Tippett won't be on as much now as he was on his previous "lucrative four year contract' !
You'll all remember this article.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-02-...an-for-life-as-contract-automatically-extends
Pay particular attention to this part.
"The lucrative four-year contract Tippett signed when he crossed to the Swans from Adelaide was set to expire at the end of 2016.
But
AFL.com.au can reveal that Tippett, 28, has satisfied trigger clauses in that contract which have earned him a
new two-year deal."
New means new! Swans wouldn't have signed him on similar money to the original 4 years knowing full well Buddy's contract would increase at this time.
This new contract was more about extra years for Tippett & not big money.
"It's a great result when you put performance-based incentives in contracts and the player activates them.
They get rewarded with the security of a couple of extra years and that's been the case with Kurt," Harley said.
Harley reinforced this yesterday when asked about Tippett & he questioned the speculation of contracts & that the detail of it was between player, manager & club.