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Don't know if the rumours regarding Lynch and the tigers are true, but when Riewoldt's contract extension was announced the other day, it was stated that he had taken a pay cut. No doubt that will be the messaging from the Tigers.

Nonetheless, an independent enquiry into salary is needed to reassure / ensure that the bigger clubs aren't rorting the system. Where are the brave tenacious sports journalists, the members of the public ringing talkback radio, when we need them.
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Don't know if the rumours regarding Lynch and the tigers are true, but when Riewoldt's contract extension was announced the other day, it was stated that he had taken a pay cut. No doubt that will be the messaging from the Tigers.

Nonetheless, an independent enquiry into salary is needed to reassure / ensure that the bigger clubs aren't rorting the system. Where are the brave tenacious sports journalists, the members of the public ringing talkback radio, when we need them.
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Oh it's very fishy. Fishy like Sydney when they signed franklin, JK, parker, jack, tippett, and hannerbury all for 700k+ a year and then bingo bango they give heeney a big contract too.

Am i exaggerating Jindrrk?...am i? Or have you been slowly conditioned to accept it. If you don't the masses call you a conspiracy theorist and their attempt to make you fall in line. Every year gradually the game gets weaker and the rules slowly change. Us vets got upset at first but now we just shrug our shoulders and say "that's the AFL for you". The game has changed but we still buy memberships because we love our clubs and we will put up with it. The new breed only know the current system and that's only what the AFL cares about.

I did the same trick with my mrs. One day i noticed that my lucious locks were getting thinner. I thought "shit if my mrs finds out she might leave me" so i took up running cut my hair and my mrs asked why i cut it? Said "it gets in my face when i run". She bought it. Gradually over the next few years i kept cutting it shorter and shorter from #8 to #0. Now it's been 10 years and my mrs still hasn't said anything about my hair. So i conditioned her by desensitising her gradually over time. Sure I'll never be able to give up running just in case she asks me to grow it back but it's okay, because now she won't think any less of me because i can't grow any hair. I will not let the AFL condition me.

It's a call to arms.
No need for conditioning if you’ve got no hair.

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Oh it's very fishy. Fishy like Sydney when they signed franklin, JK, parker, jack, tippett, and hannerbury all for 700k+ a year and then bingo bango they give heeney a big contract too.

Am i exaggerating Jindrrk?...am i? Or have you been slowly conditioned to accept it. If you don't the masses call you a conspiracy theorist and their attempt to make you fall in line. Every year gradually the game gets weaker and the rules slowly change. Us vets got upset at first but now we just shrug our shoulders and say "that's the AFL for you". The game has changed but we still buy memberships because we love our clubs and we will put up with it. The new breed only know the current system and that's only what the AFL cares about.

I did the same trick with my mrs. One day i noticed that my lucious locks were getting thinner. I thought "shit if my mrs finds out she might leave me" so i took up running cut my hair and my mrs asked why i cut it? Said "it gets in my face when i run". She bought it. Gradually over the next few years i kept cutting it shorter and shorter from #8 to #0. Now it's been 10 years and my mrs still hasn't said anything about my hair. So i conditioned her by desensitising her gradually over time. Sure I'll never be able to give up running just in case she asks me to grow it back but it's okay, because now she won't think any less of me because i can't grow any hair. I will not let the AFL condition me.

It's a call to arms.
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PIES WILL NEED TO PAY UP FOR MIHOCEK

By Jon Ralph

COLLINGWOOD revelation Brody Mihocek will push for a two-year contract extension after his stunning rise to senior football.

The Magpies selected the 25-year-old former Port Melbourne defender at No.22 in last year’s rookie draft as defensive insurance.

But he kicked four goals in his first AFL game and has played the past eight games, kicking 15 goals and at least one major in every game so far.

His manager Anthony McConville said yesterday he was thrilled for his client after a career that went via Tasmania, Essendon reserves, Werribee and Port Melbourne.

As a 2018 rookie, Mihocek is on a set base of $75,000 plus $4000 per game and a maximum bonus of $12,000 for 11 or more senior games.

It means he has made $107,000 so far this year, good money compared to the average wage but much less than the AFL average wage around $370,000.

McConville is keen to provide some security for Mihocek after a seven-year journey towards the AFL.

“Rookie contracts are one year, so we are in conversations with Collingwood right now. How long that takes to progress I am not sure,’’ he said.

