Free agency has become a farce. The AFL has lost control

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The article argues that AFL clubs, rather than the league, are controlling the free-agency process. The negotiations involving Zak Butters and Ben King are presented as evidence that the AFL has lost its grip on regulating player movement.

The wheeling and dealing for Zak Butters and Ben King shows the clubs are running the show instead of the AFL, which is mean to regulate the system.