Salary Cap Punishment

[James2]

In the many threads based on the salary cap, many have argued that the current punishments, are inconsistent and fail to discourage breachs ( even minor ) of the salary cap.

I would suggest following the NBA, who have dealt out some punitive punishments for salary cap offences.

They would include:

1) Charge, fine and suspend the club officials involved in the breach.
2) Fine the club a substantial amount (nothing less then $100,000).
3) Ban the club from the draft.
4) If the player involved is on the veterans list, they should be removed and not be replaced.
5) Force the player involved, to accept the minimum wage, or leave the club.
6) Fine the player and manager.

IMO, the first three should be mandatory punishments, although the AFL Commission would have discretion over some issues, such as the length of the suspension. This would depend on how serious the breach was.

The last two, would be discretionary measures; only used for substantial breaches of the cap.

Who agrees???

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[NEON]

Sounds fine but teh AFL would need a seperate set of rules for Carlton.
Can't have them punished that much surely?

 

[Pessimistic]

We have to be reasonable with these rules

How would you feel if tomorrow you were fined, put on minimum wage or 'suspended' - I don't think you'd think it was fair.

Fines for Melees indiscretions etc are a bit rich from an employer to an employee. OK so they're against the rules but the AFL visibly promotes the game with footage of players being violent - a double standard which probably wouldn't stand up.

Socialistic

 

[McKenna for PM]

I think we have to correctly discern oversighted breaches and blatant cheating (ie. Carlton). And a breach is the fault of the management, so why punish the player?

And to pessimistic - I don't understand, whilst I agree about melees, what does that have to do with this?

 

[James2]

If the AFL wants to get rid of salary cap offences, then they need to impose harsh punishments. If a club knows that they will be heavily fined, loss an administrator(s) and be banned from the draft, as a minimum, then they will think very carefully about breaching the salary cap. I doubt whether many breachs are mere oversights, most would be deliberate.

I regard to paying minimum wages or becoming a free agent, this would only occur where a breach resulted in the player staying at a club or moving to another club. Quite clearly, the intention is to make the player a free agent, so clubs don't benefit from salary cap breaches.

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[CJH]

James,

I agree in principle. Punishment should be uniform and applied consistently. It should be sever enough to act as a deterrent. I believe it should also fall under the jurisdiction of an independant body such as the AFL Tribunal.

This would remove any perceived conlicts of interest such as that existing between the AFL and Carlton.

You points 4,5 and 6 would only be valid if it is one player that has caused the breach as in the recent Bradley incident. I am not sure if all cases would always be that simple. What if you were paying 10 midfielders an extra $20K per year to keep them happy. You cannot really expect to ban all 10 of them.

I think you points 1, 2 and 3 are valid. The consequences of breaching the salary cap should be stiff enough to act as a deterrent. This will therefore limit the need to enforce any such punishment.

Hopefully!

I also agree with a poster on a recent separate thread who suggested a fine of 'match points'. This would be definitely one thing that would make the electorate of any club administrator restless, any would be a significant deterrent.



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