Editing Free agent (section)

=== Australian Football League (AFL)===
The [[Australian Football League]] introduced free agency at the end of 2012, after having had a brief "ten-year rule" in 1973 (when it was known as the Victorian Football League).

Out-of-contract players who are not within the top 25% paid players at their club will become unrestricted free agents after eight seasons of service at one club. Out-of-contract players who are within the top 25% paid players at their club become restricted free agents after eight seasons, then become unrestricted free agents after ten seasons. 
Clubs receive compensation in the form of draft picks for the loss of out-of-contract free agents, but players who are delisted become unrestricted free agents, regardless of length of service, and clubs are not compensated for the transfer of such free agents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/130820/default.aspx|title=Free agency rules|date=16 March 2012|access-date=17 March 2012|publisher=Australian Football League|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317063524/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/130820/default.aspx|archive-date=17 March 2012}}</ref>

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