Media Falcon Files: $weet $alary $peculation$ (s40)

[Falconista]

In a team stacked with beez medallists, it shouldn't surprise that Coney Island have one of the highest salary caps in the league. Capitalism is well and truly at work here with TIF and Bob each commanding huge salaries, with six further players taking home a salary of 850 to 975k. Eight players who combine for 7.575m if you don't mind!

From there, there are two bargain priced players who are either the victim of the salary squeeze or keep getting TIF's coffee order wrong- spudmaster on just 675k and The Half Back on a paltry 450k. Salaries gradually reduce from the with the Wahs possessing a strong 'c tier' of players.

Since the last salary cap update, the Warriors have players eligible for veteran status and have taken advantage with half of zackah's wage paid by league headquarters and off the Warriors' books.

Highest paid players: Tonga Bob (1.6m), TheInjuryFactory (1.45m), FootyGuy13 (975k), Dinsdale (950k), pantskyle (875k) and The Filth Wizard (875k).​

Spoiler: Warriors player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	WARRIORS	S40 Salary	Tier
1	Tonga Bob	$ 1,600,000	S
2	TheInjuryFactory	$ 1,450,000	S
3	FootyGuy13	$ 975,000	A
4	Dinsdale	$ 950,000	A
=5	pantskyle	$ 875,000	B
=5	The Filth Wizard	$ 875,000	A
7	Barrybran	$ 850,000	A
8	spudmaster	$ 675,000	A
9	The Half Back	$ 450,000	A
10	jannissary	$ 400,000	B
=11	Freofalcon	$ 300,000	C
=11	Piggy Smalls	$ 300,000	C
=11	zackah	$ 300,000	VET
14	Raveneyes	$ 250,000	C
15	JHF1870	$ 220,000	C
=16	Mesc	$ 150,000	C
=16	Reginald Perrin	$ 150,000	C
=16	Riviat	$ 150,000	C
=16	Snuffaluphagus	$ 150,000	C
=20	brian_muz	$ 130,000	C
=20	Frankston Rover	$ 130,000	B
=20	Mofra	$ 130,000	C
=20	Moo	$ 130,000	C
=20	Paracleet	$ 130,000	C
=20	Smoooothy	$ 130,000	C
=20	toxic	$ 130,000	C
=27	brahj	$ 110,000	C
=27	Lord_Flashheart	$ 110,000	C
=27	Stokey	$ 110,000	C
30​	ubiquitous226	$ 100,000	ROOK

 

[Falconista]

Next on the list are the current ladder leaders. The double blues have one veteran (soon to be lifer) with 80k of StFly's salary off the books.

The three highest paid Gumbies are their vice captains. However in a boilover, it is cats_09 and not GWS Goose holding the most lucrative contract (this masthead is reliably told that a clause in Goose's contract guaranteeing him top billing become void when Barrybran left the club). Next come three players on 900k, including the rapidly blossoming Super who like cats has more than doubled their pay in the last three seasons.

The Gumbies have a proliferation of players in the 200-650k range. This includes late recruit DenieD who seems to be on a probationary rate, considering their CV. There is room to move for the Gumbanian folk to deepen their list at the trade table this off season. Will they hook a big fish or be catfished?

Highest paid players: cats_09 (1.35m), GWS Goose (1.1m), beez (950k), Falconista (900k), Hydatina Physis (900k) and Supercheapgiants (900k).​

