A bit more time to think about this .
Cotchin $600k , Lids $450 k, Martin $500k , Jack $500k solely on football ability .
Cotchin $200k , Lids $50k, Martin nil , Jack $75-100 k for endorsements promotion etc.
Cotchin , Lids and Jack are all clean skins and do little negatively to effect the RFC .
Dustin is a off season disaster and appears to be consistantly living on the edge , -$50k and a short term contracts with a large out clause for the club if he screws up again .
Cotchin $600 k+ $200k endorsements
Jack $500 k + 75-100k endorsements
Lids $450k + $50k endorsements
Martin $450k and tight contract clauses
The constant off field hysteria surrounding Dustin must be a distraction to others and if he really has rejected $500 k + , take what we can and put the extra time spent holding Dustin's hand developing others .
Also refuse to enter into contract talks with any player who has Ralph Carr as a manager , he brought severe and unnecessary media speculation onto Collingwood last season and to me this appears to be dejavue .