Media Falcon Files: $weet $alary $peculation$ (s40)

[TRUMAN#1]

I, too, remember the dark days of s38 when TRUMAN#1 lost his swagger.

Never happened.

 

[sausageroll]

With more than half the list valued under 250k, the Hawks' wage composition worryingly resembles a pyramid.​

That's perfect. I can be mummified and conserved in there for the rest of time after I'm permanently "retired"

 

[cats2rise]

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Onto a club with one of the smaller salary caps. Two beloved experienced heads in lifer larrikin and veteran Biggie further help to lower the cap.

A significant amount of East Side's salary cap goes to their Demon recruits. Perennial rookie sausageroll is doing very nicely earning 600k more than they were in season 37 at the Dees. That is dwarfed by cats2rise whose value has more than doubled in the same time. Clearly Hawks HQ has shown no hesitation in opening the war chest to entice recruits.

Tarks and Guns remain well paid, as they were in the last instalment of this media, with TY24 joining them in the 900k club as testament to their growing stature. Meanwhile, the loyal Tadpole feels like a steal at 350k- might be time to renegotiate and ask for that loyalty to be converted to dollars. With more than half the list valued under 250k, the Hawks' wage composition worryingly resembles a pyramid.

Plenty of cap room here for the East Siders this offseason and a financial team happy to throw around big bucks. Which free agent will be next to join and will they be from Mount Buller?

Highest paid players: sausageroll (1.45m), cats2rise (1.2m), Callums_Guns (900k), Tarkyn_24 (900k) and TY24 (900k).​

Spoiler: Hawks player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	HAWKS	S40 Salary	TIER
1	sausageroll	$ 1,450,000	S
2	cats2rise	$ 1,200,000	A
=3	Callums_Guns	$ 900,000	A
=3	Tarkyn_24	$ 900,000	A
=3	TY24	$ 900,000	A
6	eth-dog	$ 600,000	B
7	Zoops	$ 400,000	C
8	Tadpole	$ 350,000	B
9	The Majestic	$ 300,000	C
10	boncer34	$ 250,000	C
=11	Biggie	$ 200,000	LIFER
=11	Giant Strides	$ 200,000	C
=11	Itsmyshow	$ 200,000	VET
14	SM	$ 170,000	C
15	larrikin	$ 150,000	C
=16	RU_	$ 130,000	C
=16	Shermy	$ 130,000	C
=18	A Bit Dusty	$ 110,000	C
=18	Drunkgoliath	$ 110,000	C
=18	haydo	$ 110,000	C
=18	jackenny	$ 110,000	C
=18	Loonerty	$ 110,000	C
=18	Red mist	$ 110,000	C
=18	reggie	$ 110,000	C
=18	The Blue Weirdo	$ 110,000	C

 

[Tadpole]

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Onto a club with one of the smaller salary caps. Two beloved experienced heads in lifer larrikin and veteran Biggie further help to lower the cap.

A significant amount of East Side's salary cap goes to their Demon recruits. Perennial rookie sausageroll is doing very nicely earning 600k more than they were in season 37 at the Dees. That is dwarfed by cats2rise whose value has more than doubled in the same time. Clearly Hawks HQ has shown no hesitation in opening the war chest to entice recruits.

Tarks and Guns remain well paid, as they were in the last instalment of this media, with TY24 joining them in the 900k club as testament to their growing stature. Meanwhile, the loyal Tadpole feels like a steal at 350k- might be time to renegotiate and ask for that loyalty to be converted to dollars. With more than half the list valued under 250k, the Hawks' wage composition worryingly resembles a pyramid.

Plenty of cap room here for the East Siders this offseason and a financial team happy to throw around big bucks. Which free agent will be next to join and will they be from Mount Buller?

Highest paid players: sausageroll (1.45m), cats2rise (1.2m), Callums_Guns (900k), Tarkyn_24 (900k) and TY24 (900k).​

