' fall guy in the Tippett scandal - at the pre-season draft and take only one rookie.
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