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Strategy Which clubs will adapt better to the new spending environment, and which will suffer?
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AFL sets new 'soft cap' on club spending
The AFL will restrict clubs to a monthly budget that is nearly 37 per cent less than what they were allowed to spend on football, pre-pandemic.
Soft cap reduced by 37%, $9.7 down to $6.1 million.
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Means the 25 - 30 staff will be the norm going forward
AFL sets new 'soft cap' on club spending
The AFL will restrict clubs to a monthly budget that is nearly 37 per cent less than what they were allowed to spend on football, pre-pandemic.www.theage.com.au
Soft cap reduced by 37%, $9.7 down to $6.1 million.
Down from how many staff?
I expect that a 37% reduction in spending does not equate to a 37% reduction in staff. There'll be pay cuts to factor in so that 37% saving might see 20% of staff gone. I have made that figure up, it may be more or less, but I think it is a reasonable assumption to expect salaries to be reduced.
And there will be people let go who didn't add as much as they were paid. They were employed to try to find that miniscule edge over the opposition. They may have added 1% but took up 3% of the salary cap.
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It was quoted in an article Richmond have over 50 footballing staff pre covid
I would expect more than 25-30 footballing staff at Richmond post-Covid then.
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The home ground will also help pay the debt back pretty quick.
Are Geelong planning to get out of pokies?
I wish they would but I doubt it. Clubs will only give up pokies if they are forced to.
The home ground has left us with considerable debt, which is fine (and better than fine) when it is being used, a bit of a problem when it isn't.
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Interesting by North, getting rid of a very successful W coach to cut costs.
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AFLW: Gowans to depart
North Melbourne has made the difficult decision not to renew the contract of AFLW coach, Scott Gowans.
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Is it true the aflw soft cap is seperate to the afl soft cap and hence a reason why the above move was madeInteresting by North, getting rid of a very successful W coach to cut costs.
AFLW: Gowans to depart
North Melbourne has made the difficult decision not to renew the contract of AFLW coach, Scott Gowans.
to shift crockers wage off our soft cap and onto the aflw one instead
Hopefully this sort of manoeuvre isnt happening, moving the deck chairs - not a shot at North, it'd be sloppy admin by the AFL.
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Caro - and the evidence - suggesting Richmond not adapting well at all.
Cutting Balme and Hartley out in favour of day to day performance staff maybe not the right call.
www.theage.com.au
Cutting Balme and Hartley out in favour of day to day performance staff maybe not the right call.
Richmond lacking leadership in tough times
The Tigers of this bleak 2020 winter seem negative, unprepared, unwilling to bring their trademark pressure and at times even searching for excuses.
AFL sets new 'soft cap' on club spending
The AFL will restrict clubs to a monthly budget that is nearly 37 per cent less than what they were allowed to spend on football, pre-pandemic.
Soft cap reduced by 37%, $9.7 down to $6.1 million.
Is that a forced spend? If so, I suppose we can reallocate some baseball or Esports costs to meet the spend requirement.
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Not like you to back Caro on her views JeanLuc? Interesting opinion piece by her though.Caro - and the evidence - suggesting Richmond not adapting well at all.
Cutting Balme and Hartley out in favour of day to day performance staff maybe not the right call.
Richmond lacking leadership in tough times
The Tigers of this bleak 2020 winter seem negative, unprepared, unwilling to bring their trademark pressure and at times even searching for excuses.
I’m sure like many journos, she will deny this view if we recover and end up having a good year.
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Yeah it doesn't sit well with me either.
But Richmond did go down one tack - protect front line coaching/conditioning staff at all costs.
Not sure it is right move.
When Caro formally left The Age Chief Football Writer job, she did a big retrospective on her career, every story she'd ever done - yet the whole 2006/07 Gold Coast was not mentioned.
It really is only an opinion piece. Might be a case of short-term pain for long-term gain here. Obviously ideal to be winning, but we proved last year that a team doesn't has to win early as long as they win late. This season (and following seasons) still has a long way to go.
Who did North cut to pass Cunnington fit? Definitely not the right call.Caro - and the evidence - suggesting Richmond not adapting well at all.
Cutting Balme and Hartley out in favour of day to day performance staff maybe not the right call.
Richmond lacking leadership in tough times
The Tigers of this bleak 2020 winter seem negative, unprepared, unwilling to bring their trademark pressure and at times even searching for excuses.
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Sadly not true, clubs will just use more interns and volunteers than they already do to make up the difference.
The bigger clubs will continue to pay for the better coaches, performance staff etc. and just get free labour to make up the rest
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How did that work out?
North set for extended stay
North Melbourne’s playing group and staff are set to be based in Queensland for the next two and a half months.
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Three wins on the trot since Caro wrote this article. Maybe not the right call from her.Caro - and the evidence - suggesting Richmond not adapting well at all.
Cutting Balme and Hartley out in favour of day to day performance staff maybe not the right call.
Richmond lacking leadership in tough times
The Tigers of this bleak 2020 winter seem negative, unprepared, unwilling to bring their trademark pressure and at times even searching for excuses.
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Interesting from Caro here
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AFL fans to the rescue
Only 1 per cent of club members have requested refunds. And the Blues are planning to immortalise the names of 2020 members in stone.
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Have not read the article but immortalise in stone , fair crack.. it is sports ffs ..Interesting from Caro here
AFL fans to the rescue
Only 1 per cent of club members have requested refunds. And the Blues are planning to immortalise the names of 2020 members in stone.
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Clubs at this stage seem to be removing their full time staff around the edges of the football program. Will probably result in those positions getting replaced by part-time employees, volunteers and interns.
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