Good point but they need to plan to free up so many spots each year. Some years players will get another chance to fight their way off the chopping block. Some other years good players have to be cut (and sometimes picked up again). If they cut too many this year it may limit their plans for...
I agree. I prefer Sander's videos to McKercher's. I like to look for "what happened next" and I feel Sanders was just more damaging. McKercher seemed to turn it over more. (acknowledging I have only seen a few games)
I'm not sure that is true. I thought the CBA was backdated to this year - all players get 10% extra this year. That means the compo trigger should also go up by 10% as it is based on the top 5%.
To the compensatation secret herbs and spices? It probably should but who knows...
I think for band 1, one of the factors is top 5% in contracts. Since all 2023 salaries are increased by 10% then the compo threshold would also increase by 10%.
The other factor is age and BMac is a young...
Did I miss something? Is Ken gone?
Insert Gary Ablett (snr) for the rest. Not saying JHF is Ablett on the field but but the way you describe it off field...