{"id":345173,"date":"2023-11-09T22:39:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T23:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=345173"},"modified":"2023-11-10T00:01:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T00:01:09","slug":"bold-gamble-could-backfire-after-hawks-cut-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=345173","title":{"rendered":"Bold gamble could backfire after Hawks cut star"},"content":{"rendered":"

H\ufeffawthorn<\/a> has taken a bold gamble by delisting a veteran star in the hope of redrafting him in a few weeks.<\/p>\n

The Hawks on Thursday announced professional goal sneak Chad Wingard<\/a>, as well as Cooper Stephens, had been delisted by the AFL<\/a> club.<\/p>\n

But the club is "committed to re-drafting" the pair via the rookie and national drafts, it said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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"The changes will allow the club to utilise all selections acquired prior and during the recent trade period leading into this month's AFL national draft.," Hawthorn said.<\/p>\n

While the Hawks plan on bringing the pair back into the fold soon enough, the strategy has the potential to backfire badly.<\/p>\n

\"Chad<\/p>\n

As a delisted free agent Wingard is entitled to join a rival AFL club should an offer appear on the table.<\/p>\n

\ufeffThe Hawks clearly viewed Wingard as part of their future when they gave him a new one-year deal in September.<\/p>\n

But the small forward will miss the start of the 2024 season after rupturing an Achilles that same month.<\/p>\n

\ufeffFurthermore, Hawthorn would have to pay the difference in any salary offered by a rival club, if it is lower than what he would earn at the Hawks next year.<\/p>\n

Wingard has played 218 AFL games across a 12-year career at Port Adelaide and Hawthorn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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