Spoiler: Gumbies player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	GUMBIES	S40 Salary	Tier
1	cats_09	$ 1,350,000	S
2	GWS Goose	$ 1,100,000	S
3	beez	$ 950,000	S
=4	Falconista	$ 900,000	A
=4	Hydatina Physis	$ 900,000	S
=4	Supercheapgiants	$ 900,000	A
7	Brick Loosener	$ 650,000	B
8	Mop	$ 600,000	B
9	DenieD	$ 500,000	A
=10	CatToTheFuture	$ 350,000	C
=10	Dory_77	$ 350,000	C
=10	ossie_21	$ 350,000	C
=10	weltschmerz	$ 350,000	B
14	Cactus_	$ 300,000	B
15	nobbyiscool	$ 200,000	C
16	NSWCROW	$ 180,000	C
17	StFly	$ 160,000	VET
18	bone2468	$ 150,000	C
=19	Aucklander	$ 110,000	C
=19	Bartel	$ 110,000	C
=19	DinoSoar	$ 110,000	C
=19	EagleOz	$ 110,000	C
=19	HotPiesWithSauce	$ 110,000	C
=19	Jeremias	$ 110,000	C
=19	rye	$ 110,000	C
=19	saintkildaman	$ 110,000	C
=19	Thailander	$ 110,000	C
=19	The_Wookie	$ 110,000	C
=29	Matthew Jelley	$ 100,000	ROOK
=29	Spooky17	$ 100,000	ROOK

 

[Falconista]

FIVE million dollar players, yep, the Ophidian salary cap is rather full.

There have been some significant changes since season 37 though. Power couple Mr and Mrs Turbo have taken a significant pay cut so their club can recruit some high-priced recruits. The Turbo's are only taking home 1.85m now, down from 2.65m. Braklet has joined the million dollar club (although only ~720k USD) while major recruits Pugsley and philreich are each on seven figures. Popular veteran Dingster takes home 900k, a surprising figure in some ways considering his heinous anti-ruck views in a club helmed by two premiership rucks.

With 16 players on 300k or more, the Old Boys have impressive depth but are going to have to dig deep into their bag of tricks to entice some players this off season. One suspects they'll have no trouble.

Highest paid players: Braklet (1.1m), Elton Johns Wig (1.1m), Tigerturbulance (1.1m), philreich (1m) and Pugsley (1m).
​

Spoiler: Old Boys player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	OLD BOYS	S40 Salary	Tier
=1	Braklet	$ 1,100,000	S
=1	Elton Johns Wig	$ 1,100,000	S
=1	Tigerturbulance	$ 1,100,000	S
=4	philreich	$ 1,000,000	S
=4	Pugsley	$ 1,000,000	S
6	Dingster	$ 900,000	A
7	thewizardmelon	$ 800,000	A
=8	gab213	$ 750,000	A
=8	Mrs Turbo	$ 750,000	A
=10	manicpie	$ 550,000	B
=10	Over The Post	$ 550,000	B
=10	sabso	$ 550,000	A
13	Fleabane	$ 500,000	B
=14	Harvey Manfrenjensenden	$ 450,000	C
=14	King Tenz	$ 450,000	B
16	Wacky Tiger	$ 300,000	C
17	BRAB	$ 160,000	C
18	JuddgementDay	$ 150,000	C
19	Wickzki	$ 140,000	C
=20	fumbler	$ 110,000	C
=20	Hoos	$ 110,000	C
=20	Iva Bigun	$ 110,000	C
=20	tigerland_1720	$ 110,000	C
=24	hammer180	$ 100,000	ROOK
=24	HitTheNailOnTheHead	$ 100,000	ROOK

 

[Falconista]

Onto a club with one of the smaller salary caps. Two beloved experienced heads in lifer larrikin and veteran Biggie further help to lower the cap.

A significant amount of East Side's salary cap goes to their Demon recruits. Perennial rookie sausageroll is doing very nicely earning 600k more than they were in season 37 at the Dees. That is dwarfed by cats2rise whose value has more than doubled in the same time. Clearly Hawks HQ has shown no hesitation in opening the war chest to entice recruits.

Tarks and Guns remain well paid, as they were in the last instalment of this media, with TY24 joining them in the 900k club as testament to their growing stature. Meanwhile, the loyal Tadpole feels like a steal at 350k- might be time to renegotiate and ask for that loyalty to be converted to dollars. With more than half the list valued under 250k, the Hawks' wage composition worryingly resembles a pyramid.

Plenty of cap room here for the East Siders this offseason and a financial team happy to throw around big bucks. Which free agent will be next to join and will they be from Mount Buller?

