The Lions board probably isn't the place for me to side track a thread with COLA explanations, but essentially the Swans added a 9.8% COLA loading to every contract. If you remove the COLA loading from all contracts, the base contract payments fell within the same salary cap as all other clubs...
Typically we only draft the required 3 players, though we usually operate with a list of 38 players. That means we take a max of 5 picks to the draft.
I do think we'll be very active this year, but from all reports our #1 goal is to try to get a pick early enough in the first round to draft...
I think Sydney would be unlikely to entertain that type of pick trade this year. You can only take the same number of picks to the draft as you have open list positions. For Sydney, that's typically 3 open spots. We already have two 2nd rounders this year, so adding a third only really makes...
The same Swans posters were probably convinced we'd lose to the Eagles by 8 goals last week. One extreme to another over there. Although we do enjoy the good natured banter with Lions fans each time we play you. It's a totally different atmosphere to playing teams like Hawthorn or Adelaide...
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