Spoiler: Hawks player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	HAWKS	S40 Salary	TIER
1	sausageroll	$ 1,450,000	S
2	cats2rise	$ 1,200,000	A
=3	Callums_Guns	$ 900,000	A
=3	Tarkyn_24	$ 900,000	A
=3	TY24	$ 900,000	A
6	eth-dog	$ 600,000	B
7	Zoops	$ 400,000	C
8	Tadpole	$ 350,000	B
9	The Majestic	$ 300,000	C
10	boncer34	$ 250,000	C
=11	Biggie	$ 200,000	LIFER
=11	Giant Strides	$ 200,000	C
=11	Itsmyshow	$ 200,000	VET
14	SM	$ 170,000	C
15	larrikin	$ 150,000	C
=16	RU_	$ 130,000	C
=16	Shermy	$ 130,000	C
=18	A Bit Dusty	$ 110,000	C
=18	Drunkgoliath	$ 110,000	C
=18	haydo	$ 110,000	C
=18	jackenny	$ 110,000	C
=18	Loonerty	$ 110,000	C
=18	Red mist	$ 110,000	C
=18	reggie	$ 110,000	C
=18	The Blue Weirdo	$ 110,000	C

That seems entirely fair for me. I’m nowhere near as invested and active as I once was, so my salary drop off seems commensurate with my current posting levels.

 

[Chief]

Chief prefers NFTs

SFNFTs.

 

[TheInjuryFactory]

I, too, remember the dark days of s38 when TRUMAN#1 lost his swagger.

Never happened.

Maybe so, but you definitely lost your edge.

 

[Braklet]

That's perfect. I can be mummified and conserved in there for the rest of time after I'm permanently "retired"

Wait, are you moving to the Royals? Got a scoop, Robertio, Cadsky?

 

[GreyCrow]

Royals sign sausageroll

 

[Falconista]

With so many experienced players, the Wonders have cleverly arranged their finances so they have over 1.5 million sitting outside the cap with Clarkey's large salary and half of dogs105's off the books.

The Wonders list has a distribution of players in each tier leading to a staggered salary structure. At the upper end, six players take home 800k plus, including two players of the rookie class of S37 in Pamcake1 and Bfew. Additional recent recruits including Giant YoYo and BigChippa52 are also on good salaries showing the Ressie era of the Wonders has been good at nurturing young talent.

With plenty of cap space to play with, it will be intriguing to watch how the Wonders approach this upcoming offseason.

Highest paid players: AnUltimateRessie (1.3m), ClarkeM (1.1m), Pamcake1 (1m), BFew (900k), dogs105 (800k) and HARPSichord (800k).​

Spoiler: Wonders player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	WONDERS	S40 Salary	TIER
1	AnUltimateRessie	$ 1,300,000	S
2	ClarkeM	$ 1,100,000	LIFER
3	Pamcake1	$ 1,000,000	A
4	Bfew	$ 900,000	A
=5	dogs105	$ 800,000	VET
=5	HARPSichord	$ 800,000	B
7	okeydoke7	$ 600,000	B
8	Giant YoYo	$ 450,000	B
9	JT_the_Man	$ 400,000	C
=10	BallaratBulldog	$ 300,000	C
=10	BigChippa52	$ 300,000	C
=10	jezzajay	$ 300,000	C
13	croweater 41	$ 250,000	C
=14	Coopers	$ 200,000	C
=14	KBLT	$ 200,000	C
16	Roonescape	$ 180,000	C
=17	Oisin_the_Goat	$ 130,000	C
=17	Rubber Arm	$ 130,000	C
=17	SSwans2011	$ 130,000	C
=20	Blightys Barrel	$ 110,000	C
=20	Cubs2Lions	$ 110,000	C
=20	Floating Doughnut	$ 110,000	C
=20	LukeParkerno1	$ 110,000	C
=20	NinjaSwan	$ 110,000	C
=20	Ressies SwampPig	$ 110,000	C

 

[serial_thrilla]

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With so many experienced players, the Wonders have cleverly arranged their finances so they have over 1.5 million sitting outside the cap with Clarkey's large salary and half of dogs105's off the books.

The Wonders list has a distribution of players in each tier leading to a staggered salary structure. At the upper end, six players take home 800k plus, including two players of the rookie class of S37 in Pamcake1 and Bfew. Additional recent recruits including Giant YoYo and BigChippa52 are also on good salaries showing the Ressie era of the Wonders has been good at nurturing young talent.

With plenty of cap space to play with, it will be intriguing to watch how the Wonders approach this upcoming offseason.

