I don't even know where to start with this trainwreck of a post.
I told you before, Danger doesn't get paid more than Selwood...he said it himself! - how do you not get this? Dahlhaus is on 500, Rohan is on 300, Blicavs and Stewart are DEFINITELY not on 800K...
This is just a ridiculous list you've come up with, that more looks at their ***********MARKET VALUE TO LOWER TEAMS***************, rather than what we would actually pay them. You also need to realize, that half of these players were signed before they had such a good year this year and last. Tuohy is about to get a new contract, and he is certainly not on 600K either. Why the f*ck would Miers be on the same amount as Guthrie? Ridiculous inflation everywhere.
These are wildly fanciful figures to suit your argument, and to be honest, it's pretty pathetic that you've gone to these lengths when you obviously have absolutely no idea about the inner machinations of our pay structure and our club.
I will post this one more time, to explain a more REALISTIC version of our pay structure.
Piss off with all your salty nonsense. No-one is leaving, as it's not just about money at Geelong....something that West Coast supporters continually seem to not understand.
12.6 MIL salary cap -
Top Tier - 3 players
Selwood 900K
Danger 890K
Hawkins 800K (will very likely take a big paycut in this contract given the extra year he'll get)
Total = 2.6 MIL approx.
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Middle Tier - 17 players
Taylor 500K
Blics 500K
Stewart 500K
Duncan 500K
Dahlhaus 500K
Steven 400K (half his contract or so being paid by Saints)
Guth 400K
Parfitt (new contract likely to be around 400K or so given his stellar year)
Ablett 400K
Menegola 300K
Tuohy 300K
Stanley 300K
Rohan 300K
Kolo 250K
Bews 250K
Henry 200K
O'Connor 200K
Miers 200K
Total = 6.4 MIL approx.
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Lower Tier but senior experience - 10 players
Clark 150K (1st round pick wages)
De Koning 150K (1st round pick wages)
C. Stephens 150K (1st round pick wages)
Cockatoo 150K (1st round pick wages)
Fogarty 120K
Constable 120K
Ratugolea 120K
Narkle 120K
Simpson 120K
Atkins 120K
Total = 1.320 MIL approx.
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Basement wages (rookie, untried or depth) - 100K or less - 16 players
Jenkins (majority of salary being paid by Adelaide)
Jarvis
Henderson
Tarca
Close
Schlensog
Z. Guthrie
Fort
Brownless
Kennerley
Evans
Taheny
Okunbor
Close
Kreuger
Total = 1.6 MIL approx.
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Overall total 46 players - approx. 11.92 MIL
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Leaves around 700K. Retirements of Taylor and Ablett leave another 900K - that's 1.6 MIL. If Hawkins takes a pay cut (which I think he will if he wants a 2 year contract instead of the standard 1) then that could be another 300-400K - that's 1.9-2 MIL spare now which would cover all of Cameron, Crouch and Higgins (Cameron 850K, Crouch 650K, Higgins 400-500K as an example)
These are obviously very basic figures, but it's a demonstration of who is on our list, what tier they fall into, and what they're likely to be paid as a result. Guthrie, Menegola and Duncan are all locked into their long-term contracts, so a price rise doesn't need to be factored in for them. Clark likely is on more, but I'm not sure how much of an increase it would be (100-200K?), so I've left that as is given other salaries probably balance it out.
We might appear to have all these 'stars' but in reality, the list breakdown is more a combination of some A-B graders, mid-tier and low-tier players with a few right at the absolute elite level - with possibly a couple to break into that level once Selwood and Hawkins retire.
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