To answer some queries -
Any players that you do not delist and remain on an AFL list will remain on your lists following the Sept 5th Deadline. Should any players however be delisted by clubs and not on an AFL Club you can delist them after the Sept 5th deadline and receive an additional supplementary pick in the Rookie Draft.
You can still 3 for one trades in the trade period and at conclusion of trade period draft order may be adjusted. It is a risk that you take however that you will do a 3 for one trade. Lists will be capped at 45 players.
Another question for you Ringo about setting the rookie draft order now.
If you're going to set the draft order now instead of before trades I'm assuming you will do it based on how many players everyone has on their list following delistments right?
So if a team only has 6 free spots (4 Nat picks) then they will only get 2 rookie picks?
But, then if during the trade period we do the 3 for 1 trades and need extra picks does that mean the new 2 rookie picks they need get added to the end of the draft order instead of (using us as an example) at where their third and fourth round rookie picks would have been originally?
Or is there automatically four rounds of picks and the the extras get added?
I really think finalising the rookie draft list at the end of the uneven trade period is the only way to do it.