Some reports that up to $1m of Griffens' salary will be paid by the Bulldogs over 4 years. If this is correct, whose salary cap does it come under?
Ok read the Age story about up to $1mil of Griffen's salary. So this is how it might work.
In the 2013 AFL annual report on page 116 it has the $100k salary bands of what players got paid and there are 22 players who got paid $700k or more in 2013. I would expect 1 player from each club to be in this group of 22 which would mean Griffen is in there. They are 2013 figures and the story talks about Griffen being under contract for 2015 with the Bulldogs so we allow for a bit of indexation in his contract. So he could be on $850k-$900k in 2015 with is base payments + match payments + bonuses etc. So the Bulldogs pay Griffen's 2015 contract ie $850k+ is close to $1mil and the journo has poetic licence to stretch that to $1mil and over the 4 year deal, when in fact it will only be for monies owed to Griffen during 1st November 2014 to 31st October 2015 period. But over 4 years sounds better.
From the article it looks like GWS will be paying Boyd's 2015 salary, which could be as high as $200k if he plays all 22 games.
This is pretty logical as both clubs would have done forward planning to make sure they stay within the cap next year - as well as have plans for the next few years cap - and in a few months time would have been doing their final planning for their 2016 cap and who they can squeeze in and offer what amounts for new contracts. So the two clubs paying players no longer on their lists, means they dont have stuff ups with their caps.