That's one of my complaints, hypen. How does the competition benefit from that? He would have still been drafted, next year. Clubs with well maintained lists can be undercut by clubs with poorly managed lists. It's a corruption of the existing draft system, for no reason other than to hold an event.
The other is the perception that Peter Bell was given a job by his mates and now he just gave his mate's kid a bag of cash for no immediate return to the club or it's supporters. Without any explanation about how they followed proper governance to make sure this was a merit based appointment.