Highest paid players: sausageroll (1.45m), cats2rise (1.2m), Callums_Guns (900k), Tarkyn_24 (900k) and TY24 (900k).​

Spoiler: Hawks player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	HAWKS	S40 Salary	TIER
1	sausageroll	$ 1,450,000	S
2	cats2rise	$ 1,200,000	A
=3	Callums_Guns	$ 900,000	A
=3	Tarkyn_24	$ 900,000	A
=3	TY24	$ 900,000	A
6	eth-dog	$ 600,000	B
7	Zoops	$ 400,000	C
8	Tadpole	$ 350,000	B
9	The Majestic	$ 300,000	C
10	boncer34	$ 250,000	C
=11	Biggie	$ 200,000	LIFER
=11	Giant Strides	$ 200,000	C
=11	Itsmyshow	$ 200,000	VET
14	SM	$ 170,000	C
15	larrikin	$ 150,000	C
=16	RU_	$ 130,000	C
=16	Shermy	$ 130,000	C
=18	A Bit Dusty	$ 110,000	C
=18	Drunkgoliath	$ 110,000	C
=18	haydo	$ 110,000	C
=18	jackenny	$ 110,000	C
=18	Loonerty	$ 110,000	C
=18	Red mist	$ 110,000	C
=18	reggie	$ 110,000	C
=18	The Blue Weirdo	$ 110,000	C

 

[Falconista]

With so many experienced players, the Wonders have cleverly arranged their finances so they have over 1.5 million sitting outside the cap with Clarkey's large salary and half of dogs105's off the books.

The Wonders list has a distribution of players in each tier leading to a staggered salary structure. At the upper end, six players take home 800k plus, including two players of the rookie class of S37 in Pamcake1 and Bfew. Additional recent recruits including Giant YoYo and BigChippa52 are also on good salaries showing the Ressie era of the Wonders has been good at nurturing young talent.

With plenty of cap space to play with, it will be intriguing to watch how the Wonders approach this upcoming offseason.

Highest paid players: AnUltimateRessie (1.3m), ClarkeM (1.1m), Pamcake1 (1m), BFew (900k), dogs105 (800k) and HARPSichord (800k).​

Spoiler: Wonders player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	WONDERS	S40 Salary	TIER
1	AnUltimateRessie	$ 1,300,000	S
2	ClarkeM	$ 1,100,000	LIFER
3	Pamcake1	$ 1,000,000	A
4	Bfew	$ 900,000	A
=5	dogs105	$ 800,000	VET
=5	HARPSichord	$ 800,000	B
7	okeydoke7	$ 600,000	B
8	Giant YoYo	$ 450,000	B
9	JT_the_Man	$ 400,000	C
=10	BallaratBulldog	$ 300,000	C
=10	BigChippa52	$ 300,000	C
=10	jezzajay	$ 300,000	C
13	croweater 41	$ 250,000	C
=14	Coopers	$ 200,000	C
=14	KBLT	$ 200,000	C
16	Roonescape	$ 180,000	C
=17	Oisin_the_Goat	$ 130,000	C
=17	Rubber Arm	$ 130,000	C
=17	SSwans2011	$ 130,000	C
=20	Blightys Barrel	$ 110,000	C
=20	Cubs2Lions	$ 110,000	C
=20	Floating Doughnut	$ 110,000	C
=20	LukeParkerno1	$ 110,000	C
=20	NinjaSwan	$ 110,000	C
=20	Ressies SwampPig	$ 110,000	C

 

[Falconista]

Now to the team with the smallest salary ledger in the league. The Roys, like the Wonders, do benefit from having loyal and experienced players with all of Mobbs' hefty salary and half of Mooch's off their books.

Since season 37 update, a significant number of 'rillas players have seen their salaries decrease. This is likely to accommodate Elmer and Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever, neither of whom listed at the time of the last analysis, who are both knocking on the door of the million dollar club. Good to see them being rewarded by Roys HQ for their posting performances.

It's well known that the Roys have plenty of long-time contributors who chip in with a couple of posts per match thread or two, and as such, have a number of players in the 150-300k salary range. With imminent leadership change, the Roys future is currently unclear to the general public. While the list and salary futures are up in the air, one is sure the Chudshakes will keep flowing.

