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When I was watching Collingwood the other night I thought we could learn something from them about drafting mature age players from minor leagues. They have been hit with injuries but mature age recruits Sullivan, Dean, Richards and Noble were all able to step in and play important roles

Got to have the system in place for it to work. No use if they have to do all the heavy lifting. They'd be found out real quick.

 

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Got to have the system in place for it to work. No use if they have to do all the heavy lifting. They'd be found out real quick.

We will never, ever have what Collingwood have.

They are paying over the soft cap + the tax on top of it per an article I read the other day.

We will never ever be able to do that.

 

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We will never, ever have what Collingwood have.

They are paying over the soft cap + the tax on top of it per an article I read the other day.

We will never ever be able to do that.

Spoiler

Collingwood is prepared to spend hundreds of thousands in luxury tax to adequately fund its football department this year as it explores selling a home game to Gold Coast in 2025.

The Magpies continue to privately rail against what the club sees as ridiculous restrictions on football club spending which means assistant coaches paid only $120,000 are often lost to the game.

This year as the league lifted the soft cap to $7.275 million – still well short of the $9.6 million cap pre-Covid – it reduced the taxes for spending over that figure.

It means Collingwood is prepared to spend up to $500,000 over the cap to properly resource its program with coaches, medical experts, welfare consultants and psychologists.

It will mean the Pies will have to stump up a 75 per cent tax on that figure – as much as $375,000 – which is then handed back to the AFL.

But the Pies are prepared to spend that money to run a cutting-edge football program at a time of significant cost increases in football clubs as well as across Australia.

It comes with the Pies actively exploring selling a single game to the Gold Coast market in exchange for what would need to be a huge financial windfall from the Gold Coast council.

The Pies believe they could be in a position to broker a deal as early as next year, selling a single home game normally played at Marvel Stadium.

Collingwood would ideally play an away game against Gold Coast then a week later play against another non-Queensland opponent at Carrara.

The Pies would need to compensate members by acquiring seats at other MCG away games given it would give members one less home game at Marvel Stadium.

Collingwood made a $7.5 million profit last year, with $35.59 million from match-day activities.

The club would need a significant financial lure to head north given it would need to off-set any costs in the reduction in memberships and acquiring reserved membership seats for alternate games.

It comes with Collingwood still hopeful of football boss Graham Wright returning to his position in mid-September after a summer holiday in Europe.

But amid significant conjecture about his future the Pies will plan for his continued absence given the likelihood of rivals attempting to poach him.

The AFL is considered likely to offer him a role in the future while he would be a natural fit as Tasmania’s football boss.

Wright is also seen to have aspirations to be a club chief executive at a time Richmond has a vacant position.

Those factors mean the Pies are training up former Carlton coach and Pies assistant Brendon Bolton as their football boss, aware it might become a full-time position.

 

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Spoiler

Collingwood is prepared to spend hundreds of thousands in luxury tax to adequately fund its football department this year as it explores selling a home game to Gold Coast in 2025.

The Magpies continue to privately rail against what the club sees as ridiculous restrictions on football club spending which means assistant coaches paid only $120,000 are often lost to the game.

This year as the league lifted the soft cap to $7.275 million – still well short of the $9.6 million cap pre-Covid – it reduced the taxes for spending over that figure.

It means Collingwood is prepared to spend up to $500,000 over the cap to properly resource its program with coaches, medical experts, welfare consultants and psychologists.

It will mean the Pies will have to stump up a 75 per cent tax on that figure – as much as $375,000 – which is then handed back to the AFL.

But the Pies are prepared to spend that money to run a cutting-edge football program at a time of significant cost increases in football clubs as well as across Australia.

It comes with the Pies actively exploring selling a single game to the Gold Coast market in exchange for what would need to be a huge financial windfall from the Gold Coast council.

The Pies believe they could be in a position to broker a deal as early as next year, selling a single home game normally played at Marvel Stadium.

Collingwood would ideally play an away game against Gold Coast then a week later play against another non-Queensland opponent at Carrara.

The Pies would need to compensate members by acquiring seats at other MCG away games given it would give members one less home game at Marvel Stadium.

Collingwood made a $7.5 million profit last year, with $35.59 million from match-day activities.

The club would need a significant financial lure to head north given it would need to off-set any costs in the reduction in memberships and acquiring reserved membership seats for alternate games.

It comes with Collingwood still hopeful of football boss Graham Wright returning to his position in mid-September after a summer holiday in Europe.

But amid significant conjecture about his future the Pies will plan for his continued absence given the likelihood of rivals attempting to poach him.

The AFL is considered likely to offer him a role in the future while he would be a natural fit as Tasmania’s football boss.

Wright is also seen to have aspirations to be a club chief executive at a time Richmond has a vacant position.

Those factors mean the Pies are training up former Carlton coach and Pies assistant Brendon Bolton as their football boss, aware it might become a full-time position.

Yeah that was it.

We are barely able to develop the high draft pick players we have let alone the fringe type players people are talking about here.

Some sort of soft cap assistance/extension would likely impact us more than any sort of draft assistance would.