Media Falcon Files: $weet $alary $peculation$ (S37)

[Falconista]

In somewhat of a shock, the Wonders have the smallest salary cap of season 37. However, they have over a million sitting outside the cap with league 2IC ClarkeM's entire salary and half of BallaratBulldog's off the books. Another reason is the off-season recruitment drive that netted the Wonders five rookies each of whom are on minimum rates.

Overall, the Wonders list is well-balanced from a salary perspective, with a distribution of players in each tier. They have two 's tier' players in skipper AnUltimateRessie and boon full-foward (and possible future skipper) DenieD, with ten further players in the a or b tiers. Their salary cap won't be the smallest in the league for long as the rookies will need upgraded contracts, some of whom likely to receive solid salaries.

Look out LGs of other teams, the Wonders have money to spend on recruits this offseason!

Highest paid players: AnUltimateRessie (1.1m), DenieD (950k), HARPSichord (850k), Cubs2Lions (800k) and Grand Uncle Horace (800k).​

Spoiler: Wonders player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	WONDERS	S37 Salary	TIER
1	AnUltimateRessie	$ 1,100,000	S
2	DenieD	$ 950,000	S
3	HARPSichord	$ 850,000	A
=4	Cubs2Lions	$ 800,000	A
=4	Grand Uncle Horace	$ 800,000	A
6	ClarkeM	$ 750,000	LIFER
7	dogs105	$ 700,000	A
=8	BallaratBulldog	$ 600,000	VET
=8	SM	$ 600,000	B
=10	croweater 41	$ 550,000	B
=10	JT_the_Man	$ 550,000	B
12	SSwans2011	$ 500,000	B
13	jezzajay	$ 450,000	B
14	NinjaSwan	$ 400,000	B
15	LukeParkerno1	$ 300,000	C
16	Soggy2112	$ 200,000	C
17	Rioli2Rioli	$ 150,000	C
18	Wojcinski	$ 130,000	C
19	Marklar_33	$ 120,000	C
20	SweetD	$ 110,000	C
21	PVF	$ 100,000	C
=22	Bfew	$ 90,000	ROOK
=22	BigChippa52	$ 90,000	ROOK
=22	dino_67	$ 90,000	ROOK
=22	Oisin_the_Goat	$ 90,000	ROOK
=22	Pamcake1	$ 90,000	ROOK

 

[Falconista]

Coming in next with the second smallest salary cap is the Furies. This is hardly surprising with the Furies having the smallest squad size this season. They have one 'lifer' player with rfctigerarmy's salary off their books.

Much of the Furies salary cap is invested in their LG with their co-captains accounting for almost a quarter of the total payments. ND, Shaun Duggan and Fred are also heartily paid. From there the salaries drop away pretty quickly with a majority of the squad on under 400k. Losing greats like TJASTA and kdavva a few seasons back left a lot of space in the Furies cap, space for which they've not yet fully filled.

Highest paid players: James Colorado (1.3m), omgfridge (1.2m), Frothies Mcveigh (850k), ShaunDuggan (850k), Frederico_WA (700k) and NaturalDisaster (700k).​

Spoiler: Furies player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	FURIES	S37 Salary	TIER
1	James Colorado	1300000	S
2	omgfridge	1200000	S
=3	Frothies Mcveigh	850000	A
=3	ShaunDuggan	850000	A
=5	Frederico_WA	700000	B
=5	NaturalDisaster	700000	B
7	crazywildhorse	550000	B
=8	JyeDye	450000	B
=8	Pickitt	450000	B
=10	Chronz	400000	C
=10	Toump Ass	400000	C
12	rfctigerarmy	350000	LIFER (350k)
=13	Rioli8217	300000	C
=13	Sab22	300000	C
15	SplintWhisky	225000	C
=16	Edmund hunt	200000	C
=16	Shueygod	200000	C
=16	The Cryptkeeper	200000	C
19	Grockadoc	175000	C
=20	Feraligatr	150000	C
=20	Silky23	150000	C
22	krided	140000	C
23	tigland	125000	C
24	Stevi_Tigers	105000	C

 

[Falconista]

The eleventh biggest salary cap is that of the Swamprats, and as with the Furies, it's a team with a small squad size. The Swampies have one 'veteran' player with half of 'like-machine' Power Raid's salary off their books.

