Stars will get traded early: Roos

Paul Roos says stars will be traded early. Source: JULIAN SMITH / AAP

MELBOURNE coach Paul Roos says clubs may start trading stars a year before free agency if the player is reluctant to extend his contract.

The AFL is just two years into free agency, with the league admitting many aspects of the new system are far from perfect.

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The league has committed to compensation picks this year but under a review they could be abolished as early as next year.

AFLPA executive Ian Prendergast, leading player agents Craig Kelly and Marty Pask and Geelong footy boss Neil Balme all believe they should go.

Former Hawks footy manager Mark Evans - now the AFL footy boss - said of the Hawks compensation (pick 66) for Clinton Young last year: "It is like we've been pick-pocketed and somebody has put an old $2 scratchy ticket back in our pocket."

Hawthorn will receive just pick 18 as compensation for Lance Franklin, a handout even his manager Liam Pickering suggests is grossly under the odds.

Roos said he believed the American experience could eventually be reflected here.

That would see clubs either extending the contracts of players entering free agency or deciding to trade them before they lost them for nothing.

"What will happen longer term as we move through this process is that less and less clubs will allow players to come out of contract,'' Roos said.

"Particularly with star players, you won't let them get out of contract or you trade them. That's what happens in the NBA, you trade them with a year to go. So with Buddy (Franklin), you would trade him a year early for two first-round picks. If you have a player out of contract in 12 months time, do we move him now? That will happen particularly if they abolish the compensation pick altogether.''

That trend is already established, with the Dogs aware Brian Lake had one more season to free agency when they traded him to Hawthorn last year.

Had Franklin been up for trade GWS would easily have handed over pick 1, and with it the rights to burgeoning star Tom Boyd.

Instead GWS and Melbourne are both offering up their early picks, with Roos adamant Melbourne will part with selection two for a young midfielder.

The Demons have inquired about Brisbane's Tom Rockliff who has declined their offer, with West Coast's Luke Shuey also not available despite overtures.

The Demons are also interested in Hawthorn's Shane Savage, but he seems intent on finding his way to Carlton.

"All I can say is it is genuinely on the table. Clubs are sceptical, but if you are going to give up pick two it's going to be a quality mid (in the draft), or (defender) Matthew Scharenberg so we want something in return. In terms of Rockcliff we would have been interested, but with a new coach (Justin Leppitsch) at Brisbane he would want to stay there. It's that type of player, but he's out.''

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