whatboutbob
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Which is why we won't get official confirmation until after this weekend.
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Callan Ward jumps ship
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Which is why we won't get official confirmation until after this weekend.
Has he come to an "arrangement" or "understanding", or hasn't he? When it's announced is immaterial.
Don't know what the formula says (is it flexible, too?) but I'd be requiring a top 5 pick for where Ward is at. Minimum.
Does this in any way make Richmond's decision to recruit Jordan McMahon justifiable? At all? Even a teeny-weeny bit?
Okay, it doesn't.
Okay, it doesn't.
Ant_
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Determining factors according to the AFL is age and money.
Callan is only 21 and on 750-800K per year.
That's Tier 1 compensation.
whatboutbob
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No, not until he decided immediately after the final Dogs game this weekend.
At least that's the official line we'll receive next week.
Good to read that the Dogs are the second team to lose two players to expansion clubs btw.
divvydan
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I doubt 750-800k is enough to push it into Tier 1 compensation. Obviously I hope it is, but I think we would need something more like $950k-$1m to get the Tier 1.
Ant_
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Possibly? Who knows what weighting age has and where the cut off is with money. Also the AFL could just move the goal posts to suit their agenda.
I'm doubtful the Dogs will do well out of this.
No doubt the AFL will declare him being "too young" to receive Band 1 compo, or something equally rediculous or unfair.
If the Cats only got a mid and end of 1st round pair of picks for Ablett, don't expect anything fancy for Ward. AFL is making this as painless as possible for the expansion teams.
Except Ablett got almost twice as much as the 750k rumoured to Ward.
It is my personal belief that it is arrogant and selfish for a young player to take the money and run under these circumstances before he has achieved something for the club that has drafted him (or at least busted his gut for years trying).
Ant_
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If bands are a set range, then you could have player higher individually yet still make the same band. I.e Hawthorn would've been laughing with the compo they got for Brown.
It doesn't cost the expansion teams anything. Except for the cap space to pay Ward.
May as well announce it this week since the Bulldogs got nothing to play for now
Bullshit! If he was to get a serious injury and not be able to play again the club wouldn't continue to pay him and set him up for life. It is prudent to lock in the $$ for the extended period while he can.
Clubs dump players (see Power just on the weekend), so surely players can do the same. Even if it is something none of us like to see, it is required to get the new teams up.
Lord Nicholson
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Not even Big Bad Bazza's retirement? Not to mention The People's Beard.
What I meant by painless is that the AFL won't redirect any of the pre-determined top 10 picks of the draft, or any future drafts in return for a player of that calibre. Instead you will maybe get two spuriously positioned "first round" picks that completely undervalue the loss of that player, whereas maybe a more fair result would be losing say, pick 5 + end of first round.
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What impact do we think this has on the Scully decision, if any? Is this the first of many dominoes to fall?
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He should get a standard first round pick. Depending how the dogs use it they could be getting a top 5 pick which would be more than adequate compensation imo. They just needa make sure they use it right and it doesn't end up as a pick 15 or worse.
lemon chicken
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How can you prove this, so far its just a speculation piece from a journo. Whether it proves to be correct in a week or longer is possible but still i doubt either party will put their hand up and say they agreed earlier. Ablett is still towing that company line whenever he is asked when did he decide.
lemon chicken
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He's got to be worth twice more than what Gia is on.