The Swampies list is an intriguing one, with some extremely good top-end talent combined with a lot of meh in the 'c tier'. Deservingly in the money are former (philreich) and current captain (jackster83) who together total $2 million. And yes of course, there's okey doesn't come cheap. The list also contains a contingent of 'b tier' players who all have previously been more active and it will be interesting to see whether folk like Ant Bear and GremioPower to name two, rekindle their love of the Sweet FA because if they do, the Sin City salary cap will rise fast.

The question emerging from this analysis would have to be- is okeydoke7 under or over paid?

Highest paid players: okeydoke7 (1.3m), philreich (1.1m), jackster83 (900k), damicky (800k) and BloodySwan (650k).​

Spoiler: Swamprats player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	SWAMPRATS	S37 Salary	TIER
1	okeydoke7	$ 1,300,000	A
2	philreich	$ 1,100,000	A
3	jackster83	$ 900,000	A
4	damicky	$ 800,000	A
5	BloodySwan	$ 650,000	A
6	Ant Bear	$ 600,000	B
=7	GremioPower	$ 550,000	B
=7	spookism	$ 550,000	B
=7	Power Raid	$ 550,000	B
=10	ant555	$ 400,000	B
=10	Firestarter	$ 400,000	B
=10	Rodney Dangerfield	$ 400,000	B
=13	GotTheGoodes	$ 350,000	C
=13	Ticky009	$ 350,000	C
15	sataris	$ 300,000	C
16	HirdsTheWord	$ 275,000	C
17	RPCB	$ 250,000	C
18	edgie	$ 180,000	C
=19	Jewelsbon	$ 160,000	C
=19	paraaaa	$ 160,000	C
=21	Quadzilla	$ 110,000	C
=21	Shuestar13	$ 110,000	C
23	My Cotchin Rules	$ 90,000	ROOK

 

[Falconista]

Just five thousand bucks ahead of the Swamprats, the Roys are the next salary cap up. The Roys benefit from team loyalty with all of Mobbs' whopping salary and half of Mooch's off the books.

With Mobbs' salary off the books, the Roys have had the ability to throw a bit extra across their list. On almost a million, tigs2010 is another well paid member of the (much underrated) season 33 rookie class and is highly rated internally, as demonstrated by him taking over the Barrells Award. Amateur medium 3KZ is Football, former skipper fitzroybowiedog and the Crownie-loving denitist, DERRINALPHIL are all rightly well paid. A trademark of the Roys is a number of long-time players who chip in with a couple of posts per week and as such, the Roys salaries don't dramatically fall away with most of the list on 300k plus.

Returning player TheGoatBaron has proved one of the steals of the season and will undoubtedly be in for a sizeable salary increase in the off season.

NOTE: At the time of writing, Elmer_Judd was still perma'd and thus isn't included in these figures..

Highest paid players: Mobbs (1.3m), Mooch (950k), tigs2010 (950k), 3KZ is Football (800k) and fitzroybowiedog (750k).​

Spoiler: Roys player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	ROYS	S37 Salary
1	Mobbs	$ 1,400,000
=2	Mooch	$ 950,000
=2	tigs2010	$ 950,000
4	3KZ is Football	$ 800,000
5	fitzroybowiedog	$ 750,000
6	DERRINALPHIL	$ 700,000
7	royboy2	$ 650,000
=8	Aristotle Pickett	$ 600,000
=8	Ed_Gein	$ 600,000
=8	Phar Ace	$ 600,000
11	Pure Grunt	$ 500,000
=12	JackNah_8	$ 400,000
=12	Roylion	$ 400,000
=14	MrsEddieBetts	$ 350,000
=14	windyhill	$ 350,000
=16	Mike	$ 300,000
=16	Reardo	$ 300,000
=16	RU_	$ 300,000
=19	Allikat	$ 250,000
=19	TheGoatBaron	$ 250,000
=21	SpecialBruce	$ 200,000
=22	Chezzalenko Reborn	$ 150,000
=22	Dicky Fitzwell	$ 150,000
=22	Eat Fresh	$ 150,000
25	judge judy	$ 90,000

 

[Falconista]

Another club benefiting from having a lifer and a veteran keeping a chunk of salary off their books is the Dragons. Ladder legend Ljp86's 500k salary and half of Pie 4 Life's salary off the books.

