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Salary cap is way bigger now. 17 million was the Salary cap in 2024. It is now 17.7 million dollars in 2025.

It might hit 20 million dollars per club when Tassie comes in the comp in 2028.

You are a swans fan. I knew how you guys fitted Kurt Tippet on your salary cap in 2012.

You had Daniel Bradshaw on your list for 3 seasons on $600,000 a year. He played in 2010, retired in the middle of 2011. You still had to pay out his final year on his deal for that 2012 season.

Swans won the flag in 2012. So Swans had around $1.5 to $2 million freed up. For 3 reasons.

1. Dan Bradshaw's contract was up. So that's $600,000 freed up.

2. Like most sides, swans cut or traded their dead wood. So that is 4 or 5 players on $200-$300,000 a year. So that's $1- 1.5 million freed up there.

3. Salary cap increases every year. So the cap went up $500-$600,000 that season.

Tippett eventually filled Dan Bradshaw's spot both in full forward position and wages.