Strategy CEO Thread - Jennifer Watt - Started Jan 2023

[chubbspeterson]

Pigs ****ing arse. Most of our funding comes from the afl. “Equalisation distribution” you can say Collingwood pay for Clarkson if you want. Its how the funds are distributed. Our funds are not distributed to the aflw how other clubs do so. And yes, her top wages are hidden and paid for by collingwood in our soft cap.

Under the AFLW cap rules. You can have 2 x players paid outside the cap.

We have 3.

Her playing wages are part of the ASA cap. Jas Garner and Ash Riddell are likely the two outside the ASA cap.

Then Emma's development coach salary is nominated as part of the AFLW Coach Acceleration Program, where she has to complete the Level 3 coaching program course, get mentored by AFL coaches and development coach.
The rules state that 100k is the minimum salary that must be offered (co-funded by club and AFL or all from AFL distribution from bigger clubs if you want to view it that way) and 100k of that is excluded from the soft cap.
If she's paid more than 100k for coaching, then sure the excess part would count as part of the soft cap.

As for the soft cap, I'd be worried if we were spending 100% of the cap given our playing list is very young.
That'd mean we're seriously overpaying some players and not banking anything so we can spend in excess of 100% of the cap without paying a distribution to other teams like Pies do when we actually get good.
Oh and that other male coach you want to pay would be probably 100-150k more than Emma and all of it would count as part of the soft cap. If you can't handle investing in the next AFLW coach after Crock, then it is what it is.

 

[The Warlord]

After 40 years in the media and PR I reckon I have some cred in communications. The good thing is the deal is a very good result for us - I have never questioned that. End of this discussion for me. We agree to disagree Mr Warlord. What we can agree on is this is a ripper deal, especially after 2025 when Tassie is gone.

You keep saying that a holding statement would be simple but never tell us what the words would have been.

No credibility at all. You can't post the words for a holding statement because it's impossible.

Saying "you need to get ahead of these things" and "we've been gazumped" is the contemporary public affairs equivalent of people at the footy who shout "man up" and "kick it long".

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

You keep saying that a holding statement would be simple but never tell us what the words would have been.

No credibility at all. You can't post the words for a holding statement because it's impossible.

Saying "you need to get ahead of these things" and "we've been gazumped" is the contemporary public affairs equivalent of people at the footy who shout "man up" and "kick it long".

I'll take a stab at a holding statement:

Dear Hawthorn and StKilda, we are working on a ripping deal with the AFL, a certain state government, and two clubs. Please don't undercut us on this deal by turning it into a distorted Dutch auction. Cheers, North Melbourne.

 

[The Warlord]

I'll take a stab at a holding statement:

Dear Hawthorn and StKilda, we are working on a ripping deal with the AFL, a certain state government, and two clubs. Please don't undercut us on this deal by turning it into a distorted Dutch auction. Cheers, North Melbourne.

"Dear members, you may have seen media suggestions that we're breaking our contract with Tasmania and negotiating with the WA Govt and AFL to completely change the entire fixture for the whole competition.

"Given we have no intention of ever getting help from the AFL again, and are keen to embark on legal action which could sink the club, I'm writing to confirm the media reports are true.

"It's important that we recognise the demands of our most important stakeholders - tragic nerds on Bigfooty - during these highly sensitive commercial negotiations."

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

"Dear members, you may have seen media suggestions that we're breaking our contract with Tasmania and negotiating with the WA Govt and AFL to completely change the entire fixture for the whole competition.

"Given we have no intention of ever getting help from the AFL again, and are keen to embark on legal action which could sink the club, I'm writing to confirm the media reports are true.

"It's important that we recognise the demands of our most important stakeholders - tragic nerds on Bigfooty - during these highly sensitive commercial negations."

Is that an intentional error on the last word? If so, kudos.

 

[The Warlord]

Is that an intentional error on the last word? If so, kudos.

Sadly not