No Oppo Supporters 2016 General AFL Discussion Part 2 (Sydney Posters Only)

[The King!]

What the hell is that, give me nightmares

 

[The King!]

Wait a minute..... When you said that we'll win the premiership were you talking from a Sydney perspective or Hawthorn perspective?

Nah swans man unlike u hawk lovers

Hawks peaked way too early again take away mitchell, hodge, burgoyne, lewis, lake, gibson, roughead , rioli and co and they suck

 

[Tuco]

What the hell is that, give me nightmares

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/its-a-trap

Sorry. Showed my age there.

 

[Kennedy Parker]

Fun fact, since 2013 Hawthorn haven't beaten us without Hodge so going by that logic......

Nah swans man unlike u hawk lovers

Hawks peaked way too early again take away hodge and they suck

 

[Swansujelly]

Hmm. Perhaps whatever sound hot air escaping from this man's mouth makes?

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It would more of a wheeze..

 

[Mister B]

Footy Classified reporting new tv rights @2 billion. 5-6 year deal. 12 Thursday night games a year. Day Grand Final. Split of Channels 7 and Fox Footy.

 

[Millky95]

Footy Classified reporting new tv rights @2 billion. 5-6 year deal. 12 Thursday night games a year. Day Grand Final. Split of Channels 7 and Fox Footy.

Not channel 7!

 

[Kennedy Parker]

Footy Classified reporting new tv rights @2 billion. 5-6 year deal. 12 Thursday night games a year. Day Grand Final. Split of Channels 7 and Fox Footy.

What would that mean for the salary cap and by extension the latter years of the Buddy deal?

 

[Millky95]

What would that mean for the salary cap and by extension the latter years of the Buddy deal?

Thatll depend on how the AFLPA play their game in asking for bigger caps

 

[Mister B]

What would that mean for the salary cap and by extension the latter years of the Buddy deal?

As Millky95 said will depend on the AFLPA. Highly likely though the players will get a bigger cut and therefore a cap increase. Buddy's contract then looks less like 800k-1m a year but in todays terms will probably be the equivalent of a 600-700k player.

 

[Mister B]

Not channel 7!

Sadly yes. I also worry about the 12 Thursday matches. Imagining we will get one of our few games down here on a Thursday night along with a Geelong game we can't access. Then I realised how pissed the AFL will be at us for daring to call them out for being a pack of lying, cheating campaigners and figure we will get the late Sunday and twilight Saturday games.

 

[The King!]

Sadly yes. I also worry about the 12 Thursday matches. Imagining we will get one of our few games down here on a Thursday night along with a Geelong game we can't access. Then I realised how pissed the AFL will be at us for daring to call them out for being a pack of lying, cheating campaigners and figure we will get the late Sunday and twilight Saturday games.

Welcome to wednesday morning football swans

 

[PVF]

Would the AFL ever get to a stage where there's a lock-out like in American sports?

 

[Tuco]

Would the AFL ever get to a stage where there's a lock-out like in American sports?

The real difference is the lack of private ownership. But you could argue a player strike is an inevitable outcome of the AFLPA becoming a force in the industry. Certainly hope it never happens

 

[Wayne Swan]

New TV deal could be announced as early as today, starts in 2017 and worth $2 billion, up from current $1.25 billion.

The AFLPA will ensure that the Salary Cap goes up accordingly which suddenly makes Buddy's deal for the last 6 years of his contract look cheap. Buddy's $1.1 mill/year will equate to the equivalent of $600k/year under the new cap.

Hell there will be some scrambling from player managers in negotiating new contracts. I wonder how many of those recent long term deals that have become commonplace are for a fixed amount like Buddy's and how many have been negotiated on a fixed % of the Salary Cap.

 

[SilentHunter_]

New TV deal could be announced as early as today, starts in 2017 and worth $2 billion, up from current $1.25 billion.

The AFLPA will ensure that the Salary Cap goes up accordingly which suddenly makes Buddy's deal for the last 6 years of his contract look cheap. Buddy's $1.1 mill/year will equate to the equivalent of $600k/year under the new cap.

Hell there will be some scrambling from player managers in negotiating new contracts. I wonder how many of those recent long term deals that have become commonplace are for a fixed amount like Buddy's and how many have been negotiated on a fixed % of the Salary Cap.

If the cap actaully does goes higher, then the buddy move will seriously be an act of absolute brilliance.

 

[J_Moore]

Yes and no. 600k in today's money is still a lot to be paying a player in his mid-30s who cannot really get on the park, and that's what we're looking at during the last years of his contract. We need results over the next 3-4 years.

 

[GoTheSwannies]

We have been far from convincing this year. Even our best games were generally tight affairs. We've lost most of our games against the top 8. I just don't see us putting it all together in the next 2 months to win it.

However, if we have close to our best back in time, we're more than capable of putting on a month of solid footy. However going all the way is doubtful since we've lost to all 3 of the other top 4 hopefuls.

It will take a massive turn around and everything going right to achieve it

 

[RW]

Yes and no. 600k in today's money is still a lot to be paying a player in his mid-30s who cannot really get on the park, and that's what we're looking at during the last years of his contract. We need results over the next 3-4 years.

It's not an insignificant sum, but the likely increase in the cap should at least ensure that the deal won't blow up in our faces if he does retire early.

 

[The King!]

hird getting sacked today i got told anyone heard anything?

 

[LukeParkerno1]

hird getting sacked today i got told anyone heard anything?

That's not fair, I was enjoying them getting thrashed each week for my multi!

 

[Daroxic]

hird getting sacked today i got told anyone heard anything?

article up on the age a few minutes ago

 

[brad cooper]

hird getting sacked today i got told anyone heard anything?

Just saw on the age he's gone. 1million payout. Not bad money for doing nothing other than stuffing your own football club.

 

[The King!]

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...ach-james-hird-part-ways-20150818-gj1noe.html

 

[Millky95]

Link please

EDIT: Thanks