Now all of a sudden we're starting to wheel that back."The AFL on Wednesday confirmed the contentious changes will be brought in immediately ahead of the 2026 draft.Carlton and Port Adelaide lobbied hard for changes to be delayed until at least 2027 because they both have elite father-son talent available in this year's draft.Blues coach Michael Voss echoed his president Rob Priestley's disappointment that clubs had been denied a "runway" into the changes.But they were warned by the AFL moves were afoot."We felt like the immediacy of that was just a little bit too tight," Voss said."But I guess with the estimation of something happening, we tried to future-proof ourselves last year."The decisions we made going into last year's trade period were all for this part."So we are well positioned for it We're very well positioned for it, but at the same time I think with an element of fairness maybe in another 12 months we could've implemented this."Carlton has its sights set on drafting father-son prospect Cody Walker, who will make his VFL debut for the Blues this weekend.Walker, 18, is the son of former Carlton star Andrew Walker, who played 202 matches for the club between 2004 and 2016.AAP