both seasons, the priority draft pick was taken prior to the first round of the National Draft. Another way to describe this is that in a sequence of consecutive poor seasons, the priority draft pick in the first season would be taken after the first round, and any second or subsequent priority draft picks would be taken before the first round. 2012 priority pick reform Despite the best efforts of the AFL, the priority draft pick became controversial in the late 2000s and early 2010s because of the potential for corruption, since it could be automatically awarded based on the performance of the club over the past two seasons with a defined cut-off point (16.5 premiership points or four wins). In the 2012 pre-season, the AFL Commission, with the unanimous support of the 18 clubs, removed all provision for priority picks automatically based upon finishing results, with the Commission retaining the power to award priority picks on a discretionary basis. To allow for this situation, a formula was developed that takes into account such factors as: premiership points that a club has received over a period of years (with greater weight to recent seasons), a club's percentage (points for/points against x 100) over a period of years (another indication of on-field competitiveness, with greater weight to recent seasons), any finals appearances that a club has made in recent seasons, any premierships that a club has won in recent seasons, and a club's injury rates in each relevant season. To eliminate any perception of tanking, the formula for priority picks is kept confidential by the AFL Commission. In 2016, the Brisbane Lions became the first club to be given a priority draft pick under the current rules, with that pick located after the first round (although ended up with the pick after the trade period). Players selected with start of first round priority picks Tanking There was annual speculation that poorly performing teams manipulated their results after they were eliminated from finals contention in order to ensure they remained below the eligibility criterion and received a priority pick under the 1993-2011 format; this was referred to as "tanking." There are a wide variety of behaviours which could be considered to be tanking. These include: Instructing the players to deliberately lose matches Employing unusual tactics in matches, including using players in positions where they do not usually play Resting star players with