No one should be surprised that Greenery has himself nicely set up on a cool million a season (Greenery is a "cool head" after all), the surprise for some Dragons would be that it's not more. Then come a trio of posters who could probably earn more at many other clubs- Bonz, DragoDelph and Phenom. Speaking of underpaid, T2B_ and big_icky really need to change management companies with both on significantly less than they'd get on the open market.

The Dragons list is made up almost entirely of 's tier' and 'c tier' players with only seven on their list not classed in those two categories. Not only that, it has some unusual payments. One suspects they're a club with multiple spreadsheets on the go and good luck to anyone, including the ATO, trying to get a handle on the true state of financial affairs at the Lair.

Highest paid players: Greenery (1m), Bonz (~897k), DragoDelph (850k), PhenomenalV1 (850k) and serial_thrilla (825k).​

Spoiler: Dragons player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	DRAGONS	S37 Salary	TIER
1	Greenery	$ 1,000,000	S
2	Bonz	$ 896,969	S
=3	DragoDelph	$ 850,000	S
=3	PhenomenalV1	$ 850,000	S
5	serial_thrilla	$ 825,000	S
=6	Ligma	$ 800,000	S
=6	T2B_	$ 800,000	S
8	Pie 4 Life	$ 650,000	VET
9	Supersuns	$ 600,000	B
10	Ljp86	$ 500,000	LIFER
11	Hatchy1992	$ 400,000	B
12	big_icky	$ 350,000	B
=13	Blaze Storm	$ 300,000	C
=13	Bradesmaen	$ 300,000	C
=13	Drizzy	$ 300,000	C
=13	Purple Jesus	$ 300,000	C
17	Chief	$ 225,000	C
=18	BringBackTheAnchor	$ 200,000	C
=18	Knifey Spoony	$ 200,000	C
=18	DJ75	$ 200,000	C
=18	Ge3ks	$ 200,000	C
=18	VandoHawk	$ 200,000	C
=23	A Swallow	$ 150,000	C
=23	HawkAussie	$ 150,000	C
=25	Lbaddie29	$ 105,000	C
=25	Mooresome	$ 105,000	C
=27	freo84	$ 90,000	ROOK
=27	pK75	$ 90,000	ROOK

 

[Falconista]

Into the eleven millions we go and it's the Hawks who beefed (poultried?) up their squad in the off season. Two of the recruits, lifer larrikin and veteran Biggie, have returned taking some of the squeeze off their wage budget.

A significant amount of East Side's salary cap goes to their top-five paid players who, no surprises, are all 's' or 'a tier'. Strigoi's 1.1 million dollar pay cheque is not surprising as it wouldn't have been an inexpensive exercise to extract her from the Dragons. What is somewhat surprising is Tarks is on less than a million, however there is probably good money post-qooty on the speaking circuit talking about being the first to 1000 goals etc.

Zoops, TY24 and Giant Strides have all had impressive seasons so are likely to negotiate larger contracts for season 38. Even so, there will be enough in the bank to recruit another big name to the Eyrie. One wonders, what do Callums Guns and por_please_ya have up their sleeves...?

Highest paid players: Callums_Guns (1.3m), Strigoi (1.1m), por_please_ya (950k), Tarkyn_24 (900k) and Rankine2Rachele (850k).​

Spoiler: Hawks player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	HAWKS	S37 Salary	TIER
1	Callums_Guns	$ 1,300,000	S
2	Strigoi	$ 1,100,000	S
3	por_please_ya	$ 950,000	S
4	Tarkyn_24	$ 900,000	S
5	Rankine2Rachele	$ 850,000	A
=6	Loonerty	$ 600,000	B
=6	MP_	$ 600,000	B
=6	The Majestic	$ 600,000	B
=6	Biggie	$ 600,000	VET
10	Itsmyshow	$ 500,000	B
=11	Zoops	$ 450,000	B
=11	Shermy	$ 450,000	C
=11	boncer34	$ 450,000	C
=14	akkaps	$ 350,000	C
=14	TY24	$ 350,000	C
=16	Drunkgoliath	$ 200,000	C
=16	jackenny	$ 200,000	C
=16	The Blue Weirdo	$ 200,000	C
19	larrikin	$ 150,000	LIFER
20	Red mist	$ 130,000	C
21	vanders	$ 120,000	C
22	Krazy Kris	$ 115,000	C
23	A Bit Dusty	$ 110,000	C
24	reggie	$ 100,000	C
25	Giant Strides	$ 90,000	ROOK