Highest paid players: Mobbs (1.5m), Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever (900k), Elmer_Hauser (900k), DERRINALPHIL (750k) and Mooch (600k).​

Spoiler: Roys player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	ROYS	S40 Salary	TIER
1	Mobbs	$ 1,500,000	LIFER
=2	Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever	$ 900,000	A
=2	Elmer_Hauser	$ 900,000	A
4	DERRINALPHIL	$ 750,000	A
5	Mooch	$ 600,000	VET
6	Phar Ace	$ 500,000	B
7	3KZ is Football	$ 400,000	B
8	fitzroybowiedog	$ 300,000	B
=9	Mike	$ 200,000	C
=9	Chezzalenko Reborn	$ 200,000	C
=9	HinkleysHeroes	$ 200,000	C
=9	JackNah_8	$ 200,000	C
=9	royboy2	$ 200,000	C
=9	SpecialBruce	$ 200,000	C
15	Pure Grunt	$ 150,000	C
=16	CM86	$ 110,000	C
=16	Dicky Fitzwell	$ 110,000	C
=16	Eat Fresh	$ 110,000	C
=16	judge judy	$ 110,000	C
=16	killer	$ 110,000	C
=16	Reardo	$ 110,000	C
=16	Roylion	$ 110,000	C
=16	windyhill	$ 110,000	C

 

[Falconista]

Another of the smaller salary cap teams are the Furies. They do have one 'lifer' player with rfctigerarmy's full salary off their books and half of veteran Grockadoc's being league responsibility.

The Furies do have two very well-paid skippers with James Colorado and ShaunDuggan both earning every cent. Rucking star TRUMAN#1 is the only other Furies player on a substantial contract, befitting for his return to form both posting and qooty.

From there the salaries drop away pretty quickly with over half the squad on 150k or less. Never inactive in off seasons, the magenta and lime will no doubt be diligently attempting to add some more frequent posters to their squad.

Highest paid players: James Colorado (1.35m), ShaunDuggan (1.35m), TRUMAN#1 (800k), omgfridge (500k) and Orange crush (350k).​

Spoiler: Furies player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	FURIES	S40 Salary	TIER
1	James Colorado	$ 1,350,000	S
2	ShaunDuggan	$ 1,350,000	S
3	TRUMAN#1	$ 800,000	A
4	omgfridge	$ 500,000	B
5	Orange crush	$ 350,000	C
6	Frothies Mcveigh	$ 300,000	C
=7	crazywildhorse	$ 250,000	C
=7	NaturalDisaster	$ 250,000	C
=7	Pickitt	$ 250,000	C
=7	Sab22	$ 250,000	C
=7	Supersuns	$ 250,000	C
12	Greenery	$ 240,000	C
13	Chronz	$ 150,000	C
=14	rfctigerarmy	$ 130,000	LIFER
=14	Toump Ass	$ 130,000	C
=16	Bastyy	$ 120,000	C
=16	Frederico_WA	$ 120,000	C
=16	Grockadoc	$ 120,000	VET
=16	Shueygod	$ 120,000	C
=20	Edmund hunt	$ 110,000	C
=20	Feraligatr	$ 110,000	C
=20	JyeDye	$ 110,000	C
=20	krided	$ 110,000	C
=20	Rioli8217	$ 110,000	C
=20	Silky23	$ 110,000	C
=20	SplintWhisky	$ 110,000	C
=20	Stevi_Tigers	$ 110,000	C
=20	The Cryptkeeper	$ 110,000	C

 

[Falconista]

Baghdad continue on as one of the stronger lists in the league and this is reflected in a large salary cap. They've got one salary off their books in lifer iDon while chicken enthusiast, KohPhi, also has half their salary off the books.

Seven players have salaries topping 700k, including both current captains, two former captains and the never-dull, Raz. Beyond that, the drop off is not dramatic with another fourteen players on 250k or more. Recent Bombers WAbulldog and Irish BlueBagger form part of this contingent proving the future is bright.

The Bombers rarely go an offseason without bringing in at least one rookie, so it's probable that some players may need to take a wage cut in order to fit their newest batch of recruits under the cap.

