30 is old!

[Tigers of Old]

You never cease to amaze L2R.

You'd think the AFLPA would be paying particular attention to data such as this.

Shorter careers = More money.

 

[the claw]

You never cease to amaze L2R.

You'd think the AFLPA would be paying particular attention to data such as this.

Shorter careers = More money.

sheesh whats the average salary for a player 300k per yr. if you get to 30 thats probably somewhere between 3 and 4 mil for a career in footy sheesh thats a 3 or 4 lifetimes earnings for some peoplwhy would the afl players assocition be putting their hands out for more most of the people they represent are grossly overpaid.

 

[ZeroGame]

With all the money brought into football, why shouldn't the players get rewarded for it.
If a player makes a 10 year career out of AFL then they are at the top of their chosen field and the Top 100 or so in any field in Australia would earn that sort of money.

 

[Tigers of Old]

You never cease to amaze L2R.

You'd think the AFLPA would be paying particular attention to data such as this.

Shorter careers = More money.

sheesh whats the average salary for a player 300k per yr. if you get to 30 thats probably somewhere between 3 and 4 mil for a career in footy sheesh thats a 3 or 4 lifetimes earnings for some peoplwhy would the afl players assocition be putting their hands out for more most of the people they represent are grossly overpaid.

I'd rather give money to the players than line the pockets of AFL headquarters.

 

[the claw]

With all the money brought into football, why shouldn't the players get rewarded for it.
If a player makes a 10 year career out of AFL then they are at the top of their chosen field and the Top 100 or so in any field in Australia would earn that sort of money.

i would have thought the players are more than adequately rewarded already. but i forget we live in the modern society and modern societys greed knows no boundaries.
ya know we have a salary cap of which we are forced to pay 92% i would have thought if we were allowed to pay what they the players are actually worth we would be well under that 92%.thus we would have more money for a whole range of things not the least of which is recruiting. infrastructure or perhaps just a novel idea something like paying of the 4 mil debt.i say the vast majority of money generated by tv rights should go to the clubs and grass roots.

 

[RemoteTiger]

At 30 they're only babies - still shitten yellow..............

 

[Streak]

One things for sure. You lot are a bunch of old bastards and we should delist all of you :-*

 

[achillesjones]

Well said Claw.

 

[RedanTiger]

i would have thought the players are more than adequately rewarded already. but i forget we live in the modern society and modern societys greed knows no boundaries.
ya know we have a salary cap of which we are forced to pay 92% i would have thought if we were allowed to pay what they the players are actually worth we would be well under that 92%.thus we would have more money for a whole range of things not the least of which is recruiting. infrastructure or perhaps just a novel idea something like paying of the 4 mil debt.i say the vast majority of money generated by tv rights should go to the clubs and grass roots.

Agree about the grassroots particularly, Claw.
It is never mentoined by the press because they're bent over so far by the AFL with free passes and access BUT

Over the last few years, the drafting system has changed as have the payments to local clubs.
An example was mentioned a couple of years back by the Mulwala FC president to the state parliament inquiry into country footy. He said that Mark McGough played footy with Muwala for SEVEN years, then ONE year with the Bushrangers. The AFL club paid the Bushies $44,200, Mulwala got $11,800.

In the year he was drafted I think there were about six to eight players drafted from the Bushies. The money paid by the CLUBS to the TAC club is discounted off the AFL grant (I think about $250,00 in total). So this means that the AFL now saves money on direct finance to the TAC competition (which incidentally is taking away the best selling point of local footy- the talented local kids) by replacing it with club payments.

I have been told recently (after the Bushies refused to allow three kids to play with their local club during a bye)that the local clubs now get nothing since players can only be taken if they have played TAC or VFL.

IMHO the TAC competition also teaches the kids, from a young age, that its all about what you get out of it (like a big bag of expensive training gear), forget about team loyalty or being with your mates.

While country clubs are dying out with the lack of money, population and the added problem of the drought, Vlad (in a function in Albury a few weeks ago) was quoted as saying country footy was the "backbone of the game". Be nice if he helped, rather than killed it off.

What a short-sighted crock.

 

[pahoffm]

I've always thought that 26 was the peak, and everything after that was a plateau then a slow & steady decline.

 

[pokey]

I've always thought that 26 was the peak, and everything after that was a plateau then a slow & steady decline.

It looks like you peaked a long time ago then Phanto.

 

[TigerMasochist]

I think the veterans list should be extended to 3 or 4 and should not affect the rookie list.

Each team should have 40 listed players PLUS up to 3 or 4 veterans of which their salaries are not included in the salary cap. Then on top of that each club should have up to 6 rookies.

There is too much pressure on clubs to push out older players and replace them with kids. With the way the current veterans list is, it still makes it tough for older players to get a spot as clubs will rather rookies over vets.

We need to keep the champions of the game in the game longer.

Brilliant bit of work Harry, far to many players get cut before they are done.
With the pace and power of our game playing lists are far to skinny at present. A couple of key injuries and sides are done for the year. Having a bit of room to carry some good mature players would be a boon to clubs.