Highest paid players: AnUltimateRessie (1.3m), ClarkeM (1.1m), Pamcake1 (1m), BFew (900k), dogs105 (800k) and HARPSichord (800k).​

Spoiler: Wonders player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	WONDERS	S40 Salary	TIER
1	AnUltimateRessie	$ 1,300,000	S
2	ClarkeM	$ 1,100,000	LIFER
3	Pamcake1	$ 1,000,000	A
4	Bfew	$ 900,000	A
=5	dogs105	$ 800,000	VET
=5	HARPSichord	$ 800,000	B
7	okeydoke7	$ 600,000	B
8	Giant YoYo	$ 450,000	B
9	JT_the_Man	$ 400,000	C
=10	BallaratBulldog	$ 300,000	C
=10	BigChippa52	$ 300,000	C
=10	jezzajay	$ 300,000	C
13	croweater 41	$ 250,000	C
=14	Coopers	$ 200,000	C
=14	KBLT	$ 200,000	C
16	Roonescape	$ 180,000	C
=17	Oisin_the_Goat	$ 130,000	C
=17	Rubber Arm	$ 130,000	C
=17	SSwans2011	$ 130,000	C
=20	Blightys Barrel	$ 110,000	C
=20	Cubs2Lions	$ 110,000	C
=20	Floating Doughnut	$ 110,000	C
=20	LukeParkerno1	$ 110,000	C
=20	NinjaSwan	$ 110,000	C
=20	Ressies SwampPig	$ 110,000	C

croweater 41 you are getting robbed!

 

[croweater 41]

croweater 41 you are getting robbed!

I have cloned @ClarkeM’s bank card. I am fine.

 

[Tarkyn_24]

Royals sign sausageroll

Oh thank god

 

[Pamcake1]

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With so many experienced players, the Wonders have cleverly arranged their finances so they have over 1.5 million sitting outside the cap with Clarkey's large salary and half of dogs105's off the books.

The Wonders list has a distribution of players in each tier leading to a staggered salary structure. At the upper end, six players take home 800k plus, including two players of the rookie class of S37 in Pamcake1 and Bfew. Additional recent recruits including Giant YoYo and BigChippa52 are also on good salaries showing the Ressie era of the Wonders has been good at nurturing young talent.

With plenty of cap space to play with, it will be intriguing to watch how the Wonders approach this upcoming offseason.

Highest paid players: AnUltimateRessie (1.3m), ClarkeM (1.1m), Pamcake1 (1m), BFew (900k), dogs105 (800k) and HARPSichord (800k).​

Spoiler: Wonders player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	WONDERS	S40 Salary	TIER
1	AnUltimateRessie	$ 1,300,000	S
2	ClarkeM	$ 1,100,000	LIFER
3	Pamcake1	$ 1,000,000	A
4	Bfew	$ 900,000	A
=5	dogs105	$ 800,000	VET
=5	HARPSichord	$ 800,000	B
7	okeydoke7	$ 600,000	B
8	Giant YoYo	$ 450,000	B
9	JT_the_Man	$ 400,000	C
=10	BallaratBulldog	$ 300,000	C
=10	BigChippa52	$ 300,000	C
=10	jezzajay	$ 300,000	C
13	croweater 41	$ 250,000	C
=14	Coopers	$ 200,000	C
=14	KBLT	$ 200,000	C
16	Roonescape	$ 180,000	C
=17	Oisin_the_Goat	$ 130,000	C
=17	Rubber Arm	$ 130,000	C
=17	SSwans2011	$ 130,000	C
=20	Blightys Barrel	$ 110,000	C
=20	Cubs2Lions	$ 110,000	C
=20	Floating Doughnut	$ 110,000	C
=20	LukeParkerno1	$ 110,000	C
=20	NinjaSwan	$ 110,000	C
=20	Ressies SwampPig	$ 110,000	C

You know the rules; never discuss politics, religion or money.

 

[Robertio]

Wait, are you moving to the Royals? Got a scoop, Robertio, Cadsky?

When it's in the poaching thread it's real.

 

[Cadsky]

Heritage round continues on and the Falcon Files has another piece of throwback media for you, it's time for the S40 edition of $weet $alary $peculation$.

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On a recent Sunday afternoon, this writer was awaiting philreich to finish posting a thriller so the ladder and results thread could be updated. Bored, one decided to go for a wander around SFA House. Other than seeing serial_thrilla rummaging around suspiciously for what he called "team sheet errors", it was a rather uneventful walk.

Until I got back to my workstation that is.

On my desk was a sticky note telling me to check the vegetable crisper of the middle fridge of the lunch room. There I found a manilla folder with the salaries of every currently listed Sweet FA qootballer. Folks, it's time to disclose how clubs are renumerating their previous players.