Highest paid players: DemurePrincess (1.2m), Grav (1m), Kilroy (1m), Jabba73 (900k), BLUEALLTHRU (800k) and Bovo (800k).​

Spoiler: Bombers player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	BOMBERS	S40 Salary	TIER
1	DemurePrincess	$ 1,200,000	S
=2	Grav	$ 1,000,000	S
=2	Kilroy	$ 1,000,000	A
4	Jabba73	$ 900,000	A
=5	BLUEALLTHRU	$ 800,000	A
=5	Bovo	$ 800,000	A
7	Raz	$ 700,000	A
8	WAbulldog	$ 550,000	B
=9	Irish BlueBagger	$ 500,000	B
=9	SaintsSeptember	$ 500,000	B
11	CursingFijian	$ 450,000	B
=12	KohPhi	$ 400,000	VET
=12	norway blue	$ 400,000	B
=12	snozulu	$ 400,000	B
15	JoeldTrafford	$ 350,000	C
=16	ArdentEagle	$ 300,000	C
=16	Footy Is Good	$ 300,000	C
=16	HaroLad	$ 300,000	C
=16	iDon	$ 300,000	LIFER
=20	BoozedUP	$ 250,000	C
=20	TubbsFarquhar	$ 250,000	C
=22	The Sultan	$ 200,000	C
=22	tomjoad	$ 200,000	C
=24	JustaBattler	$ 150,000	C
=24	kickthething	$ 150,000	C
=26	Dadda Dave	$ 110,000	C
=26	MayTheNorthBeWithU	$ 110,000	C
=26	PaPaPete	$ 110,000	C
=29	hobotree	$ 100,000	ROOK
=29	Saint Kidding	$ 100,000	ROOK

 

[Falconista]

The Bears have an essentially full salary cap, falling not far short of the 13 million maximum. They have one player on veteran rates with half Matera92's wages off their books.

With tony in charge, it's unsurprising to see so much clever accounting of this list of big stars and big egos under the cap. Las Vegas have three million dollar players, all of whom increasing their remuneration substantially since s37.

Illustrating the strength of the list is that stars such as, but not limited to, por_please_ya, Ocha905 and Tandy are not in the million dollar club. Speaking of not in the million dollar club, tony has magnanimously taken a wage haircut to be the best valued thing you can buy at the 950k shop.

The Bears may well be the current pinnacle of a balanced Sweet FA squad list. Still, you can't rule out the Bears landing a big fish soon with one of tony's 'totes legit' mates organising an off the books farm payment, or similar.

Highest paid players: MWPP (1.2m), Chipmunk (1.15m), Millky95 (1.1m), tony (950k) and Ocha905 (850k).​

Spoiler: Bears player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	BEARS	S40 Salary	Tier
1	MWPP	$ 1,200,000	S
2	Chipmunk	$ 1,150,000	S
3	Millky95	$ 1,100,000	S
4	tony	$ 950,000	S
5	Ocha905	$ 850,000	A
6	por_please_ya	$ 800,000	A
=7	Cap	$ 700,000	A
=7	Tandy	$ 700,000	B
=7	Test Tickle	$ 700,000	A
10	JoshWoodenSpoon	$ 600,000	B
11	SSSSSS	$ 550,000	A
12	Electronic_Renaissance	$ 500,000	B
13	Matera92	$ 450,100	VET
14	Art Vandelay_	$ 450,000	B
15	RonnieRaven	$ 300,000	B
=16	Matele	$ 250,000	C
=16	RookiePick	$ 250,000	C
18	kane249	$ 200,000	C
=19	Grin	$ 130,000	C
=19	spinynorman	$ 130,000	B
=19	Tommycash	$ 130,000	C
=22	CountryLad	$ 110,000	C
=22	Fizzler	$ 110,000	C
=22	I Dont Care	$ 110,000	C
=22	Jezmiester40	$ 110,000	C
=22	JoseMourinho	$ 110,000	C
=22	Muddiemoose	$ 110,000	C
=22	Shadow Man	$ 110,000	C

 

[Falconista]

As you'd expect from a team with the moniker 'Royals', the top end of this club is very well paid. Five Royals take home $1m plus, with half of GreyCrow's contract now usefully off the books. Three further players earn 800k plus including two former club skippers and grumbleguts who, judging by their username, must think he is worth more.

