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Oldfashioned Supporter
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I sometimes wonder if the average AFL supporter really understands what is happening with the game he / she loves. We saw a bunch of disasters in Season 2000 but I am sure not many fans have given much thought to this one:
The AFL salary cap for this season of $4.75 million for each club for 40 players means that each player on average earns $118,750 (that will come as a shock to some players in the Reserves who are actually getting less than $60,000 but many are not worth even half that). Next year's salary cap of $5.25 million spread over only 38 players will mean an average payment per player of $138,150, that is, a pay rise of 16%. How many other employees in this country have gained a 16% pay increase recently? Are AFL footballers really worth this sort of money? If this 16% is added to the cost of the daily entry fee next season (now $15.40) it will raise the price to almost $18. The 11-game season ticket will rise to about $130 (but still good value). The question I ask is, How many clubs especially in Victoria, can afford a 16% increase in their running costs? The rise in the cost of living for the rest of the population is nowhere near that figure.
Certainly the richer clubs in Victoria will make the grade but I fear for the poorer clubs who will simply get even poorer. Wayne, Collo and Ross Oakley must be looking forward to seeing the headlines soon that "a couple of Victorian clubs have finally folded". Beauty, we finally got 'em!
Have no doubts, footy fans, the salary cap is aimed at getting rid of your club. The AFL wants only six left in Victoria and the salary cap is the hidden way of doing the trick.
A thirsty man can go to the the well only so many times until the well runs dry. I hope every AFL footballer and manager realises that the footy money well is also not bottomless. When the bucket eventually starts to produce muddy water, that will be the time when some clubs will begin to sink into the quicksand.
My suggestion would be to remove the rule that all clubs must pay at least 95% of the cap. Let the clubs decide for themselves what they can afford to pay. If they then cannot meet the AFL playing standards on the field then let them go out of business by their own hands, not by an organisation determined to crush them by a hidden agenda.
Oldfashioned Supporter
The AFL salary cap for this season of $4.75 million for each club for 40 players means that each player on average earns $118,750 (that will come as a shock to some players in the Reserves who are actually getting less than $60,000 but many are not worth even half that). Next year's salary cap of $5.25 million spread over only 38 players will mean an average payment per player of $138,150, that is, a pay rise of 16%. How many other employees in this country have gained a 16% pay increase recently? Are AFL footballers really worth this sort of money? If this 16% is added to the cost of the daily entry fee next season (now $15.40) it will raise the price to almost $18. The 11-game season ticket will rise to about $130 (but still good value). The question I ask is, How many clubs especially in Victoria, can afford a 16% increase in their running costs? The rise in the cost of living for the rest of the population is nowhere near that figure.
Certainly the richer clubs in Victoria will make the grade but I fear for the poorer clubs who will simply get even poorer. Wayne, Collo and Ross Oakley must be looking forward to seeing the headlines soon that "a couple of Victorian clubs have finally folded". Beauty, we finally got 'em!
Have no doubts, footy fans, the salary cap is aimed at getting rid of your club. The AFL wants only six left in Victoria and the salary cap is the hidden way of doing the trick.
A thirsty man can go to the the well only so many times until the well runs dry. I hope every AFL footballer and manager realises that the footy money well is also not bottomless. When the bucket eventually starts to produce muddy water, that will be the time when some clubs will begin to sink into the quicksand.
My suggestion would be to remove the rule that all clubs must pay at least 95% of the cap. Let the clubs decide for themselves what they can afford to pay. If they then cannot meet the AFL playing standards on the field then let them go out of business by their own hands, not by an organisation determined to crush them by a hidden agenda.
Oldfashioned Supporter