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Kind of a trade related thread, but not really.
In regard to Nick Stevens and nominating for the pre-season draft, I'm a little intrigued at this whole "naming his price" thing. I don't understand how someone in a draft puts a price on his own head. Can someone explain how this works? The rules a regulations I mean.
Jim Boy
17 Oct 2003, 19:22
Originally posted by jourgo
Kind of a trade related thread, but not really.
In regard to Nick Stevens and nominating for the pre-season draft, I'm a little intrigued at this whole "naming his price" thing. I don't understand how someone in a draft puts a price on his own head. Can someone explain how this works? The rules a regulations I mean.
Nick might say I want a 3 x $400,000 year deal. The first club to accept that has got him, regardless of Nick's wishes.
The club can offer him more or even less than terms Nick stipulated, but the real contract or the 3 X $400,000, whichever is greater, has to be included in that clubs salary cap
piefan2002
17 Oct 2003, 19:26
Say if Fremantle for example have $900,000 in their salary cap for next year, could they frontload his contract?
So they would be the first club to get him as obviously not all clubs will have that spare!
Originally posted by Jim Boy
Nick might say I want a 3 x $400,000 year deal. The first club to accept that has got him, regardless of Nick's wishes.
The club can offer him more or even less than terms Nick stipulated, but the real contract or the 3 X $400,000, whichever is greater, has to be included in that clubs salary cap
Ok, I've got that part. The bit I don't get is that he is in a position to put that price on his head to start with. Is this something peculiar to the pre-season draft?
Jim Boy
17 Oct 2003, 19:41
Originally posted by jourgo
Ok, I've got that part. The bit I don't get is that he is in a position to put that price on his head to start with. Is this something peculiar to the pre-season draft?
Yes - that's why it's for uncontracted players, if they went into the national draft, they could be paid next to nothing and they could do nothing about it.
Crow-mosone
17 Oct 2003, 19:42
Originally posted by piefan2002
Say if Fremantle for example have $900,000 in their salary cap for next year, could they frontload his contract?
So they would be the first club to get him as obviously not all clubs will have that spare!
Perhaps they could, I am not sure.
What can't happen is Stevens cannot nominate a front loaded contract to scare off other suitors.
Crow-mosone
17 Oct 2003, 19:43
Originally posted by Jim Boy
Yes - that's why it's for uncontracted players, if they went into the national draft, they could be paid next to nothing and they could do nothing about it.
I am sure you can nominate a salary in the october draft, if you want to. This has been done once or twice by experienced players.
piefan2002
17 Oct 2003, 19:44
Originally posted by Crow-mosone
Perhaps they could, I am not sure.
What can't happen is Stevens cannot nominate a front loaded contract to scare off other suitors.
Why not?
Take a pay cut in the second year and so on!
Originally posted by Jim Boy
Yes - that's why it's for uncontracted players, if they went into the national draft, they could be paid next to nothing and they could do nothing about it.
Cheers Jim Boy. Thanks for clearing that up.
Originally posted by piefan2002
Why not?
Take a pay cut in the second year and so on!
Too dangerous. There's nothing stopping the player from saying "Well I don't think I want to take that pay cut afterall."
Crow-mosone
17 Oct 2003, 20:17
Originally posted by piefan2002
Why not?
Take a pay cut in the second year and so on!
because the first year has to fit inside the cap.
if he wants 800k over 2 years, and he agrees with collingwood to nominate 600k, which he will paid in year 1, and then negotiate down to 200k in year 2, Collingwood must have 600k under the cap in the first place.
THEY DO NOT.
azza102
17 Oct 2003, 20:26
as said elsewhere - that is very debateably.
buckly onto vetrans list - save half his salary
molloy, richardson, betheres, scotland all gone
i think that is a fair amount of room.
Crow-mosone
17 Oct 2003, 20:30
Originally posted by azza102
as said elsewhere - that is very debateably.
buckly onto vetrans list - save half his salary
molloy, richardson, betheres, scotland all gone
i think that is a fair amount of room.
for fcuk's sake, to do this you would need more cap room, than ANY other team.
idiot.