 

[Falconista]

Next on the list is a team cats2rise has played 99 matches for so far (but I'm not revealing your salary just yet). The Gumbies have one veteran with 237.5k of StFly's salary off the books.

The four highest paid Gumbies are their leadership group with GWS Goose holding the contract with the most zeros (maybe it's all-SFA related..). Two tremendous off-beat characters follow with Chat Pile and Brick Loosener rewarded for their bodies of work. The Gumbies have only nine players whose contract is worth half a million plus which is reminiscent of some of the earlier named teams, however, the difference for the double blues is the proliferation of players in the 350-500k range.

The Gumbies have already lost two players for the season leaving some salary and squad room ahead of next season. Ruours emerging from Gumbies HQ is cats_09 has recently signed a seven figure contract so the cap looks like rising at this point, but there should still be money to spend at the trade table.

Highest paid players: GWS Goose (1m), Barrybran (850k), beez (850k), Falconista (800k), Chat Pile (750k) and Brick Loosener (750k).​

Spoiler: Gumbies player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	GUMBIES	S37 Salary	Tier
1	GWS Goose	$ 1,000,000	S
2	Barrybran	$ 850,000	S
3	beez	$ 850,000	S
4	Falconista	$ 800,000	A
=5	Brick Loosener	$ 750,000	A
=5	Chat Pile	$ 750,000	A
7	cats_09	$ 600,000	B
8	CatToTheFuture	$ 525,000	B
9	Dory_77	$ 500,000	B
10	StFly	$ 475,000	VET
=11	Mop	$ 450,000	B
=11	ossie_21	$ 450,000	B
13	Supercheapgiants	$ 425,000	B
=14	BlueE	$ 350,000	C
=14	bone2468	$ 350,000	C
=14	NSWCROW	$ 350,000	C
=14	rye	$ 350,000	C
18	Aucklander	$ 225,000	C
=19	HotPiesWithSauce	$ 200,000	C
=19	nobbyiscool	$ 200,000	GONE
21	Jeremias	$ 150,000	C
=22	saintkildaman	$ 120,000	C
=22	Tigerlaird	$ 120,000	C
=24	eDPS	$ 110,000	C
=24	miggs	$ 110,000	RIP
26​	Ned Ryerson	$ 105,000	C
27​	EagleOz	$ 100,000	C
28​	DinoSoar	$ 90,000	ROOK

 

[Falconista]

Now we're into the six teams who have maxxed, or are close to, their salary cap of 12 million. The Demons have benefited greatly from having lifer Headless' salary off their books and half of veteran Van_Dyke's.

Looking at some of these salaries, it appears that the Demons have taken a collective pact to accept a smaller salary for team stability amongst a smattering of creative accounting. That's not to say their players aren't heartily paid with the Demons are the first club named so far in this analysis with three million dollar players. Then follows another ten players on at least half a million. At the other end of their list, the Dees have quite a long tail of inexpensive players with seven players on 150k or less.

The loss of Tarks in the offseason seems to have assisted the funding of up and comers Gralin and moginie. However, many Dees are going to have to continue to forgo possible open market salaries to maintain their current squad. Will anyone wander?

Highest paid players: manangatang (1.1m), Hate (1m), Wosh (1m), Headless (950k) and sausageroll (850k).

