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When you pay below 100% of the TTP in a given year you can then pay above it by the same amount in the following year. I think there might also be a 2 year rollover window.As I understand it, there is a salary cap and a salary floor.
AFL salary cap
The salary cap, known officially as Total Player Payments, was A$13,540,000 for the 2022 season, with a salary floor of $12,863,000.
So, I don't understand how clubs get these big war chests?
Can someone please explain?
So in theory we could have paid 95% (the TTP floor) of the cap in 2023 and 2024 which would then allow us to go 110% in 2025. Factor in existing back-ended deals finishing and players leaving the list (retirement, trade, etc.) into the total and you could potentially have a lot of cap space to go spend.
Though I suspect some clubs just go out and backend long ass deals and then worry about how they fit it in 5 years later.