The same response will also be applied for other “anomalies” detected, but the decision must be ticked off at head office.

The move was prompted by queries raised by The Weekly Times about Fevola’s value under the points system in light of his frequent transfers between home club Yarrawonga and one-off appearances at other community clubs during the season.

AFL Victoria plans to implement a player points system and salary cap across Victorian competitions next year in an attempt to curb the issue of player payments.

Leagues and clubs have started grading their players under the points categories, which rewards clubs for retaining their juniors and holding onto recruits long-term by making them worth fewer points.

Two different values were calculated when applying the framework to Fevola, who has played with the Pigeons since 2012 and was made co-coach this season.

Fevola has also made appearances in four other leagues this year, most recently last Saturday when he played for Donvale in the Eastern Football League.

The Weekly Times asked administrators at Fevola’s home competition, the Ovens and Murray Football League, and AFL Victoria to explain his value under the points system this week.

Ovens and Murray league general manager Aaron McGlynn, who has recently finished applying the framework to all players in his competition, valued Fevola at four points.

McGlynn initially assigned Fevola six points from when he joined the league in 2012, classifying him as a former AFL player.

He then deducted one point for each of the three years Fevola has played at the Pigeons prior to this season, and added another point because Fevola has transferred to more than two clubs in three years.

AFL Victoria valued Fevola at two points overall, after deeming Fevola to be a new recruit upon his return to Yarrawonga from Donvale this week.

Therefore his starting value was four points as a “premium community player”, before applying the same additions and deductions McGlynn did.

AFL Victoria administrators disregarded Fevola’s AFL history, as he has not played at the top level since 2010 and the player points system only considers the highest level of football played by a new recruit in the past three years.

McGlynn’s calculation was backed by AFL North East Border region general manager John O’Donohue and prompted the review at head office.

Members of AFL Victoria’s working party developing the equalisation measures, which includes O’Donohue, concluded local commissions would be responsible for determining the appropriate value.

AFL Victoria community football manager and chairman of the working party, Brett Connell, said in cases such as Fevola’s, local commissions would make the decision on his value.

“A key reason for the testing phase is to identify possible gaps in the guidelines and applying individual cases will help this process,” Connell said.

“However, it is important to note that it is a statewide system being implemented and not something that will necessarily take into account every possible individual circumstance.

“If anomalies do exist once the system is fully implemented then region commissions can use their discretion to determine a fair outcome, with AFL Victoria to ratify all such determinations.”