Gold City have a good mid-tier core of players and this is reflected in the salaries with the club nearly able to fill a starting team of players on 200k or more.

Free agents are regularly linked to the Royals each off season (in ruour at least). They have the cash to land another, who will it be?

Highest paid players: Cadsky (1.25m), GreyCrow (1.2m), Brenton Davy (1m), Crimson Azure (1m) and Robertio (1m).​

Spoiler: Royals player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	ROYALS	S40 Salary	Tier
1	Cadsky	$ 1,250,000	S
2	GreyCrow	$ 1,200,000	VET
=3	Brenton Davy	$ 1,000,000	A
=3	Crimson Azure	$ 1,000,000	S
=3	Robertio	$ 1,000,000	A
=6	CakeEater	$ 850,000	A
=6	Footypie32	$ 850,000	A
8	grumbleguts	$ 800,000	A
9	hotchilli	$ 600,000	B
10	krakouers	$ 400,000	B
11	raskolnikov	$ 350,000	B
=12	Membling	$ 300,000	B
=12	Ulahoopski	$ 300,000	B
14	Nothing	$ 240,000	C
15	TasSixer	$ 230,000	C
16	Smartys Power	$ 220,000	C
17	Uncle_Leo	$ 150,000	C
18	NTRabbit	$ 140,000	C
=19	Hoop1888	$ 130,000	C
=19	jamesclean	$ 130,000	C
=19	Mr Cheese	$ 130,000	C
=22	Bianconeri	$ 110,000	C
=22	Golumless	$ 110,000	C
=22	gouki88	$ 110,000	C
=22	Memphis	$ 110,000	C
=22	MrPremiership	$ 110,000	C
=22	paraaaa	$ 110,000	C
=22	Pedro	$ 110,000	C
29	KingV23	$ 100,000	ROOK

 

[Falconista]

The Demons have a large cap but certainly benefit from having lifer Headless' salary off their books and the Hawks regularly borrowing a couple of their players.

Two million dollar players head the Dees salaries. Following that, it seems that the Demons may have taken a pact to accept a smaller salary for team stability. This is best exemplified by the fact that Mount Buller could name a full team sheet of players on 300k+. It's also quite the list coup to have Hall of Famers manangatang and Hate on just 500k.

All in all, a well structured list. Question is, do the Demons lose anyone to the Hawks this off season?

Highest paid players: Scythe (1.3m), Wosh (1.3m), moginie (900k), Headless (800k), All Aust (650k) and Yakker (650k).​

Spoiler: Demons player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	DEMONS	S40 Salary	Tier
=1	Scythe	$ 1,300,000	S
=1	Wosh	$ 1,300,000	S
3	moginie	$ 900,000	A
4	Headless	$ 800,000	LIFER
=5	All Aust	$ 650,000	A
=5	Yakker	$ 650,000	A
=7	Proper Gander	$ 600,000	A
=7	tgrs	$ 600,000	B
=9	Gralin	$ 500,000	ADMIN
=9	Hate	$ 500,000	B
=9	manangatang	$ 500,000	B
=12	Jatz	$ 400,000	B
=12	sante	$ 400,000	VET
=14	DemonJim	$ 350,000	C
=14	nahnah	$ 350,000	C
=14	p4p1	$ 350,000	C
=17	Bluelegs	$ 300,000	C
=17	cooney	$ 300,000	C
=17	DERO	$ 300,000	C
=17	jmoo wan	$ 300,000	C
=17	Kurve	$ 300,000	C
22	PMBangers	$ 180,000	C
23	Quivorir	$ 150,000	C
24	Marlowe	$ 120,000	C
=25	Heardy_101	$ 110,000	C
=25	Van_Dyke	$ 110,000	C
27​	tomcruise	$ 100,000	ROOK

 

[Falconista]

Breathe easy sportsmaniac, your Swamprats are not over the cap.

