Think Tank Should interstate sides have their salary cap reduced?

[zackah]

As Wooshette pointed out in another thread interstate sides travel much more frequently than the Melbourne sides:

WEST COAST
Distance travelled: 69,840km
RICHMOND
Distance travelled: 18,538km

Using a calculation of 1 point per km and extrapolating out over a 15 year career that means that Perf based players receive an additional 769,530 frequent flyer points (or 19.2 bogan bali trips) over their lifetime AFL employment (sure they have to fly Virgin, but still).

This is a shocking statistic that must be addressed. This is nothing but an additional COLA given to interstate sides on top of their salary cap and puts pressure on the Victorian based teams (Essendon, Carlton, Collingwood, Geelong, Richmond, Melbourne, Dogs & St Kilda) to compete.

This goes against everything the AFL stands for with equalisation and Gil should act swiftly.

Given frequent flyer miles are managed by the airlines directly the only feasible way I can see this being addressed adequately is for the interstate sides to have their salary cap reduced accordingly.

Discuss.

 

[Austin_McCrabbs]

 

[Bleeeeeeeeep]

I reserve my right to make a judgement until I see a pie chart of the OP.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

 

[Slammer]

Correct AFL terminology for the uneducated is......"Non-Victorian" sides.

 

[RedVest4]

 

[Tom_Thumb]

This is easily fixed. Every weekend there should be 2 AFL games at our new Supa Stadium. Make all those broke arsed Victorian Pensioner clubs come over here and spend their money at the Casino and rack up the flyer points.

 

[Ronnie Baby]

Yes, the 16 interstate sides should all have their salaries reduced

Who in their right mind doesn't want to see a Q clash GF?

 

[BigBirdz]

Even better, We should just scrap the salary cap all together.

 

[Bokonon_]

Even better, We should just scrap the salary cap all together.

Well ok
who do you think's gonna have to pay our huge salary bill

 

[BigBirdz]

Well ok
who do you think's gonna have to pay our huge salary bill

Memberships

 

[Bokonon_]

Memberships

Yours?

 

[Stronzo]

By interstate you mean non-Victorian.

 

[bombersfan4000]

Well the swans and gws get cola due to cost of living in Sydney

The power, crows, lol Norf and Whorks should get less for their salary cap due to Tasmania and Adelaide being crap holes and cost of living is far cheaper

 

[zackah]

By interstate you mean non-Victorian.

Melbourne being the home (and heart and soul) of afl is the epicentre of the game. The fact interstate sides are receiving unfair player benefits over and above the salary cap when sides that form part of the true heritage of the game are being discriminated against is discraceful

 

[BigBirdz]

Yours?

No yours.. you might be able to keep 2 players

 

[Bokonon_]

No yours.. you might be able to keep 2 players

We're ****ed then

 

[vjknight]

I've always said Collingwood were disadvantaged.

Finally a valid reason.

Thanks Zack......

 

[perplexed]

Also. Why don't the Adelaide teams get a COLD (cost of living deduction) for living in a peasant village? The players live like kings over there. This is why they have no problems with player retention.

The competition is rigged against the Victorian teams.

 

[Jpw22511]

We need a Victorian biased board for all these flogs.

Chief

 

[Chief]

We need a Victorian biased board for all these flogs.

Chief

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/forums/house-of-cucks.270/

 

[jedi mind tricks]

Hawks and Norf are interstate teams

Freo should increase theirs to offset the cost of living in Cockburn. Cup of coffee costs more at Cockburn Arc than Miss Mauds

 

[Coach_Required]

We should go one step further and just give all Non-Vic teams a flag each to even things up and make them feel better.

I'll tell you why Non-Vic teams cant win the one that counts and its because they are all ****ing soft.

 

[wal]

Why would Victorians want frequent flyer points? Victoria is the centre of the universe!

 

[go you pups]

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