Players named cats2rise: 520k ​

Spoiler: Demons player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	DEMONS	S37 Salary	Tier
1	manangatang	$ 1,100,000	S
=2	Hate	$ 1,000,000	S
=2	Wosh	$ 1,000,000	S
4	Headless	$ 950,000	LIFER
5	sausageroll	$ 850,000	S
6	Gralin	$ 800,000	S
7	cooney	$ 700,000	A
8	Yakker	$ 675,000	A
=9	moginie	$ 600,000	A
=9	PMBangers	$ 600,000	B
=9	sante	$ 600,000	B
=12	cats2rise	$ 520,000	B
=12	Van_Dyke	$ 520,000	VET
=14	Bluelegs	$ 350,000	B
=14	DemonJim	$ 350,000	B
=14	Scythe94	$ 350,000	B
17	DERO	$ 330,000	B
18	Marlowe	$ 325,000	C
19	cartwright	$ 300,000	C
20	jmoo wan	$ 280,000	C
21	Truetiger	$ 150,000	C
22	Proper Gander	$ 130,000	C
=23	Azarole	$ 120,000	C
=23	Quivorir	$ 120,000	C
25	Heardy_101	$ 110,000	C
​ 26​	Johnny Karate	$ 105,000	C
​ 27​	Oddhawk	$ 100,000	C

 

[Falconista]

The 'qooty factory' Bombers have returned their salary cap to nearly 100% after a couple of seasons where they've lost barely anyone to trades or termination. They've got one salary off their books in club stalwart, iDon.

The hallmark of the Bombers list is the proliferation of 'a' and 'b tier' players who command strong salaries. Skipper Pugsley gets tasty renumeration to be one of the higher paid players in the league. He's the only million dollar Bomber though with thirteen further teammates in the 450-950k region. This includes MayTheNorthBeWithU who only cost 450k to extract from the Wonders...unless the SMH headline from a few weeks ago was about MTNBWU, as an older sibling suggested to The Files.


The Bombers are on the verge of some salary relief with club legend and video enthusiast, KohPhi, fast approaching the 300 milestone. That may not be enough though as the Baghdad folk are always an active team in off seasons. It's probable the top end will be looking at wage cuts as the Bombers bring in their newest batch of recruits.

Highest paid players: Pugsley (1.25m), Jabba73 (950k), Kilroy (950k), BLUEALLTHRU (900k) and Grav (850k).​

Spoiler: Bombers player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	BOMBERS	S37 Salary	TIER
1	Pugsley	$ 1,250,000	S
=2	Jabba73	$ 950,000	A
=2	Kilroy	$ 950,000	A
4	BLUEALLTHRU	$ 900,000	A
5	Grav	$ 850,000	A
6	gab213	$ 800,000	A
7	CursingFijian	$ 700,000	A
8	KohPhi	$ 690,690	A
9	VeinGlorious	$ 600,000	B
10	Bovo	$ 550,000	B
=11	kickthething	$ 500,000	B
=11	iDon	$ 500,000	LIFER
=13	MayTheNorthBeWithU	$ 450,000	B
=13	snozulu	$ 450,000	B
15	norway blue	$ 300,000	C
16	JustaBattler	$ 280,000	C
17	ArdentEagle	$ 250,000	C
18	HaroLad	$ 200,000	C
19	Footy Is The Win	$ 180,000	C
20	SaintsSeptember	$ 150,000	C
21	Osc1	$ 140,000	C
=22	sunny3193	$ 130,000	C
=22	The Sultan	$ 130,000	C
=22	YeoGabbaGabba	$ 130,000	C
25	PetWussy	$ 120,000	C
26​	MITS	$ 110,000	C
27​	tomjoad	$ 90,000	ROOK

 

[Falconista]

Last season's runners-up have an essentially full salary cap, falling a hint short of the 12 million maximum. They have one player on veteran rates with half Matera92's wages off their books.

It's a clever piece of accounting that the Bears have pulled to keep their salary cap in check as their list has more a's than a clever kid's school report card. Captain tony and the league's sexiest blonde in Dingster are both on an absolute steal with both worth far more on the open market. Another intrigue is that Art Vandelay_ is paid $100 less per season than frenemy (with benefits?) Matera92, a disclosure that is sure to see the switchboard of the Bears' HR Department light up.

The Bears have a highly regarded list with some, including this author, viewing it as the best balanced in the league. What is going to be a struggle is keeping the egos in check when it comes to contract time. Maybe tony will know some 'totes legit' mates who can organise some third-party ambassadorship deals for these players.

