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Kane has really triggered me on this post. He's the SAME GUY that'd say (if we lost the grand final) "is Mcclugage really an 800k player? Should they have signed berry for 500k for 5 years?".
Hipwood certainly took less money for more years - he isn't on heaps. Harris has taken less for team success. Doedee signed because Adelaide low balled him.
Levi and Will both signed 4 year deals - if we sign Allan for 5 for example - that overlaps most of Levi's.
Also, good teams who have talented players lose a few - that's the beauty of an equalized comp.
He should be celebrating the work of Dom Ambrogio to get us to this point.
Finally - Neale, Cameron, Zorko roll off the cap in the next 3 years. We'll have room.
This. Will and Levi’s deals are already budgeted for though we’ll need to start thinking about Will’s big extension for when he is out of contract next.
I can’t see how we’d have an issue bringing in an expensive key forward.
Last point is that salary cap spending is not equivalent between teams - most of the teams currently not trying to win are rolling around at 95% spend, we are pretty clearly going to be close to 100%.
Those teams should be banking that extra space and attracting players but the evidence is pretty clear that players are willing to take slightly less to stay/join a successful environment.