If Bolton wants to break his contract with Richmond and play for Freo, why does Freo or Richmond need to cover his wage?
I see a lot of, he'll come to Freo but Richmond will pay some of this wage. Surely he forgoes anything in the Richmond contract and he works out with Freo how much he gets paid.
Yes, that is what happens. A new contract is drawn up, but a team can still have the old team pay part of a new contract.
It’s why we’ve been shafted a few times because players have left towards the end of their contracts when they’re on the lower dollars.
Front loading may be good to entice a player over, but harder to keep them at the end if they’re about the money, which is what Lobb, Henry, Hill, Neale and others would’ve been about.
I think we’ve learned from that and are signing long deals and salaries are likely spread systematically.
If Bolton is on $1.1 over next 4 years I think we’ll try to smooth it out over say 6 years with a slight increase and ask Richmond to cover some.
Maybe $5.5 total over 6. Richmond pay off $1.5 over next ~3 years. Effectively $4million over 6 years, but we’ll pay overs with picks.
I feel it will go down like this.