Traded Jack Bowes [Traded to Geelong with #7 for F3]

[SSSSSS]

Remember when GC took the best player in the league off us, at zero cost to them?

Still got way more than we did for Buddy.

 

[Hazardinho]

The AFL needs to remove the option of front loading and back ending contracts, whilst removing this 95% minimum salary requirement. A trade like this should never happen again.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

FMD. It’s not that tough.

GC got into this mess in the first place by renegotiating Bowes initial deal. Moving around salary.

But now the Cats can’t do it because they won the flag? It’s pure jealousy, nothing else!

this happening at any club is off putting, regardless if its north melbourne or the premier.

 

[#6 Thorp #7 Selwood LOL]

Still got way more than we did for Buddy.

Buddy was a free agent.

 

[Mr Magic]

The AFL needs to remove the option of front loading and back ending contracts, whilst removing this 95% minimum salary requirement. A trade like this should never happen again.

nah the other clubs needed to be compensated and the administrators sacked and supporters get free foxtel and season tickets for a year

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

i have not said geelong have done anything wrong. get it through your head.

no one is saying the trade is illegal. it is 100% legal

people are just saying it needs to be changed going forward.

Ok I disagree.

 

[Danw0w]

Staggers me that the afl approve this yet the mega super dooper four club trade can’t go through without a future 4th round pick.

 

[The Unforgiven]

the contracted player shouldn't just get to demand his team of choice in this situation.

AFL needs to change the rules so if this occurs again the player goes where the suns can get the best deal.

We're not in America. The only way the AFLPA agree to something like this is if the players get a massive pay rise.

 

[Mr Magic]

It is easy now.


When foxtel says why you cancel service, i say, Jack Bowes

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Jack Bowes

Age

26

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189cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

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Last 5

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16.3

4star

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9.7

4star

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6.6

4star

M

3.9

4star

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2.5

4star

MG

318.1

4star

D

18.0

4star

K

11.8

5star

HB

6.3

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

1.1

2star

MG

318.1

4star

D

11.6

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.4

4star

trade

 

[#6 Thorp #7 Selwood LOL]

It is easy now.


When foxtel says why you cancel service, i say, Jack Bowes trade

I've heard that if you angle the tinfoil just right, you can pick up Foxtel signal for free.

 

[Vivy]

Daniher was a free agent

Signed a deal with Brisbane for 3 years under RFA then the next year they smoothed the deal to 5 years.

The formula the AFL use to decide what the compensation includes an emphasis on how much $ per annum is in the free agency contract.

This amount over 3 years led to the highest compensation Essendon could receive, leading to them not matching the deal and making Brisbane trade for him ala Jeremy Cameron & GWS.

The smoothing of that total amount over now 5 years and not 3 is one of the most blatant forms of tampering you can find.

 

[FreddyTwoShoes]

Staggers me that the afl approve this yet the mega super dooper four club trade can’t go through without a future 4th round pick.

Genuine question: Do the AFL have the power to reject a trade on the basis of "fairness"?

My understanding of the rejection of the initial "mega deal" was that it would result in one of the clubs actually breaking the rules of trading (i.e. trade away rather than use a certain number of picks over a certain number of years). I.E. It wasn't rejected based on "fairness".

 

[#6 Thorp #7 Selwood LOL]

Genuine question: Do the AFL have the power to reject a trade on the basis of "fairness"?

My understanding of the rejection of the initial "mega deal" was that it would result in one of the clubs actually breaking the rules of trading (i.e. trade away rather than use a certain number of picks over a certain number of years). I.E. It wasn't rejected based on "fairness".

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good melt.

 

[boncer34]

FMD. It’s not that tough.

GC got into this mess in the first place by renegotiating Bowes initial deal. Moving around salary.

But now the Cats can’t do it because they won the flag? It’s pure jealousy, nothing else!

Exactly

 

[The Unforgiven]

Bowes didn't want to play for North or Essendon. They could not trade him there. End of story.

People keep forgetting this very pertinent fact.

 

[PT Bar None]

Good bit of business this by the Cats. I'm just:
A) Filthy that if there was swindling afoot, my club couldn't manage to wet its beak
B) Amazed that a club (GC) would actually do such a deal. *-ended contracts. For experts only.

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

this happening at any club is off putting, regardless if its north melbourne or the premier.

Salary cap has been a consideration in a player’s value since forever.

This deal is not a once off, it’s just an extreme. They will happen more often in the future

 

[Mr Magic]

Salary cap has been a consideration in a player’s value since forever.

This deal is not a once off, it’s just an extreme. They will happen more often in the future

Doubt it, GC, better off keeping Bowes. Who they have brought in is immaterial and the club has become irrelevant

 

[Biscut]

I think if GC didn't volunteer #7, Bowes would have found it in his heart to nominate a club able and willing to take on his salary as-is without the most lopsided trade in history accompanying it.

And 1 club that would have taken that contract on without a sweetener thrown in?

 

[Mr Magic]

And 1 club that would have taken that contract on without a sweetener thrown in?

without question

 

[Mr Magic]

Jack Bowes

12

Jack Bowes

Age

26

Ht

189cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.3

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.5

4star

MG

318.1

4star

D

18.0

4star

K

11.8

5star

HB

6.3

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

1.1

2star

MG

318.1

4star

D

11.6

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.4

4star

trade is proof it pays to commit crime

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

Doubt it, GC, better off keeping Bowes. Who they have brought in is immaterial and the club has become irrelevant

Better off being in risk of breaching the cap?

How do you come to that conclusion?

 

[Thetrader15]

And 1 club that would have taken that contract on without a sweetener thrown in?

Crows, North, probably Hawks too.

GC didn't read the room.

 

[HairyO]

Daniher was a free agent

Different kind of corruption.

Brisbane gave a bull s**t contract to give Essendon better compensation so they wouldnt match, then afterward gave him the real contract which gave similar money over more years which would have been less compensation.

Swans werent allowed to chsnge the Buddy contract. Nor should any other club given there is compensation involved.

 

[#6 Thorp #7 Selwood LOL]

Crows, North, probably Hawks too.

GC didn't read the room.

For the six millionth time, Bowes was contracted and as such, could choose where he was traded to.

He did not want to play for those clubs, so there was no deal to be made with them.

This is not that hard.