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2022 MSD, Trade Periods and Deadlines

Below are the MSD, trade and delisting details:

  • Trade Period Opens: Tuesday 10th May 6pm AWST
  • Injury Condition deadline: Sunday 15th May 11pm AWST (explained in this post)
  • Delistings & Trade Deadline: Monday 16th May 4pm AWST
  • Release of MSD Draft order: likely Sunday 15th evening some time
  • 2022 MSD: Monday May 16th at 7:30pm AWST
  • Post MSD Trade Period Opens: as soon as the MSD ends
  • Post MSD Trade Period Ends: at the start of AFL Round 12

Note

  • Due to the MSD being on a Monday, the pre-MSD trade period starts early. 
  • Unless otherwise specified, all trades made before the Injury Condition deadline are conditional trades – subject to the Standard Injury Condition
  • Trades should be made in good faith and be “approximate fair value” based on value in the current season.
    • The value of players who may be retained in future seasons is not taken into account in this assessment e.g. if coaches trade a young average player (who may become a great player in the future) for an established great player in a straight swap, that would be deemed to be not approximate fair value. 
    • There is wide allowance given in the determination of approximate fair value. However trades that are clearly one-sided that appear to unreasonably advantage one team or make one team uncompetitive may be declared as “nefarious trades” and disallowed by the Administrator.

Delisting Process

Go to our HFFL 2022 Drafting Googlesheet

Click on column G to select it (Player Picked)

Perform Find function (Apple +F or Ctrl+F) and type the name of player you want to delist to locate them.

Then cut their name from their cell and paste it 2 cells over into the Delisted column (Column I). This will show they have been delisted and by them being removed from the Player Picked column it will return them to the list of available players for drafting

Then also go to thebench and go to “Squad” and click the bin icon next to your player. Don’t forget to do this for the extra dummy player (Dummy FDP picks) we drafted at the PSD to fill out our squads. Also don’t delist on the bench until AFL R9 has actually finished or your squad won’t be full and you might not be able to name a team for R9.

Both the above steps need to be taken for your delisting to officially count.

Trading Process

  • Post your trade here
  • Announce your trade on the HFFL Banter group
  • After making the trade, for players who have left your squad (Outward Trades), follow the instructions above in the Delisting Process except cut and paste the player leaving your club to the “Outwards Trade” column instead of the “Delisted” column. The Administrator will later add them into your squad as an “Inward trade”.
  • Then submit the trade on the bench and the Administrator will approve it.

2022 MSD Official Trades

4 Steps to Complete Trades

  • 1) Post your MSD Trades here – below
  • 2) Then announce your trade on the HFFL Banter group
  • 3) Then for players who have left your squad (Outward Trades), follow the instructions in this post under “Delisting Process” except cut and paste the player leaving your club to the “Outwards Trade” column instead of the “Delisted” column. The Administrator will later add them into your squad as an “Inward trade”.
  • 4) Then submit the trade on the bench and the Administrator will approve it.

Standard Injury Condition applying to early MSD Trades

All early MSD trades (made before the Injury Condition Deadline explained below) are subject to the Standard Injury Condition by default unless otherwise specified.

The Standard Injury Condition is that if a traded player is listed as injured in any way in an official AFL match report of AFL Round 9, either of the trading coaches can choose to dismiss the trade in its entirety by informing the Administrator of this decision.

However on dismissal, the coaches can of course choose to renegotiate the trade.

All coaches will have until the Injury Condition Deadline to choose to dismiss a trade based on the standard injury condition. The Injury Condition Deadline will be set by the Administrator and will generally be 2300 AWST on the last day games are played in AFL Round 9.

If neither trading coach chooses to dismiss the trade by this time, the trade will stand. To dismiss the trade they must inform the the coach they traded with and the Administrator so the trade can be reversed.

Subsequent trades of players/picks received in conditional trades are hereby disallowed until the trade becomes unconditional which is after the Injury Condition deadline.

i.e if you (in theory) receive a player or pick in a conditional trade, you may not on-trade that player or pick until after the Injury Condition Deadline.

Administrative Ruling Regarding the Free Drafting Period

The deadline for selections for the Free Drafting Period is 9am AWST Wednesday 16th March.

Changes to selections are freely allowed up until this deadline.

This earlier deadline has been decided as:

  • It is midday EDT which allows coaches to react to any AFL news that morning
  • It is 9pm New York time so the NY coaches get equal access to this information and are not disadvantaged by having the previous later deadline (of when 1st game started).

This is an administrative ruling made by Logistix after consult with 2 members of the RGC.

The HFFL Rules have been updated to reflect this.

