The Greater Western Sydney GIANTS have restated their support for club academies in NSW and QLD as they consider their response to the AFL's proposed changes to the bidding system for father-son and academy selections.

Under the proposed system, each draft selection would allocated a points value. This will mean clubs nominating players as their academy or father-son selections will have to use their existing picks to match the value of the pick used by the club bidding for an academy or father-son selection if they want to acquire the player.

The points value will be determined following a discount process, designed to ensure clubs have an incentive to invest in academies and maintain the father-son tradition.

Academy nominations will receive a 25 per cent discount and father-son nominations will receive a 15 per cent discount.

The AFL sent the proposed changes to clubs for feedback this week and hopes to present a final version to the AFL Commission for approval before the season starts in April.

GIANTS General Manager Football Graeme Allan said the club would consider the proposed changes in detail and provide feedback to the AFL.

"Through the support of PM CAPITAL we have invested in our academy program to grow the talent pool in NSW and create a pathway to the elite level," he said.

"This year about 700 players aged between 13 and 19 will go through the various programs across NSW and ACT but already we've seen a number of players graduate to AFL lists.

"These include Canberra's Jack Steele who we took at pick 23 in last year's draft (after North Melbourne bid pick 15) and also Logan Austin and Dougal Howard who were drafted by Port Adelaide.

"The PM CAPITAL Academy is critical to the growth of the game in this region as are the academies run by the Swans, Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Suns. We are not just producing local players for our clubs but for the whole competition.

Allan said it would be up to 20 years before the GIANTS would benefit from a father-son selection.

"We strongly support the father-son system because it's about the heritage of the game just as the academies are about the future of the game.

"It's important that we maintain the incentive for clubs in NSW and Qld to continue to invest in their academies so we can continue to grow the game in these markets."