In brief:

• There are 37 'million dollar' players across the Sweet FA (up from 22 in S37).​
• Each team has at least one 'million dollar' player, with one club having five (!).​
• The highest-paid players in the league are on the tasty wicket of $1,600,000!​
• Some players are getting paid partly in alternate forms of currency such as nuts (Chipmunk), Guinness (Robertio), Clarkemonies, Crypto etc. In these cases, salaries have been converted back to Australian Dollars for consistency.​

Here are the parameters:

• All rookies are valued at $100k​
• Senior players cannot be valued at less than $110k.​
• If applicable for club veterans, ONE player who has played 300 games for the club can have 50% of their salary excluded from the cap and an ADDITIONAL ONE player if they've played 400 games or more for the club has their whole salary excluded from the cap.​
• All salary caps have a ceiling of $13 million. There is no minimum cap.​
• Player's salary valuations determined by each club's financial departments (likely taking into account activity in match threads, media, recent qooty output and miscellaneous factors such as LG status and if the player has recently changed clubs as a much sought-after commodity). If you don't like your valuation, take it up with your manager, LG.... and because he's probably to blame in some way- NaturalDisaster.​
• Because they're admin, Gralin's salary is 500k (as he can siphon funds from the league take a per diem for work at SFA House).​
• Squad lists correct at November 1, 2025.​

Order of disclosure (as determined by randomiser):
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First updates to be posted later tonight (WA time)

No need to speculate the Royals. Im on about 90% of the cap and the dregs get shared amongst the rest.

 

[BFew]

When it's in the poaching thread it's real.

 

[BFew]

So I am the highest paid K9 in the SFA!

 

[Cadsky]

That's a sexy plate

 

[BFew]

That's a sexy plate

Note the strawberry is strategically placed on top of the pineapple.

 

[Robertio]

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

View attachment 2471867
With so many experienced players, the Wonders have cleverly arranged their finances so they have over 1.5 million sitting outside the cap with Clarkey's large salary and half of dogs105's off the books.

The Wonders list has a distribution of players in each tier leading to a staggered salary structure. At the upper end, six players take home 800k plus, including two players of the rookie class of S37 in Pamcake1 and Bfew. Additional recent recruits including Giant YoYo and BigChippa52 are also on good salaries showing the Ressie era of the Wonders has been good at nurturing young talent.

With plenty of cap space to play with, it will be intriguing to watch how the Wonders approach this upcoming offseason.

Highest paid players: AnUltimateRessie (1.3m), ClarkeM (1.1m), Pamcake1 (1m), BFew (900k), dogs105 (800k) and HARPSichord (800k).​

Spoiler: Wonders player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	WONDERS	S40 Salary	TIER
1	AnUltimateRessie	$ 1,300,000	S
2	ClarkeM	$ 1,100,000	LIFER
3	Pamcake1	$ 1,000,000	A
4	Bfew	$ 900,000	A
=5	dogs105	$ 800,000	VET
=5	HARPSichord	$ 800,000	B
7	okeydoke7	$ 600,000	B
8	Giant YoYo	$ 450,000	B
9	JT_the_Man	$ 400,000	C
=10	BallaratBulldog	$ 300,000	C
=10	BigChippa52	$ 300,000	C
=10	jezzajay	$ 300,000	C
13	croweater 41	$ 250,000	C
=14	Coopers	$ 200,000	C
=14	KBLT	$ 200,000	C
16	Roonescape	$ 180,000	C
=17	Oisin_the_Goat	$ 130,000	C
=17	Rubber Arm	$ 130,000	C
=17	SSwans2011	$ 130,000	C
=20	Blightys Barrel	$ 110,000	C
=20	Cubs2Lions	$ 110,000	C
=20	Floating Doughnut	$ 110,000	C
=20	LukeParkerno1	$ 110,000	C
=20	NinjaSwan	$ 110,000	C
=20	Ressies SwampPig	$ 110,000	C

my salary was significantly cut this season. this is inaccurate. HARPSichord stole my wage

 

[sausageroll]

the Hawks' wage composition worryingly resembles a pyramid.​

That's perfect. I can be mummified and conserved in there for the rest of time after I'm permanently "retired"

Wait, are you moving to the Royals? Got a scoop, Robertio, Cadsky?

Are the Royals rebranding as the Pharaohs?

Royals Pharaohs sign sausageroll

EFA

Oh thank god Ra

Also EFA

 

[Mrs Turbo]

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FIVE million dollar players, yep, the Ophidian salary cap is rather full.

