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there is a much better living to be made in this country playing footy than basketball and most other sports... The AFL garentees this by saying that their clubs have to make a minimum of 4 delistings each year. That is an oppurtunity for 60+ kids each year to go into the AFL system. Still have to be talented enough mind you.
PS: Jack Watts is a gun point guard and with the lack of quality PG in this country, he could have ended up playing for Australia and the the Olympics down the track if he chose to stock with it and take up the AIS scholarship.
Scott Pendlebury at Collingwood played with Sale Sonics and quit the AIS after 1 week to instead try his hand at footy.
Joel Macdonald at Brisbane is another. He played State Primary School basketball for VIC before leaving for QLD and ultimately an AFL career.
There are so many basketballers turned footballers playing AFL nowadays...