EDFL Premier Discussion 2023

[Turbos mail]

I agree, the commitment these players make to train and play VFL is way beyond local footy training and most on $200-$400 a game whether a VFL Club or AFL Aligned Club.

I get more frustrated with the bloke shopping himself around every year jumping from club to club, league to league and wanting bucket loads of cash and can only train one night a week.

These are the mercenaries that hold clubs to ransom. And the stupid thing is clubs cave and pay it. They show no loyalty to the footy club at all.

Unfortunately mate since Covid especially training 1 night is usually excepted these days. Especially players on other side of the city as now the traffic is horrendous and only getting worse.

 

[livefor saturdays]

Why didn't they do it under Digby?

Game plan wasn’t up with the modern game…. Didn’t evolve, can’t just bomb it to the forward line every time. 5 yrs was long enough, contract over.

 

[Still Me]

Unfortunately mate since Covid especially training 1 night is usually excepted these days. Especially players on other side of the city as now the traffic is horrendous and only getting worse.

Hear what you saying Turbo but there are a few cereal offenders in most leagues. They cash in on clubs needs and show no loyalty at end of year. Hence why some clubs in this competition always at top of tree as they don’t sell their soul or get held to ransom.

 

[mooka21]

Apparently Shaun mckernan

27

Shaun Mckernan

Age

33

Ht

196cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.0

3star

K

8.3

3star

HB

4.7

3star

M

4.5

4star

T

1.8

4star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.4

2star

K

5.6

2star

HB

2.8

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

17.0

5star

K

8.2

4star

HB

8.8

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.2

3star

G

0.2

3star

to play at Strathmore next year

 

[EliteRessies]

Apparently Shaun mckernan to play at Strathmore next year

Speaking of mercenaries......

 

[oldone1]

Speaking of mercenaries......

roll in collect your $$$ and roll out, next please!

 

[torpfrom50]

McKernan back to Tullamarine it’s a done deal 2024

Not according to hotkats!

 

[Aucklander]

"The weird and wacky ways clubs are dodging the salary cap"​

Gambling vouchers, fuel cards, overseas trips…finding innovative ways to dodge the salary cap is common practice among football clubs. SEE THE LOOPHOLES

Gambling vouchers, fuel cards, overseas trips…
It sounds like a prize pool bonanza at the local RSL but these are some of the ways country and metropolitan football clubs are paying their stars without it being part of the salary cap.

Finding innovative ways to dodge the cap is, it seems, common practice.

The loopholes are boundless.

Some (true) tales include:

*A handy local player took a call recently from a country club offering a nice payment, but also an added extra.

“They said, ‘at the end of the year we’ll give you an all expenses trip to Bali because one of our committee members has a villa in Bali’,” the player said.

“It’s worth about 6k.”

WHAT OUR READERS SAID​

Is the salary cap successfully curtailing community clubs from overspending?
73% - No
27% - Yes

How much faith do you have in the community footy salary cap?
0 (None) - 31%
1 (Very little) - 33%
2 (Some bit needs work) - 16%
3 (It has its strengths and weaknesses) - 15%
4 (It's strong but needs minor improvements) - 4%
5 (Complete faith) - 1%

Do you believe salary caps are being cheated by community footy clubs?
97% - Yes
3% - No

Is the salary cap good for community footy?
65% - Yes
35% - No

*A newly-built deck was part of a recruit’s package, but not included in the salary cap.

*A local football coach says he’s aware of an instance involving a husband and wife playing football and netball at the same club. (In many leagues there is no netball salary cap).

“The club told the bloke we’ll pay you $100 per week to play footy and your missus will get $800 a game to play netball…and the only time that would go pear shaped was if they split up,” he said.

*A gun player came out of retirement to play with a country club after an offer of a new swimming pool, again separate to the salary cap.

From players pouring a few beers for $1000 a night, to lawns being mowed for thousands of dollars…stories of salary cap rorting are endless.

Topped-up TAB vouchers and fuel cards are other ways players have got their cash.

A football manager of a country club says clubs are “making a mockery” of the salary cap.

“How can you monitor it and control it?” he asks.

“How do you audit cash money going into a bloke’s back pocket on a Saturday night?”

Another coach said:

“There are just too many ways around it.

“You might get someone who sponsors the club for 10k every year.

“Instead of writing that cheque to the club you cash it and just give it straight to the player and the club still puts his signs up and does everything for him but technically all he’s done is buy that player.”

The coach says it’s time to “scrap the cap” and rely on the player points system.

“It’s gotta be just the points,” he said.

“You’ve got to screw the points down even tighter. It will hurt clubs for a year or two but it’s the way to go.

“It forces clubs to have an under 19s…it forces clubs even harder to have to do it.

“It’s got to be points and the points have got to be tighter.”

 

[livefor saturdays]

Fixture out for 2024.... twilight start for Pacco V Doutta Stars !

 

[sierra]

Not according to hotkats!

Mmm, heard a whisper he could be destined to EDS

 

[Gremlin77]

Mmm, heard a whisper he could be destined to EDS

McKernan to Mores. 2 years

 

[The Longblow]

Is Cavka a really good player?. When I watched him a few years back he seemed pretty slow but skillful. What are his strengths & weaknesses?.

 

[Epictetus]

Is Cavka a really good player?. When I watched him a few years back he seemed pretty slow but skillful. What are his strengths & weaknesses?.

I think I've seen him play twice live, and honestly, I noticed at least 10 players before him.

 

[dexter1992]

Early ladder predictions for 2024?
Mine are:

Keilor
Paccoe
Strathmore
Ek
Deer park
Greenvale
Abers
Apw
Avondale heights
EDS

 

[Downtroden]

"The weird and wacky ways clubs are dodging the salary cap"​

When a club wins the premiership and gets audited, all that gets looked at is the clubs bank accounts. If all the above is happening, which it is, it isn’t coming out of the clubs account, it comes from sponsors, supporters or clubs putting away some cash from functions. Unfortunately that’s getting harder because people don’t use cash anymore. The club needs to account for what comes out of their bank accounts. The auditors can ask to look at individuals bank accounts, sponsors or employers. But I’ve never heard of that happening.