They can say all they want that players all get an even 10% but all you have to do is sign players up for 10% less than they are worth if they were anywhere else. I bet that after the minimum wage players their is a whole lot of players who are just on AFL average after the COLA.
If a player chooses to live in Sydney their is nothing saying they have to live in the best suburbs and live that lifestyle. If someone is living a good life in SA and moves to Sydney they are going to have to adjust their budget, thats life.
All this rubbish about $6 loafs of bread and $10 coffees... Go to Coles and move to a cheaper suburb. Their is no COLA, their is an AFL needs AFL to be successful in Sydney allowance.
Couldnt agree more. They should have receipts then to justify the extra 10% not just receive it because everything is 10% more.
I mean even in Adelaide, there is great difference in prices from supermarket/petrol/restaurants.
FFS its not as if Sydney's players are starving and having to go to soup kitchens.
What surprised me the most about AFL players is how much they are fed and looked after by a club which is not counted in the salary cap. I have been watching the foxtel show on Wednesdays night about the Collingwood players getting fed and looked after each day.
Think about, what the hell do players have money to spend on? Basically a house and thats it. These days with all things that can be bought cheaply on line (meaning all players have the same access and same expense as any other state), I really cannot understand what Sydney players could justify needing the 10%.
Even then there was a rort taking place a few years ago, where a player would buy a cheap house for say $500k and a sponsor could buy that house for $700k hmmm instant $200k to their salary, all legal and above board.
I have no problem with what the players earn good on them thats fine and great. My bitching is that Sydney getting 10% extra.
Owe I forget that tightarse Skirt is living with a Sydney team mate too, so what the hell does he spend his money on to justify 10%.