Every AFL listed player gets two tickets to the grand final, even those who don't want to spend $300+ on flights to Melbourne and the same again on accommodation.
It is such a cheap way for the AFL to give the players something.
Minimum pay for a player with two years experience is $100,000. 386 of the 718 players in 2016 earned under $300,001 (53.76%)
For more detail:
9.75% earned between $60,000 and $100,000
25.76% earned between $100,001 and $200,000
18.25% earned between $200,001 and $300,000
20.61% earned between $300,001 and $400,000 and this is where the average pay sits...
You can see that there is not as many big earners as made out in the media throwing around $750,000 a year deals which if you were interested the bracket for $700,001 to $800,000 has 2.5% of the players in it... One per club