Highest paid players: tony (1.3m), Dingster (900k), JoshWoodenSpoon (800k), Cap (750k). Millky95 (700k) and MWPP (700k).​

Spoiler: Bears player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	BEARS	S37 Salary	Tier
1	tony	$ 1,300,000	S
2	Dingster	$ 900,000	S
3	JoshWoodenSpoon	$ 800,000	A
4	Cap	$ 750,000	A
=5	Millky95	$ 700,000	A
=5	MWPP	$ 700,000	A
=7	Chipmunk	$ 600,000	A
=7	Tandy	$ 600,000	A
=7	Test Tickle	$ 600,000	A
=10	RonnieRaven	$ 550,000	B
=10	Senor M	$ 550,000	B
12	Matera92	$ 450,100	VET
13	Art Vandelay_	$ 450,000	B
=14	Electronic_Renaissance	$ 350,000	B
=14	kane249	$ 350,000	B
=14	Muddiemoose	$ 350,000	B
=17	RookiePick	$ 300,000	C
=17	Tommycash	$ 300,000	C
=19	I Dont Care	$ 250,000	C
=19	JoseMourinho	$ 250,000	C
=19	Shadow Man	$ 250,000	C
22	Jezmiester40	$ 200,000	C
23	Grin	$ 175,000	C
24	guero	$ 170,000	C
25	CountryLad	$ 110,000	C
=26	Fizzler	$ 105,000	C
=26	HawkPatrol	$ 105,000	C

 

[Falconista]

Three of the four double winners of the beez medal and no veteran players, just how are the Warriors keeping to the cap?!?

Unsurprisingly, the Warriors are spending over a quarter of their cap on their trio of beez medal specialists. From there, there are five further well paid players on 650-800k, although all could be considered victims of the salary squeeze (as could sophomore Ocha905 who is on less again). With a stable starting team, the Warriors also have eight players who have barely played these past few seasons and are thus on 105-110k which somewhat balances out the salaries of their top end.

With a full squad of thirty, recruiting action probably won't be a thing this offseason. The burning question is will they let go of a couple of 'c tier' players to enhance the salaries of some of their 'a/b tier' citizens?

Highest paid players: Tonga Bob (1.35m), TheInjuryFactory (1.25m), The Filth Wizard (900k), Dinsdale (800k), pantskyle (800k) and spudmaster (800k).​

Spoiler: Warriors player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	WARRIORS	S37 Salary	Tier
1	Tonga Bob	$ 1,350,000	S
2	TheInjuryFactory	$ 1,250,000	S
3	The Filth Wizard	$ 900,000	S
=4	Dinsdale	$ 800,000	A
=4	pantskyle	$ 800,000	A
=4	spudmaster	$ 800,000	A
=7	FootyGuy13	$ 650,000	B
=7	zackah	$ 650,000	B
9	Ocha905	$ 425,000	B
10	TubbsFarquhar	$ 375,000	C
=11	Freofalcon	$ 350,000	C
=11	Raveneyes	$ 350,000	C
=11	Reginald Perrin	$ 350,000	C
=14	Piggy Smalls	$ 300,000	C
=14	Purple7x08_24	$ 300,000	C
=14	toxic	$ 300,000	C
=17	Agent93	$ 275,000	C
=17	Mesc	$ 275,000	C
19	Mofra	$ 230,000	C
20	SBYM	$ 175,000	C
21	Snuffaluphagus	$ 150,000	C
=22	Frankston Rover	$ 110,000	C
=22	Stokey	$ 110,000	C
=22	Volbeat	$ 110,000	C
=25	Ambrose Burnside	$ 105,000	C
=25	BEEG	$ 105,000	C
=25	Lord_Flashheart	$ 105,000	C
=25	Moo	$ 105,000	C
=25	Smoooothy	$ 105,000	C
30​	Paracleet	$ 90,000	ROOK

 

[Falconista]

When you have the highest paid player in the league, it's no surprise the Ophidian salary cap is maxxed.

