it improves the trading position of the team that losing a player.
We can't have both Lions and Suns being raided every year and getting nothing for it.
Scott Clayton suggests three-year draftee contracts: Good idea?
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We can't have both Lions and Suns being raided every year and getting nothing for it.
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In the NBA, players can only earn around 30% of the salary cap individually, which is referred to as a max contract. There is also a maximum amount of years each team can offer a player when discussing contracts, which is five for the original team and four with every other team in the league. The idea is that an extra year provides incentive for the player to stay loyal to their original team.
Maybe the AFL should be investigating a cap on the amount of years each team can offer a player and allow the original team to offer more? It would eliminate the ridiculous long contracts like Buddy Franklin's Sydney deal and probably increase the likelihood of retention. What do you think?
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Sure...but there are also advantages of being away from Melbourne, and the overall effect appears to be positive for such teams.
If it's a small minority as player manager Scott Lucas said today it's not a major issue.
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In fact forget the league
I like the idea of 3 year draftee deals for ALL clubs. Good for the kids and good for the clubs. This could benefit everyone, no need to just give it to some clubs.
given there are 10 teams in Vic, pretty hard to equalise travel. What's your solution?Great reply
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Get rid of some vic teams and move them interstate.
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They should look for players that aren't s**t.Newspaper said:
Really obvious move to make it 3 years for 1st round picks and a 3rd year option for 2nd and 3rd rounders.
Schache had his career in limbo thanks to coming out of contract mid year and unfair speculation.
It's all so the player managers can secure either a 3rd year on decent money up front or can hold out a bit and get an extension for years 3, 4 or even 5 for players who haven't done much at all.
Schache had his career in limbo thanks to coming out of contract mid year and unfair speculation.
It's all so the player managers can secure either a 3rd year on decent money up front or can hold out a bit and get an extension for years 3, 4 or even 5 for players who haven't done much at all.
Who would you get rid of? Where would you move them to?
I'd move North to Tassie, that's about it.
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And it looks like Clayton is out.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...st-manager-craig-cameron-20171113-gzk3fb.html
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...st-manager-craig-cameron-20171113-gzk3fb.html
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North, St Kilda and Western Bulldogs all moved and rebranded elsewhere
See its very easy to just throw names out, where are they moving to? Which other 3 markets could support a relocated team?
Moving those 3 doesnt equalise travel, theres no way to equalise it in a national comp, in a country as big as Australia.
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Max contracts should be a thing, and as per the NBA they should be earned. Fyfe, Martin, Danger, Franklin should be the highest paid players int he comp. Boyd, Scully (past), Lever etc. should not.
I'm not really a believer in 3 year contracts as I don't think the answer to players not wanting to stay at clubs is forcing them to as 18-20 year olds. Someone like Josh Schache for example as a two year player who hadn't done a whole heap should've been eligible for maybe 3 x $500k p.a. as his max deal, with say $50k p.a. as a Brisbane option. He could re-sign with the Lions for 3 x $500k, but if he wanted to join the Dogs (it's a hypothetical, so let's assume he didn't re-sign then be traded later) he could only take 3 x $450k. Carrot over stick, anyway. If a player wants to leave and earn less then there's only so much you can do.
What I would support is contracts being enforceable and tradeable. You sign for 5 years x $500k then that's what you get. If someone comes along after two years and offers you $1m a year then stiff s**t, you can be traded but only for the balance of your contract.
All contracts should also be standard form of X years x Y dollars. No front/back ending.
Maybe he got homesick?
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Like Gaz, Caddy....
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Really the guy who wanted to return to help his family going through a really rough time. Stay classy you campaigner.
something has too be done , does not happen with other major sporting codes , makes us look stupid. the AFL needs too make a statement to curb these kids before it undermines the national compitition
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I would like for a draftee to nominate their contract length before the draft, each length would have signing bonuses attached so they weren't at risk of missing out financially. Meanwhile the signing bonus, although paid up front, is spread over the entire term of the deal.
2 year standard = $0 signing bonus
3 year = $200,000 signing bonus
4 year = $450,000 signing bonus
5 year = $700,000 signing bonus
Etc.
Obviously clubs would need to balance whether a player is good enough to warrant an initial contract of five years but that would be mitigated knowing that if the player is rated top two and only wants the 2 year deal, he probably wants to head somewhere else after.
2 year standard = $0 signing bonus
3 year = $200,000 signing bonus
4 year = $450,000 signing bonus
5 year = $700,000 signing bonus
Etc.
Obviously clubs would need to balance whether a player is good enough to warrant an initial contract of five years but that would be mitigated knowing that if the player is rated top two and only wants the 2 year deal, he probably wants to head somewhere else after.
Clayton also had another brilliant idea back in 2007 when he was with us.
Picking Jarrad Grant at 5 instead Danger, Rance or Cyril.
Blow softened slightly as other clubs picked Morton, Myers and Henderson so other clubs,in hindsight, ****** up as well.
Picking Jarrad Grant at 5 instead Danger, Rance or Cyril.
Blow softened slightly as other clubs picked Morton, Myers and Henderson so other clubs,in hindsight, ****** up as well.
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