Melbourne asked for the pick after it was defeated by an undermanned GSW team by 64 points in round 21.

Melbourne asked for the pick after it was defeated by an undermanned GSW team by 64 points in round 21. Photo: Getty Images



The AFL has knocked back Melbourne's request for a priority selection at the upcoming national draft.


The Demons had made a request for a priority pick, which are only awarded at the discretion of the AFL Commission, which discussed the request on Monday and decided against granting the Demons an extra pick.


Melbourne was informed verbally on Monday and officially on Tuesday that it would not receive the priority choice.


The request was widely viewed as an ambit claim by the Demons, whom the AFL view as being in a much better position than 12 months ago, when they received a huge injection of funding, made changes at board level and hired Paul Roos as senior coach.