As was the case in s37, the Swampies combine some extremely good top-end talent combined with a lot of meh in the 'c tier'. No less than four players are in the million dollar club and league veteran MP_ is also on a good wicket. From there, the salaries drop off dramatically, however there are still oases in the desert including GotTheGoodes and GremioPower.

After a wobbly couple of seasons, things seem to have steadied in Sin City. The qooty world awaits what comes next for their list.

Highest paid players: sportsmaniac89 (1.3m), damicky (1.2m), jackster83 (1.1m), TheGoatBaron (1.1m) and MP_ (800k).​

Spoiler: Swamprats player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	SWAMPRATS	S40 Salary	TIER
1	sportsmaniac89	$ 1,300,000	S
2	damicky	$ 1,200,000	A
=3	jackster83	$ 1,100,000	S
=3	TheGoatBaron	$ 1,100,000	S
5	MP_	$ 800,000	A
6	SweetD	$ 500,000	C
=7	GremioPower	$ 350,000	B
=7	The_Reaper	$ 350,000	C
9	GotTheGoodes	$ 300,000	B
=10	ant555	$ 250,000	B
=10	Rodney Dangerfield	$ 250,000	C
=12	spookism	$ 200,000	C
=12	tigs2010	$ 200,000	C
=14	Ant Bear	$ 150,000	C
=14	BloodySwan	$ 150,000	C
=14	Firestarter	$ 150,000	C
=14	MrsEddieBetts	$ 150,000	C
=14	Power Raid	$ 150,000	VET
=19	edgie	$ 110,000	C
=19	HirdsTheWord	$ 110,000	C
=19	Jewelsbon	$ 110,000	C
=19	My Cotchin Rules	$ 110,000	C
=19	sataris	$ 110,000	C
=19	Shuestar13	$ 110,000	C
=19	Ticky009	$ 110,000	C
26​	Slingshot Footy	$ 100,000	C

 

[Falconista]

The Dragons benefit substantially from having a lifer and a veteran keeping a chunk of salary off their books. Captain Pie 4 Life's entire salary off the books, with half of ladder legend Ljp86's wage also coming from league, not club, coffers.

Four Dragons are comfortably members of the million dollar club. This includes the surging serial_thrilla who has finally bridged the gap to have an equal salary to Phenom. Not currently part of their highly-paid players are former skipper DragoDelph and club veteran Blaze Storm, so the Dragons have some prime cuts on bargain rates currently.

The Dragons have plenty of list and salary space, it remains to be seen if someone will stomach the prospect of being serial's team mate.

Highest paid players: T2B_ (1.6m), Strigoi (1.5m), PhenomenalV1 (1.2m), serial_thrilla (1.2m) and Pie 4 Life (700k).​

Spoiler: Dragons player salaries ranked in descending order

RANK	DRAGONS	S40 Salary	TIER
1	T2B_	$ 1,600,000	S
2	Strigoi	$ 1,500,000	S
=3	PhenomenalV1	$ 1,200,000	A
=3	serial_thrilla	$ 1,200,000	S
5	Pie 4 Life	$ 700,000	LIFER
6	Ljp86	$ 600,000	VET
7	Hatchy1992	$ 550,000	A
8	DragoDelph	$ 400,000	B
9	Blaze Storm	$ 350,000	B
10	Bradesmaen	$ 300,000	C
11	A Swallow	$ 250,000	C
=12	Chief	$ 200,000	C
=12	Ligma	$ 200,000	C
=14	Drizzy	$ 150,000	C
=14	freo84	$ 150,000	C
=14	Knifey Spoony	$ 150,000	C
=14	Purple Jesus	$ 150,000	C
=18	BringBackTheAnchor	$ 110,000	C
=18	DJ75	$ 110,000	C
=18	Ge3ks	$ 110,000	C
=18	HawkAussie	$ 110,000	C
=18	Lbaddie29	$ 110,000	C
=18	Mooresome	$ 110,000	C
=18	VandoHawk	$ 110,000	C