“But he has had a good year and played senior footy and we are hoping that can continue for the remainder of the year.

“We are looking to do a two-year contract extension.”

Mihocek is expected to take on Sydney on Saturday night despite an ankle sprain that hampered him against Richmond.

McConville lauded Collingwood’s foresight to rookie Mihocek then see his potential as a key forward.

“We had all the faith in Brody and his ability to play at the highest level and he just needed a club to back him in and take a chance with a mature-ager and we are very fortunate Collingwood gave him that opportunity.

“He was playing solid footy as a defender and we always knew he could play both ends of the ground, he had the flexibility to play forward and back and they didn’t pigeonhole him as a one-trick pony.

“So for a club to envisage he could play that role going forward was a really good thing.”

Mihocek’s elevation is one of a number of remarkable football stories this year that include this week’s debut for Nathan Freeman and Alex Johnson’s return to football.
 

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Why are the kangas not having a crack at lynch pretty good combo lynch and brown would be and not much more than what u are supposedly offer polec. Give up atley next years first rd and this years 2nd round
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Mixed feelings on Lynch.

Watching an AFL Vic lovechild land a KPF = bad

Watching another strike against the farces that are NE franchises = good

Overall, whether it's richmond, pies, hawks or brunswick - it's good that players value real clubs higher than franchises :thumbsu:
 

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Couldn't care less about Lynch going to the Tigs. It will cook their cap and they'll lose a lot of their depth.
Hmm I see it more as the best team in the comp replacing their champ full forward with a champ CHF just as he retires and they're likely to keep most players because winning flags and PUMA deals are worth more than salary payments in the real world.
 

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Mixed feelings on Lynch.

Watching an AFL Vic lovechild land a KPF = bad

Watching another strike against the farces that are NE franchises = good

Overall, whether it's richmond, pies, hawks or brunswick - it's good that players value real clubs higher than franchises :thumbsu:
Pretty much this, but in saying it, the move like this is character defining and it’s not a good character.
 
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Pretty much this, but in saying it, the move like this is character defining and it’s not a good character.
I'd normally agree but I rate the fabric of a McGC so lowly I can't judge a bloke walking out on them negatively.

And I'm someone who has questioned Polec's makeup and character for walking on a struggling Brisbane.
 

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I'd normally agree but I rate the fabric of a McGC so lowly I can't judge a bloke walking out on them negatively.

And I'm someone who has questioned Polec's makeup and character for walking on a struggling Brisbane.
Fair enough.

I wish more blokes walked out on the Cola's, I'll even drive them to the airport to do it if it would mean that the Cola's suffer.
 
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You'll come around to Polec.
I can definitely see his on-field appeal.

But at a club where we should trademark "flash in the pan" I'm skeptical about his ability to move to Victoria and give us 5 years of quality football.
 

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I just hate the whole FA compensation system.

Essentially every other clubs (including the bottom clubs) get taxed to pay for Richmond or Collingwoods pickup?

It's just incredibly backward.

In tight drafts it can mean a huge amount.

You may miss out on a Judd, Martin etc if your pick is pushed out because a player moved to a top team and comparatively, their pick usually a lot higher has lower consequences than a top 5 pick moving out 1 spot.


There has to be some sort of payment coming from the recruiting team imo. A points value which is deducted from their overall pick pool etc.
 

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Pretty sure he can't sign with us officially until after the season ends.
IF we get Gaff this year then I really don't care if we're forced to take TT with our first pick because we're getting Jelly next year.

Gaff, TT and Jelly in consecutive years is pretty special and LDU will basically be a new recruit next year too.

Might take a season for them to all 'click' but when it all comes together our midfield will be scary!
 
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I just hate the whole FA compensation system.

Essentially every other clubs (including the bottom clubs) get taxed to pay for Richmond or Collingwoods pickup?

It's just incredibly backward.

In tight drafts it can mean a huge amount.

You may miss out on a Judd, Martin etc if your pick is pushed out because a player moved to a top team and comparatively, their pick usually a lot higher has lower consequences than a top 5 pick moving out 1 spot.


There has to be some sort of payment coming from the recruiting team imo. A points value which is deducted from their overall pick pool etc.
Have said all along just scrap compo.

Richmond (in theory if they actually paid the wages themselves) overload their cap poaching a star, GC now have big space to pull in players looking for more opportunity and $$ from the top clubs. It balances up.

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