Key PSD 2022 Related Dates

– Retentions Deadline: Tuesday 8th March 1200 AWST (noting last pre-season game is Monday evening)

– “Pre-PSD” Draft:  Tuesday 8th March 1900 AWST till it finishes, likely that night or Wednesday morning AWST (each coach will have a max of 1hr to have their turn but their time clock only starts between 0700-2200 of their own local time History suggests people pick much quicker than that.) 

– Final PSD Order released sometime Wednesday 8th March after above

– PSD Saturday 12th March 2000 AWST

– Free Drafting Period: Commences at the end of the PSD and ends at 9am on Wednesday 16th March

Summary of HFFL 2022 Positions & Scoring

Under new rules, coaches select a squad of 20 players at the PSD. They then can freely draft 2 more players from the remaining available players anytime from the end of the PSD, to the start of the season.
This will give a total squad size of 22 (1 less than previous years).

Then after the MSD, this squad size will be increased by 1 to 23.

Each week coaches name 10 starting players on field and 4 bench players

The starting field players are:
– 2 Forwards
– 1 Half Forward
– 1 Marker
– 1 Extractor (specialised midfielder)
– 2 Midfielders (accumulators)
– 1 Tackler (specialised midfielder)
– 1 Half-Back
– 1 Utility

Scoring
The players score as follows, noting all positions have 2 x Frees Against removed from their score except forwards who are exempt:
– Forwards: 6 x goals + 1 x behinds + 1 x I50
– Half Forwards: 4 x goals + 4 x I50
– Markers: 4 x marks
– Extractor: Disposals/2 + 3 x Clearances
– Midfielders: 1 x disposals
– Tackler: Disposals/2 + 3 x Tackles
– Half Back: 3 x R50 + 1 x I50
– Utility: 4 x Goals + 2 x marks + 2 x tackles + 0.5 x kicks + 0.25 x handballs + 0.35 x Hit Outs

Note:
R50 = Rebounds from 50 and
I50 = Inside Fifties.

HO multiplier increased to 0.35 (from 0.3) for season 2022

Rule Vote: Changes to PSD Length from 2022 onwards

Rule 1: That the PSD total squad size be reduced to 22. It will then be increased back to 23 post MSD.  

Rationale:- 23 players is excessive for the PSD as the Bye rounds don’t occur till after the MSD- reducing the PSD squad sizes will increase the quality of players available at the MSD- currently the MSD is low quality and it is rare for a bottom team with top picks at the MSD to make the finals.   

Rule 2: That the last 2 squad selections currently held at the PSD will instead occur after the PSD during a “free drafting period” as follows:

Assuming Rule 1 passes and squad sizes are 22, then the PSD will be reduced to 20 rounds. – each coach can then choose their last 2 squad players (taking their squad size to 22) anytime between the end of the PSD and the beginning of the AFL season. No draft order will apply to the selection of these players – it is a “free drafting period”, first come first serve.  

Rationale:- the last 2 rounds of the PSD are total roughies. There is no value in having a draft order as there is no real competition for these players from other coaches. – removing these rounds shortens the PSD considerably as often a lot of time is spent on these picks by indecisive coaches. – a number of coaches are quite inebriated at this stage of the draft. Allowing them to make these selections in the “cold light of day” after reviewing their squads, will probably improve the quality of these selections and promote better performance from such coaches.  

Voting Record

Rule1:

YES: RGC, Mick, Tobes, Lyle, Twadds, Raife

NO: nil

ABSTAIN: Heath.

Rule 2:

YES: RGC, Mick, Tobes, Lyle

NO: Twadds, Raife

ABSTAIN/no vote: Heath.

Voting Result: Both Rules 1 and 2 pass and commence at PSD 2022

Summary of HFFL 2021 Positions & Scoring

Coaches select a squad of 23 players.
Each week coaches name 10 starting players on field and 4 bench players

The starting field players are:
– 2 Forwards
– 1 Half Forward
– 1 Marker
– 1 Extractor (specialised midfielder)
– 2 Midfielders (accumulators)
– 1 Tackler (specialised midfielder)
– 1 Half-Back
– 1 Utility

Scoring
The players score as follows, noting all positions have 2 x Frees Against removed from their score except forwards who are exempt:
– Forwards: 6 x goals + 1 x behinds + 1 x I50
– Half Forwards: 4 x goals + 4 x I50
– Markers: 4 x marks
– Extractor: Disposals/2 + 3 x Clearances
– Midfielders: 1 x disposals
– Tackler: Disposals/2 + 3 x Tackles
– Half Back: 3 x R50 + 1 x I50
– Utility: 4 x Goals + 2 x marks + 2 x tackles + 0.5 x kicks + 0.25 x handballs + 0.3 x Hit Outs

Note:
R50 = Rebounds from 50 and
I50 = Inside Fifties.