Another Rumour - Travis Cloke - Massive offer by Fremantle

[Bay Pie]

That is hardly an upside one iota if true. I mean, lets be realistic here. How many players does any one club have on their veterans list at any one time. On average the total would have to be 2-3 surely. (I have no evidence to back this up)

If my guesstimate is close to being correct, that equates to only $300K relief from salary cap pressure. How is that an upside when you compare Sandilands and Pavlich on at least $800K each, meaning $800K will be free from the salary cap thus easing pressure of fitting the every player under the cap.

This, in my opinion is a stupid idea by the AFL just to help facilitate free agency in the future. I will not be happy at all if this is true and it will make it so much harder for players to remain one club players. That would be incredibly sad and a blight on our competition

No offence at all to you Baltimore Jack but I sincerely hope you are wrong or at least your finer details are way off the mark.

Unfortunately it appears to be true. The 50% outside cap has been scrapped come 2013 season and only a percentage of the TPP per player is recorded as a veterans allowance outside the salary cap.

The only figure that has been mentioned (source: The Age) is $100,000 per player per year.

I'm really hoping it's about 0.5% or 1% per player. That is around $450/$900k per year.

I think the $100k per year may be more in line with what the AFL want because that disadvantages us, Geelong and Hawthorn. Teams that have been near the top for a while.

 

[Scodog10]

If my guesstimate is close to being correct, that equates to only $300K relief from salary cap pressure. How is that an upside when you compare Sandilands and Pavlich on at least $800K each, meaning $800K will be free from the salary cap thus easing pressure of fitting the every player under the cap.

This literally makes no sense whatsoever!!!!!

Why is it that our 2-3 players would be limited to $100,000 per player in cap relief whereas the Dockers is 50% per player

The new rules commencing in 2013 will be consistent for all teams so each veteran will get there payments reduced by around the $100,000 mark! Fremantle will have 4 veterans (Pavlich, Sandilands, Crowley and McPharlin) equalling $400,000 whereas Collingwood potentially has 5 (Didak, Johnson, Swan, Tarrant and Shaw) equalling $500,000 in relief.

The original article was wrong Fremantle will not halve Pavlich and Sandilands contracts next year so where you got that $800,000 figure from has got me buggered.....

 

[PieNSauce]

This literally makes no sense whatsoever!!!!!

Why is it that our 2-3 players would be limited to $100,000 per player in cap relief whereas the Dockers is 50% per player

The new rules commencing in 2013 will be consistent for all teams so each veteran will get there payments reduced by around the $100,000 mark! Fremantle will have 4 veterans (Pavlich, Sandilands, Crowley and McPharlin) equalling $400,000 whereas Collingwood potentially has 5 (Didak, Johnson, Swan, Tarrant and Shaw) equalling $500,000 in relief.

The original article was wrong Fremantle will not halve Pavlich and Sandilands contracts next year so where you got that $800,000 figure from has got me buggered.....

Totally agree. I've been reading this garbage on the main board for a while and it's utterly illogical. If we get $100K per player then so do they. Having said that, I think our biggest issue is the number of players we have on the next rung of payments who eat seriously into our cap space.

 

[Beary17]

It kind of beggars belief that Cloke would go to all this trouble to conceal a move to Fremantle only to have a sister tell a bunch of partygoers that he would be definitely leaving the club. Pendles seemed convinced that Cloke would stay at the club when asked about it on one of the TV footy shows this morning. The more I hear players responding to questions on Cloke, the more I am convinced he will stay.

Exactly, an "inside" source is actually a random bloke, who met a relative, who was happy to offer the info that he's going to Freo, to anyone that wanted to hear it?

 

[SumRandom]

Rumour has it at the end of the season is that Cloke will become a Fremantl Docker & Harry O'brien will join the West Coast Eagles.

 

[Kirby]

Rumour has it at the end of the season is that Cloke will become a Fremantl Docker & Harry O'brien will join the West Coast Eagles.

Here's a hint --> Try not to be so obvious.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

Rumour has it at the end of the season is that Cloke will become a Fremantl Docker & Harry O'brien will join the West Coast Eagles.

If Harry can't climb out of the trough into which he has fallen, you will be welcome to him, provided you part with a juicy draft pick or a decent player.

However, I am hopeful that Harry will clamber back out and start playing vintage Harry football.

As for Travis, why would he want to move to WA when everyone he treasures, including a menagerie of animals, lives here?

 

[SnakePlisskin]

I thought he said at the telstra store that he was pretty much staying??

I thought the same , reckon if everyone had seen it they'd think the same.