I distinctly remember reading that Sydney were in the race to sign Frawley. Whether or not that's true, or journalists just assuming that Sydney would yet again pull off another big signing based on previous evidence, I'm not sure.
Had they not recently lost the highest profile player in the league before recruiting Frawley, I'm sure there would have been some outrage. Sydney's failure to utilise their new recruits and continue winning flags doesn't change the fact that you were able to offer a massive contract to the...
Perhaps handing Franklin a $10m deal the year after recruiting Tippett opened his eyes to just how ridiculous the COLA was, and that it was perhaps being manipulated as a recruiting tool, instead of being fairly dispersed amongst players on the team that actually had some semblance of claim to...
The F/S rule for WA and SA clubs has been a joke in general.
That said, if you explained the F/S rule to people who follow other sporting leagues around the world, they'd probably think the whole thing was a farce anyway.
Don't really understand why Collingwood, West Coast, Carlton and Essendon are getting extra funding.
I was under the impression that all of these clubs were doing rather well financially, Collingwood especially.
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