That's right, Tigerturbulance is qooty's 1.7 million dollar man. He's surrounded by fellow affluent types with an astonishing five players on 950k plus. Various Old Boys have attempted diversionary tactics to mislead this masthead (lol) regarding the true state of their books. Finally however, the figures were ascertained. The unlikely quad of Fleabane, U2tigers, Harvey Manfrenjensenden and kenneyswarriors seem massively underpaid, although it's understood they each reside in luxury accommodation for free.

Rumours are abound regarding players who are heading to Spotswood this offseason. If the rumours prove true, there might be the need to open a salary cap probe into the club or the admin will need a substantial bribe to raise every club's cap.

Highest paid players: Tigerturbulance (1.7m), Robertio (1.1m), Elton Johns Wig (1m), Braklet (975k), and Mrs Turbo (950k).​

Spoiler: Old Boys player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	OLD BOYS	S37 Salary	Tier
1	Tigerturbulance	$ 1,700,000	S
2	Robertio	$ 1,100,000	S
3	Elton Johns Wig	$ 1,000,000	S
4	Braklet	$ 975,000	A
5	Mrs Turbo	$ 950,000	A
6	Fleabane	$ 720,000	A
7	U2tigers	$ 700,000	A
8	Harvey Manfrenjensenden	$ 630,000	A
=9	kenneyswarriors	$ 600,000	B
=9	thewizardmelon	$ 600,000	B
11	DemurePrincess	$ 575,000	B
12	King Tenz	$ 425,000	B
13	BRAB	$ 300,000	C
=14	fumbler	$ 200,000	C
=14	Ned_Flanders	$ 200,000	C
=16	Hoos	$ 160,000	C
=16	Wickzki	$ 160,000	C
18	Irish BlueBagger	$ 140,000	C
19	Wacky Tiger	$ 135,000	C
=20	Ace Rimmer	$ 120,000	C
=20	Iva Bigun	$ 120,000	C
=20	SaintBilly	$ 120,000	C
23	TJohn	$ 100,000	C
=24	JuddgementDay	$ 90,000	ROOK
=24	myblueroan	$ 90,000	ROOK
=24	tigerland_1720	$ 90,000	ROOK

 

[Falconista]

Final club up and it's the Royals!

Gold City have a full squad of thirty and no veterans so the squeeze is certainly on to keep to the cap. Unlike their two compatriats with a 12 million cap, the Royals are spending a lot of their money on their 'mid tier' with ten players sitting in the 300-600k range. This includes new vice captain Footypie32 who will surely be due larger remuneration in season 38.

Like the Old Boys, the Royals have been linked to a couple of large names so will be hoping for a cap increase this off season. However, Cads has proven themselves a solid list builder so one has no doubts he'd find a way to restructure the salary pieces to make it work.

Highest paid players: Cadsky (1.1m), GreyCrow (1m), CakeEater (725k), Brenton Davy (700k) and hotchilli (675k).​

Spoiler: Royals player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	ROYALS	S37 Salary	Tier
1	Cadsky	$ 1,100,000	S
2	GreyCrow	$ 1,000,000	S
3	CakeEater	$ 725,000	A
4	Brenton Davy	$ 700,000	A
5	hotchilli	$ 675,000	A
6	nahnah	$ 650,000	A
=7	Footypie32	$ 600,000	A
=7	grumbleguts	$ 600,000	B
=7	Jhye Clark 13	$ 600,000	B
=7	krakouers	$ 600,000	B
11	Zevon	$ 575,000	B
12	Membling	$ 550,000	B
13	SarahSmiles	$ 450,000	B
=14	Bianconeri	$ 300,000	C
=14	Blacky	$ 300,000	C
=14	brahj	$ 300,000	C
17	Camros2	$ 250,000	C
18	Kapow!!!	$ 225,000	C
=19	Memphis	$ 200,000	C
=19	MrPremiership	$ 200,000	C
=19	Smartys Power	$ 200,000	C
=19	Ulahoopski	$ 200,000	C
=23	Golumless	$ 175,000	C
=23	Lomas	$ 175,000	C
25	gouki88	$ 150,000	C
​ 26​	caesar88	$ 110,000	C
=27	NTRabbit	$ 105,000	C
=27	projectv	$ 105,000	C
=29	Nothing	$ 90,000	ROOK
=29	Pedro	$ 90,000	ROOK