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Welcome to Tiger land Riley Collier’Dawkins
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Has signed with SANFL club Woodville-West Torrens.
Good on himHas signed with SANFL club Woodville-West Torrens.
Out of interest - anyone have intel (or ballpark type estimates) on the sort of deal a bloke like Riley might be on over there.
For example - is a non-footy job typically part of a deal? I'm assuming he wouldn't be a full-time professional footballer - but I've got no idea.
Presumably also - he would hope to be play well enough to be redrafted in the next year or two.
Just hope he makes a good go of things whatever happens.
I still think some club will draft him late (if he nominated for the draft)Has signed with SANFL club Woodville-West Torrens.
Good luck to the kid hope he does well and gets another chance at AFL level
Has signed with SANFL club Woodville-West Torrens.
Unbelievable
What ever happened to thr 2nd chance???
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The SANFL is still classed as a semi-professional competition, players work day jobs and train from four to five sessions a week to be able to compete at the State League football level.
The salary cap was cut from $400,000 to $210,000 with covid but probably has increased since, although not much can be found out about it.
Most seem to think $40,000 is tops for the best SANFL players plus a little bit more from a couple or a few 'boosters' - the pub, doughnuts galore, Mullet Hairdressing might all add another $2-5,000 each for a quality player.
But yeah he might find work as a hairdresser
Good luck to him. Maybe he can put it together for a couple of years and get another chance. There have been a few that have done it
Well, there was a guy at my work who had played SANFL, who said he had a FT job with Australia Post. Said he found it hard to work and train etc, which is why he thought he never lifted in standard.
I'm imagining that as a kid (he played 3yrs from memory) he obviously wasn't paid anywhere near enough to survive as a footballer. Not sure that's a great sample size to draw conclusions on, but might give an indication.
My brother in law ex AFL was offered spots at a few SANFL clubs about 10 yrs ago. $$$ were pretty good, job straight away with an employer that was sympathetic to his footy requirements. He was pursuing a career and they said they would get him work in that area. Ultimately declined.
The difference may come down to one trying to get in the system and another having just left. I'd imagine that would give a degree of bargaining power.
Steve Morris and Shane Tuck both went to SA to reinvigorate their careers to give themselves the best opportunity to get redrafted.
Didn’t work out too badly for them. Or us
Didn’t work out too badly for them. Or us