There have been some significant changes since season 37 though. Power couple Mr and Mrs Turbo have taken a significant pay cut so their club can recruit some high-priced recruits. The Turbo's are only taking home 1.85m now, down from 2.65m. Braklet has joined the million dollar club (although only ~720k USD) while major recruits Pugsley and philreich are each on seven figures. Popular veteran Dingster takes home 900k, a surprising figure in some ways considering his heinous anti-ruck views in a club helmed by two premiership rucks.

With 16 players on 300k or more, the Old Boys have impressive depth but are going to have to dig deep into their bag of tricks to entice some players this off season. One suspects they'll have no trouble.

Highest paid players: Braklet (1.1m), Elton Johns Wig (1.1m), Tigerturbulance (1.1m), philreich (1m) and Pugsley (1m).
​

Spoiler: Old Boys player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	OLD BOYS	S40 Salary	Tier
=1	Braklet	$ 1,100,000	S
=1	Elton Johns Wig	$ 1,100,000	S
=1	Tigerturbulance	$ 1,100,000	S
=4	philreich	$ 1,000,000	S
=4	Pugsley	$ 1,000,000	S
6	Dingster	$ 900,000	A
7	thewizardmelon	$ 800,000	A
=8	gab213	$ 750,000	A
=8	Mrs Turbo	$ 750,000	A
=10	manicpie	$ 550,000	B
=10	Over The Post	$ 550,000	B
=10	sabso	$ 550,000	A
13	Fleabane	$ 500,000	B
=14	Harvey Manfrenjensenden	$ 450,000	C
=14	King Tenz	$ 450,000	B
16	Wacky Tiger	$ 300,000	C
17	BRAB	$ 160,000	C
18	JuddgementDay	$ 150,000	C
19	Wickzki	$ 140,000	C
=20	fumbler	$ 110,000	C
=20	Hoos	$ 110,000	C
=20	Iva Bigun	$ 110,000	C
=20	tigerland_1720	$ 110,000	C
=24	hammer180	$ 100,000	ROOK
=24	HitTheNailOnTheHead	$ 100,000	ROOK

My $950k >>> $750k and your $1.7m >>> $1.1m
I know its all about the team but...
Tigerturbulance .... we NEED TO TALK!

 

[Falconista]

Now to the team with the smallest salary ledger in the league. The Roys, like the Wonders, do benefit from having loyal and experienced players with all of Mobbs' hefty salary and half of Mooch's off their books.

Since season 37 update, a significant number of 'rillas players have seen their salaries decrease. This is likely to accommodate Elmer and Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever, neither of whom listed at the time of the last analysis, who are both knocking on the door of the million dollar club. Good to see them being rewarded by Roys HQ for their posting performances.

It's well known that the Roys have plenty of long-time contributors who chip in with a couple of posts per match thread or two, and as such, have a number of players in the 150-300k salary range. With imminent leadership change, the Roys future is currently unclear to the general public. While the list and salary futures are up in the air, one is sure the Chudshakes will keep flowing.

Highest paid players: Mobbs (1.5m), Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever (900k), Elmer_Hauser (900k), DERRINALPHIL (750k) and Mooch (600k).​

Spoiler: Roys player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	ROYS	S40 Salary	TIER
1	Mobbs	$ 1,500,000	LIFER
=2	Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever	$ 900,000	A
=2	Elmer_Hauser	$ 900,000	A
4	DERRINALPHIL	$ 750,000	A
5	Mooch	$ 600,000	VET
6	Phar Ace	$ 500,000	B
7	3KZ is Football	$ 400,000	B
8	fitzroybowiedog	$ 300,000	B
=9	Mike	$ 200,000	C
=9	Chezzalenko Reborn	$ 200,000	C
=9	HinkleysHeroes	$ 200,000	C
=9	JackNah_8	$ 200,000	C
=9	royboy2	$ 200,000	C
=9	SpecialBruce	$ 200,000	C
15	Pure Grunt	$ 150,000	C
=16	CM86	$ 110,000	C
=16	Dicky Fitzwell	$ 110,000	C
=16	Eat Fresh	$ 110,000	C
=16	judge judy	$ 110,000	C
=16	killer	$ 110,000	C
=16	Reardo	$ 110,000	C
=16	Roylion	$ 110,000	C
=16	windyhill	$ 110,000	C

 

[Tadpole]