How much should Kurt Tippett's new contract be worth?

[cmndstab]

They're probably setup so that they offset each other (against other players incentives). If so it would be a complicated puzzle to get right, but i can see how it would work.

Take a simplified example, where the list manager decides that we're going to play either Tippett or McKernan each game - but never both at once. (for illustration purposes only!). Each could then have match payment, and other KPI incentives that add value to their individual contracts, but as a club we would only need count them once.

If this is the case then playing for a side like GWS or GC becomes even more appealing - a high salary, and nobody else to take your incentives away from you!


alex - I wonder if you're correct? It seems to me that the difference from highest payout to low payout could be in the order of million of dollars, and we could end up below the 92.5% threshold or whatever it is.


I also wonder about "front-loading" contracts. It seems accepted that it's done in football, but is it actually done? Perhaps you promise to play a certain player whatever is left out of your salary cap after all the incentives are done as a lump payment, and that gets taken out of future payments?

 

[Allefgib]

If we're below we can just everyone a percentage bonus to hit the minimum cap right?

 

[cmndstab]

That seems like a dodgy way to do things... but yes, I suppose we could.

 

[skoobydoo]

Why can't the AFL issue some sort of a general simplified statement re the current requirements and assessment/interpretation for the salary cap........or are there just too many variables?

 

[Freddy Bassett]

Simple way to sort it out....

All players receive equal MATCH payments....

Therefore you kow exactly how much you must outlay.. Obviously 22games x 22players = 484 match payments.

If those match payments come to 15% of the annual salary cap....

You know you can not have player contracts, excluding match payments, above 85% of salary cap.

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

What is Tippett worth - about 75-80% of what we are prepared to pay Walker.....