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We'll be in the same position in 2 years though.
Cap space is an extremely valuable commodity. GC and Freo have the picks and need the cap space. It's a trade off.
I'd much prefer to pay a fair chunk of Riolis and Boltons contracts for a couple of years and then look to take maximum advantage of trading cap space for picks when it is introduced rather than overpaying the existing players we already have (and have already accounted for their wages) and not be able to take full advantage of the new rule.
Ok, well let's put it this way.
Do you think that Blair would offer millions in salary cap relief to multiple clubs if there was no benefit to the Tigers?
craig cameron wants to deal with pies
gc is going to give 13 to colonwood
pull out of the rioli dealMassive surprise
pull out of the rioli deal
not on our terms anymore
But I thought if we offered to pay part of his contract we would get lots of picks
In all probability, yes.Is that what he’s doing?
I agree with Sir Loin to a point about paying a players salary at another club, has to be a last resort in negotiations and be really worth the deal.I'd like to hear your opinion on trading salary cap for picks, as this will more than likely be another mechanism introduced next year to enable clubs to build their lists.
We were never getting pick 6 and 13 for Daniel Rioli, no matter how much we paidLove it. The titanic couldn’t do a circle this big
Wot.Probably because teams don't rank the players equally. E.g a pick #15 could be used on a guy we rate inside the top #10.
The more picks we have, the more guys on our board that we rate would have been picked by us already.
In all probability, yes.
I'm not sure if you think that these scenarios are similar to the Treloar and Grundy deals, because they are the exact polar opposite of what's being proposed.
We'll never know if any salary cap relief is part of these deals as it's never disclosed, but it's fair to assume that something will be negotiated given the huge amount of TPP's being saved by all of the departures and retirements.
What better pick is tipping in cash on their contracts going to get us? We have the upper hand. We don’t need to do anything like that to get the picks available. Make them do the work
It’s absolutely wild people would put cash on the table plus picks for these players when we hold all the cards
We were never getting pick 6 and 13 for Daniel Rioli, no matter how much we paid
Glad I could help.I’m shocked thought it was locked and loaded
If we arent getting at least that, walk away, simple.We were never getting pick 6 and 13 for Daniel Rioli, no matter how much we paid
They have a salary cap. Reducing salary cap pressure means that they can either pay their current players more or trade/draft someone else (e.g. Warner). The $ provide flexibility, and perhaps allows the club (Freo/GC) to go harder for a title.
So by paying some of the traded players salary, or even all of it, we fix our salary cap problem (not paying enough) and fix their salary cap problem. All in return for us getting a better/another pick. So we are trading $ for picks.
Glad I could help.
Teams have their own ranking of players. If we have a bunch of picks in the same draft, we may have taken a lot of the players we rate highly already.Wot.
People will still find a way to blame the club for West Coast not submitting the papers.
A certain poster will do mental gymnastics and bring up Dimma's divorce again as being the centrepiece of the delay.
A nice dream to have and we should be pushing as hard as we can for the best possible deal.We were never getting pick 6 and 13 for Daniel Rioli, no matter how much we paid