No problem at all with the proposed.
But...thats what should have happened to start with. I mean you gotta know that cost of living wouldnt affect someone like Franklin or Tippett on the money theyre getting.
Of course which is why I'm glad that combined they were only earning 40k from it and it wasn't crazy numbers that were thrown out. New system is far better.
As long as everyone understands it wasn't a pool of money that could be used and that their COLA is only 40k than sure, no worries at my end. That's fixed, and Academies probably will need a rework without damaging the development that seems to be finally happening in NSW/QLD football. Going back to scholarships will not work.
Swans depth? I think we'll be better of than most think. If you're right and Tippet leaves than no damage done too us at all, we can use that money to sort out our youngsters. If he does stay he'll be on less than he is now. We have Goodes/Shaw/LRT/Ryan O'keefe all likely to go end of season/next season. That's enough to cover the players who are out of contract within next season/two. And that's ignoring the other old guys who would be thinking about it.
Not going to be a mass exodus imo, mostly because we got players who weren't going to run home, Brisbane got very unlucky in that way. A way to counteract this homesickness crap would be great.