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No Material Impact on Competition: AFLPA Flags Free Agency as Key to Next Pay Agreement

The players' union says only seven free agents move clubs a year on average, and it wants reform in the next collective bargaining agreement.

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October 6, 2026 Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Free agency is under-used in the AFL and has not affected the equality of the competition, according to the players’ union – and could face a major overhaul as part of the league’s next pay deal. The AFL Players’ Association’s review into free agency, seen by this masthead, concluded that the player movement mechanism h…

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AFL broke the news in Australia on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
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