An unrestricted free agent, Knights was free to join any club of his choice without Adelaide having an opportunity to match the rival club's offer. He joined the Tigers, where former housemate Ivan Maric landed in trade week last October.
The compensation, determined by the AFL, was based on a formula and takes into consideration a club's net and losses throughout the Free Agency period.
Knights, 26, played 96 career games in eight years at Adelaide but only five matches this season.
The AFL's ruling:
Under the Rules for Free Agency, a club is not automatically entitled to compensation for the loss of a player but can be compensated for any net loss of free agents to other clubs in the competition, based on the new contract offer to the player (which reflects his position within all contracted players within the competition) and his age.
All compensation selections allocated today must be used at the upcoming 2012 NAB AFL Draft, to be held on the Gold Coast on Thursday November 22. Clubs have the right to trade these compensation selections through the remainder of the Gillette AFL Trade Period.
It had been determined that the following clubs would receive the following compensation Draft Selections, and a REVISED order for the Draft is attached. Please note this revised order takes into account the trades that have been made so far during the Trade Period:
St Kilda - Round One selection (Brendon Goddard).
The selection for Brendon Goddard will be immediately placed behind the Round One selection of St Kilda in the indicative NAB AFL Draft Selection Order that was supplied after the Grand Final (this selection will now be number 13).
Port Adelaide - Round Two Selection (Danyle Pearce).
The selection for Danyle Pearce will be immediately placed behind the Round Two selection of Port Adelaide in the indicative NAB AFL Draft Selection Order that was supplied after the Grand Final (this selection will now be number 30).
Port Adelaide - Round Two Selection (Troy Chaplin).
The selection for Troy Chaplin will be immediately placed behind the Round Two selection of Port Adelaide in the indicative NAB AFL Draft Selection Order that was supplied after the Grand Final (this selection will now be number 31).
Melbourne - Round Three Selection (Net Result for Shannon Byrnes in / Jared Rivers and Brent Moloney out).
The net selection for Melbourne after the Free Agency Period will be immediately placed behind the Round Three selection of Melbourne in the indicative NAB AFL Draft Selection Order that was supplied after the Grand Final (this selection will now be number 49).
West Coast - Round Three Selection (Quinten Lynch).
The selection for Quinten Lynch will be immediately placed behind the Round Three selection of West Coast in the indicative NAB AFL Draft Selection Order that was supplied after the Grand Final (this selection will now be number 62).
Hawthorn - Round Three Selection (Clinton Young).
The selection for Clinton Young will be immediately placed behind the Round Three selection of Hawthorn in the indicative NAB AFL Draft Selection Order that was supplied after the Grand Final (this selection will now be number 66).
Geelong Cats - No Compensation (Net Result for Jared Rivers in / Shannon Byrnes out).
Based on the age of players Chris Knights (Adelaide Crows to Richmond) and Tom Murphy (Hawthorn to Gold Coast Suns) and the contract offers made to them by their new clubs, no compensation was applied to their former clubs for their departures during the Free Agency Period.
