- Jun 16, 2012
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Long winded but I think we should adopt an nba type pay scale .
We need to incentivise draftees and players to stay at their own clubs and give all clubs the best opportunity to retain their players.
All players and clubs work under the same structure and there is no afl secret herbs and spices formulas at work. Clearly defined milestones must be reached in order to reach full pay.
There will be a Max amount that can be offered to a player at a designated point in their careers and for the first extension of a players career , any poaching team can only offer a nominal to be decided amount under what the "home" team can offer.
For example I'll use nick daicos as an example who under this policy has triggered a Max extension on his first deal by winning rising star and aa squad nomination.
I'm going to use simplified approx numbers but I've chose the Max salary increase approx 300k and the amount an away team can offer is 150k less.
For example
Daicos at pies
Year1 200k (including match payments)
Year 2 200 k
Year 3 (triggered Max extension ) 500k
Year 4 500k
Year 5 500k
Daicos being recruited by opposing team
Year 1 200k
Year 2 200k
Year 3 350k
Year 4 350k
Year 5 350k
Obviously the numbers are just initial ideas and can obviously be moved around to suit but the premise stays the same . If someone like daicos " gets homesick" he can leave however it will cost him 450k less over his second deal to leave. It won't eradicate home sickness but it gives teams a fighting chance. Plus it prevents teams like sun's and giants having to offer ludicrous contracts to players who havnt earned them just to say. And prevents situations like bowes where a team is getting this ridiculous deal.
The appropriate triggers and milestones need to be negotiated and should count best and fairest finish, aa noms, rising star noms ans finish. Whatever they choose , it has to be black and white and non negotiable.
After a players first 5 years then they can essentially go to open market , but I feel 5 years is enough to time to try root the player in the team/city/state. It's an alternative to longer deals for draftees that the aflpa will never agree on.
Just my silly idea
We need to incentivise draftees and players to stay at their own clubs and give all clubs the best opportunity to retain their players.
All players and clubs work under the same structure and there is no afl secret herbs and spices formulas at work. Clearly defined milestones must be reached in order to reach full pay.
There will be a Max amount that can be offered to a player at a designated point in their careers and for the first extension of a players career , any poaching team can only offer a nominal to be decided amount under what the "home" team can offer.
For example I'll use nick daicos as an example who under this policy has triggered a Max extension on his first deal by winning rising star and aa squad nomination.
I'm going to use simplified approx numbers but I've chose the Max salary increase approx 300k and the amount an away team can offer is 150k less.
For example
Daicos at pies
Year1 200k (including match payments)
Year 2 200 k
Year 3 (triggered Max extension ) 500k
Year 4 500k
Year 5 500k
Daicos being recruited by opposing team
Year 1 200k
Year 2 200k
Year 3 350k
Year 4 350k
Year 5 350k
Obviously the numbers are just initial ideas and can obviously be moved around to suit but the premise stays the same . If someone like daicos " gets homesick" he can leave however it will cost him 450k less over his second deal to leave. It won't eradicate home sickness but it gives teams a fighting chance. Plus it prevents teams like sun's and giants having to offer ludicrous contracts to players who havnt earned them just to say. And prevents situations like bowes where a team is getting this ridiculous deal.
The appropriate triggers and milestones need to be negotiated and should count best and fairest finish, aa noms, rising star noms ans finish. Whatever they choose , it has to be black and white and non negotiable.
After a players first 5 years then they can essentially go to open market , but I feel 5 years is enough to time to try root the player in the team/city/state. It's an alternative to longer deals for draftees that the aflpa will never agree on.
Just my silly idea