Opinion AFL Average Salary (or more) and who is on it - AKA Salary Cap for dummies

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[RossFC]

 

[Andre]

I don't think they need to go fully public, but a reasonable middle ground is fans can know how many players at their club are in each earnings band, without being told who.

 

[El_Scorcho]

Kane makes an excellent point about fans being savvy enough to do analysis on contracts and salary cap hits, a topic that a lot of people would find really interesting to discuss but that is currently effectively hidden away from us.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

2022 salary bands from March 2023 AFL annual report;

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

New CBA deal announced today, has to be backdated to 1st November 2022, so all the players are going to get a bonus payment in October.

Landmark joint Collective Bargaining Agreement reached

The long-term five-year deal provides certainty for the industry from 2023-2027

www.afl.com.au

AFL

• 10 per cent increase in base pay in 2023.
• 37 per cent increase in pay over the life of the deal.
• Average player salary to increase from $387,000 in 2022 to $519,000 in 2027.
• Three-year contracts for first round draftees.
• Regulated payments for third year players.
• Player leave has increased based on the last CBA.
• Five-day breaks provide greater flexibility in fixturing – including more Thursday night games.
• Injury and hardship fund ($40 million boost) - $60 million over five years, up from $20 million.
• Discussions on a mid-season trade period to continue with clubs.

OTHER

• Increased access to players for media and broadcast via new broadcast policy to be introduced.
• All AFL players in the 23 named from the week before to be available to media in the week after their match.
• Player relocation and travel benefits will be equitable for both AFL and AFLW players who relocate states.
• A joint committee will be set up by the AFL and AFLPA to ensure a safe working environment for all players.

AFLW

• 29 per cent pay uplift for AFLW players effective immediately.
• AFLW season length to increase to 12 rounds in 2025, potentially 14 rounds in 2027 based on achieving key metrics
• The AFLW Total Player Payments inclusive of Base amount is more than $32.3 million for 2023, compared to $25 million for Season Seven and $10.4 million in Season Six.
• Clubs will continue to be required to ensure there are minimum levels of medical, physical preparation and high-performance staff resourcing to allow AFLW players to prepare for matches and training sessions more efficiently.
• AFLW players will receive increased certainty with 12-month contracts implemented, and the ability to sign multi-year contracts – the same as the men’s AFL competition.
• A world leading 12-month pregnancy policy, commencing from six weeks before a player’s due date, will be immediately introduced as will increased investment into player support and welfare.

 

[GremioPower]

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The base salary and the median are more important than the average.

If you raise the top players’ income, the average goes up, but it’s not better overall.

The base salary is $100k, but for a few exceptions (11, which I have no idea who nor why).

The median seems to be around $400k.

Do you know how much those will increase?

 

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RussellEbertHandball

The base salary and the median are more important than the average.

If you raise the top players’ income, the average goes up, but it’s not better overall.

The base salary is $100k, but for a few exceptions (11, which I have no idea who nor why).

The median seems to be around $400k.

Do you know how much those will increase?

The base salary usually gets as big or bigger junp as the Salary Cap total gets in the first year of a new CBA. Then its flat fir 2 or 3 years then has an increase for the last 2 or 3 years.

I will put up info for 2012-16 CBA and then 2017-22 CBA in a couple of hours.

 

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GremioPower

2012-16 CBA






















2017-22 CBA which was amended in 2020 and 2021 for Covid but basically was the same in 2022 as the original CBA.

Notice the AFL gives the AFLPA $$$$$ to run their organisation on top of levies the players pay to the AFLPA.

Which other industry does the bosses pay the unions to run the union????

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

RussellEbertHandball

The base salary and the median are more important than the average.

If you raise the top players’ income, the average goes up, but it’s not better overall.

The base salary is $100k, but for a few exceptions (11, which I have no idea who nor why).

The median seems to be around $400k.

Do you know how much those will increase?

The median salary is close to the average salary because there is a cap. From the 2022 graphic in post 130;

3+3+6+15+24+32+39+71+95 = 288 players in 2022 earned $401k or more.

1+10+125+126+109 = 371 players in 2022 earned $400k or less.

The 2022 graphic in post 130 says all listed players including ASA's had average earnings was $406.1k. Not all players get paid ASA's and whilst there is a cap there is nothing stopping a club paying a player 65% of the ASA cap which was $1.23m in 2022.

If you remove the $22.458m of ASAs paid in 2022 over the 659 listed players it reduces the average AFL player earnings by $34.08k down to $372k.

Given the graphic above I'm not sure how the AFL gets the

• Average player salary to increase from $387,000 in 2022 to $519,000 in 2027.

$387k x 659 players = $255m.

Gross player payments before all the deductions was $257.574m so that's probably how they got $387k but if you add $22.458m ASA's then that is approx $280m which over 659 players is $424.9k, not $406.1k as per the graphic in post #130.

 

[philthy05]

New CBA deal announced today, has to be backdated to 1st November 2022, so all the players are going to get a bonus payment in October.

Landmark joint Collective Bargaining Agreement reached

The long-term five-year deal provides certainty for the industry from 2023-2027

www.afl.com.au

AFL

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• Three-year contracts for first round draftees.
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I understand why there might have been a push for 1st year players to have 3 year contracts… but I wonder if because of that we see a rise in players with rumours of the go home factor conveniently surfacing pre-draft.