Well, as a non-Geelong supporter I thought it was a pretty good article. I assumed, being the best player in the game, he would have earned something that would reflect his value to the club. Assuming this article is factually correct, I can imagine a simmering resentment towards Geelong building up over time when he looks at what he has contributed as a function of what he earns compared with say a Goddard, Fev, Hall (except for this year), Kerr, etc. His contract will no doubt be much more significant if he does re-sign with Geelong in comparison to his last contract, but you can forgive a guy for thinking that he is probably also due the lost earnings of the past 3 years. This is what GC will give him.
Football is a team sport and people make sacrifices for the team, but when a personal situation is so out-of-wack, then he needs to also think about life. I am sure that the fondest moments of his career, in retrospect, will be the flags that he played in for Geelong, but at the end of the day, he does deserve to be paid something close to his market value and he needs to make up for lost opportunity. Life is bigger than football, and I suspect there would be one or two posters on bigfooty who are earning more that GAJ right now.
