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That's a cruel and unusual punishment I wouldnt inflict on my worst enemy. Maybe you should heed your own insulting advice ... and then you might not contradict yourself. Others will judge who is the knob.

According to you in your OP: If the issue was forced then according to you then Tom would be playing at Casey for the rest of the season.

You seem to be failing to grasp the point. The club clearly does want to sign Scully now and wait to sign Bailey - there's nothing hypocritcal about that - it's just good business. The point is that the suggestion that Scully should decide to sign now but that it's OK for the club to wait...

There's no evidence that existing player contracts are indexed. As a elite young player in demand Tom could rightly expect a premium rather than just a proportion of the increase. If I was him I would wait.

pitiful - I'm comparing the claim that an employee should immediately commit to the club while the club should not be required to immediately commit to an employee.

Try reading my post - they'll have $5.5M/year in the first two years to spend on uncontracted players. They could spend $1.5M/year each on 2 elite players for 2 years and still have $2.5M left to spend on other uncontracted players like Harbrow in those years. I reckon they'd be rapt if they...

That's not what you posted. Yes GWS may have salary cap problems in future because they have lots of stars but it won't be because they are over-paying uncontracted players - they can pre-pay them

Dean Bailey's contract is up at the end of the season - should the club sign him NOW or wait and see what happens? If it's good for the club to wait on signing Dean then it's hypocritical to demand that Tom signs now. The AFLPA are pushing for a big increase in the salary cap - $50M per year...

I think you're missing the point that GWS will very heavily front-load the contracts of these players because they will have massive room in their salary cap in the first 2-3 years. They'll sell it to the players as a sign-on bonus and their salary in later years of their first contract will be...

7 of the 9 things in my meal last night were fruits or vegetables but I'm not a vegan.

They enable a FIXTURE that's the same from year to year with just the venue alternating based on the home team - in many cases even the venue won't alter because the opposing teams play at the same ground.

Overall excellent suggestions ... 1.) Play extra time in the Grand Final if scores are tied Yes 2.) Have the Umpire throw the ball, not bounce it.... at all times Yes 3.) Eliminate the priority pick Yes 4.) Introduce a lottery for the number one pick Yes 5.) Introduce a big financial...

That's simply not true - the new media deal will be negotiated this year which is expected to increase revenue to the AFL and the clubs and therefore enable an increase in the TPP. And the AFLPA is on record that they want a bigger share of the media deal money which will increase the increase...

Quit while you're ahead - they'll drag you down to their level. There's great incentive for Scully to hold off signing a new contract until the end of the year when the TPP is much bigger. I'd love to negotiate contracts with these people who say "I'm definitely selling and I'm only...

FMG! "OK great Tom, fantastic, here's your new MFC contract offer - 10 years for $1"

His management have already said why - the new broadcast rights are negotiated this year, the AFL revenue is expected to rise as a result, the AFLPA is aiming for a larger slice of this larger revenue and there's a very good chance the salary cap will significantly increase. Scully's management...

Nixon just should never have been alone in a hotel room with SKSG in the first place - that shows a terminal lack of professional judgement - and all the rest is all downhill from there. His player manager career is over. But the problem is: can the AFL community afford to just cut him...

Re: Tricky Ricky's Alledged Tryst with Schoolgirl - PART TWO What outcome? The law doesn't have to be broken for there to be an "outcome". How about losing your reputation, your relationship with family and your livelihood - I'd call that an "outcome". The public's view is highly relevant...

Re: North lashes out at critics Because we're delivering our end of the bargain - we've eliminated debt so that the SD is not being wasted on interest payments, we've significantly increased membership, we've significantly increased profit and we're showing a trend where we won't require SD...

Re: North lashes out at critics That the fundamental basis of Tas and Spurk's argument spending is required to be successful on field to generate revenue - I've acknowledged that it's a sound argument. But that spending has resulted in over 1/3rd of AFL special assistance going in interest...

Re: North lashes out at critics OK I have sympathy with your position - North have to spend on new facilities and their FD to compete - on-field results delivers memberships, sponsorships, better broadcast schedulling and therefore revenue - it's an upwards spiral. If the AFL...

Thought James was the worst McDonald brother. Had high hopes for Daniel Bell.

Re: North on the Brink $7M debt @ 7% is $500K/year to service it - that's double North's profit and 1/3rd of the AFL assistance they receive. This cannot be a good situation.

Re: Do we have enough top 20,s for a side? Yeah those Ablett and Scarlett draft picks ...

Your example is flawed because HS content is not primarily media analysis - they're not generally in the business of commentating on News Ltd's business, whereas the AFL site's primary content is, not surprisingly, about the AFL. There's is NO WAY an article gets on that site without AFL...

And the tooth fairy left you $2? When was the last time there was an article critical of the AFL on their site? N-E-V-E-R!!! If "it's just journos, doing what they do. Speculating." then this wouldn't be the case - there'd be articles questioning AFL policy from time to time. You're...

Not necessarily, as Nathan Buckley said post-match, the AFL may be trying to differentiate the NAB Cup from the regular season and have a few unique rules.

As a Melbourne supporter with all my natural bias showing I will be devasted if Scully goes to GWS - we've been bereft of stars since Flower and Scully is a certainty to be the star we've longed for. There is no doubt that it would hurt our future premiership chances in a big way and that's all...

That's a good post - both points. Jamar was hugely influential in both games - played out of his skin and it's no co-incidence that Davey got 3 Brownlow votes in both games.