Alex Condon (Future Cat B Candidate?)

[soreplums]

So does that mean we offer him an eight year contract and front load the crap out of it?

 

[Mollythedolly]

So does that mean we offer him an eight year contract and front load the crap out of it?

Cox originally got about $130k and a car from memory. Based on equivalence of what he’d earn if he didn’t come and took a job in the US. While I like your thinking, have to assume Condon wouldn’t be coming without an offer of something like 3 years @ $200k+

 

[Apex36]

Cox originally got about $130k and a car from memory. Based on equivalence of what he’d earn if he didn’t come and took a job in the US. While I like your thinking, have to assume Condon wouldn’t be coming without an offer of something like 3 years @ $200k+

Heard it was closer to $300k. He would have earned more than $130k as an engineer coming out of college, we needed to offer him a pretty sweet deal to pick up his life to move over the other side of the world to play a sport that he had a low chance to succeed at.

 

[sideswipe]

Heard it was closer to $300k. He would have earned more than $130k as an engineer coming out of college, we needed to offer him a pretty sweet deal to pick up his life to move over the other side of the world to play a sport that he had a low chance to succeed at.

Coxy makes it sound like him and his brother began the negotiation like a Brennan Huff and Dale Doback job interview.

 

[TheVillageIdiot7]

Haven't looked it up, but logic says its only the prescribed minimum that would sit outside the cap. Same treatment as for Cat A rookie payments.

Its the full "football payments".
Different to Cat A which is only the base wage that sits outside the cap.

I looked it up a while ago.

Of course, definitions inside the document of what constitutes "football payments" is not something i could be bothered delving into.

Edit: just saw your later post......as you were.

 

[Vinnie Vegas]

That’s a lot for a first year grad in any country.

Not when you're a petroleum engineer at ExxonMobil - They compensate heavily because the work is evil. Like working in mining in Australia. A petroleum engineer for an oil company did a breakdown of salary on reddit that said total compensation for a Petroleum Engineer graduate is currently around $200k, so $130k back then isn't an unreasonable figure at all.

 

[Mollythedolly]

Heard it was closer to $300k. He would have earned more than $130k as an engineer coming out of college, we needed to offer him a pretty sweet deal to pick up his life to move over the other side of the world to play a sport that he had a low chance to succeed at.

Guess it depends what you hear. I heard $130k. May have been equivalent of US$130k but in 2013-14 we were just below parity so that wouldn’t have made much difference. Just checked current salaries for US petrochemical engineers (seemed to recall that’s his qual) and entry level is less than $80k, top end $150-160k so $130k with a car thrown in is a good package. Assume we’d have covered his accommodation as well.

 

[sr36]

So does that mean we offer him an eight year contract and front load the crap out of it?

I doubt it. What's he worth in year 4? Anything from nothing - get him off our list - do not upgrade - to a lot.

I think it'll be 3 years on a heap more than what rookies usually get. I can't see why else he has committed to us from so far out. Is there a benefit?

 

[Mollythedolly]

Not when you're a petroleum engineer at ExxonMobil - They compensate heavily because the work is evil. Like working in mining in Australia. A petroleum engineer for an oil company did a breakdown of salary on reddit that said total compensation for a Petroleum Engineer graduate is currently around $200k, so $130k back then isn't an unreasonable figure at all.

Seems it depends on your source but the average salary is currently $137k according to mine so allowing it’s 11 years since Cox signing I’m happy with my recall.

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[Apex36]

Guess it depends what you hear. I heard $130k. May have been equivalent of US$130k but in 2013-14 we were just below parity so that wouldn’t have made much difference. Just checked current salaries for US petrochemical engineers (seemed to recall that’s his qual) and entry level is less than $80k, top end $150-160k so $130k with a car thrown in is a good package. Assume we’d have covered his accommodation as well.

It’s a good package for someone who doesn’t have to leave his home country, friends and family and travel across the other side of the planet. Not so much someone in Cox’s situation with his qualifications and a high paying job offer already on the table.

It was said at the time he had an offer on the table from Mobilexxon that was the rough equivalent of $200k AUD.

 

[Apex36]

Seems it depends on your source but the average salary is currently $137k according to mine so allowing it’s 11 years since Cox signing I’m happy with my recall.

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Whatever the actual number was, it’s been reported in multiple outlets that he was offered a job with a six figure starting salary as a mechanical engineer (easily found on google). It’s unlikely that an AFL offer would have been the equivalent of it, more likely significantly better in order to entice him over (and there were multiple clubs chasing his signature too which we need to take in to account).

 

[Mollythedolly]

Whatever the actual number was, it’s been reported in multiple outlets that he was offered a job with a six figure starting salary as a mechanical engineer (easily found on google). It’s unlikely that an AFL offer would have been the equivalent of it, more likely significantly better in order to entice him over (and there were multiple clubs chasing his signature too which we need to take in to account).

More than happy for you to believe whatever you want. I’m very comfortable the figures I’ve quoted for his initial deal are much closer to the mark.

 

[manicpie]

I'm going to call him condom until we see him in the flesh. He's a fake euphoria atm

 

[swoop42]

Harry Dementia and Alex Condom.

 

[Tadpole]

I'm going to call him condom until we see him in the flesh. He's a fake euphoria atm

As long as he doesn't have any holes, or let too much through.

 

[Jelly Bean]

It’s a good package for someone who doesn’t have to leave his home country, friends and family and travel across the other side of the planet. Not so much someone in Cox’s situation with his qualifications and a high paying job offer already on the table.

It was said at the time he had an offer on the table from Mobilexxon that was the rough equivalent of $200k AUD.

Well to be fair, he does have leave his home state, friends, and family and travel across the entire country, so it's not entirely without disruption. But yeah, less.

 

[Granit1962]

I'm going to call him condom until we see him in the flesh. He's a fake euphoria atm

Well, I thought that was his nickname until one of comrades' spell checked me

 

[Jen2310]

Game v Southern IL

8 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists

 

[Copeland]

Game v Southern IL

8 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists

That doesnt sound earth shattering, not that I know much about basketball.

 

[Jen2310]

That doesnt sound earth shattering, not that I know much about basketball.

me neither. I'm only going off the stats.

 

[TradeDraft]

That doesnt sound earth shattering, not that I know much about basketball.

It's not

Poor Numbers

 

[Granit1962]

Hopefully he is turning his thoughts to AFL

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

Well to be fair, he does have leave his home state, friends, and family and travel across the entire country, so it's not entirely without disruption. But yeah, less.

He is from Dallas and went to Oklahoma State University. It's a four-hour drive.

 

[sr36]

He is from Dallas and went to Oklahoma State University. It's a four-hour drive.

I think it was a reference to Condon being from WA.

 

[76woodenspooners]

for those following his stats, 3 point shooting has become almost an essential requirement to play nba. At Condons height and athleticism he needs to be a decent shooter. first season shot it at a poor 29%, this year so far only 4 attempts. thats not gonna cut it, needs more attempts at 35% or better.

Isn’t he a forward / centre?

I can’t imagine that role would spend a lot of time outside the 3 point arc?