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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on May 11, 2020, 07:18:28 PM
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@TomBrowne7 has exclusive details tonight suggesting senior coaches could be on a collision course with the AFL over drastic pay cuts.
https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-coaches-collision-course-could-lead-to-big-growth-opportunity-for-junior-footy-c-1030520
Ch 7 had a graphic with Dimma being the third highest paid coach on an estimated $1 million behind Clarkson and Longmire.
Benny Gale was interviewed and he was concerned about the impacts of drastic cuts on the clubs going forward (eg: talent spotting).
Watch here: https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1259768168098091009
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Report also spoke about cuts to footy departments
Lower soft cap plus club's will only allowed to have a set number in their footy depts. Who's will impact m club's like ours and the Pies the most
Like the cutting of lists I don't think this way is fair.
I have no issue with cutting the soft cap but saying how many people you are allowed to have in your footy depts is wrong (-Tom Browne said the number is likely to be 25, granted his recent predictions have been poor)
If the cap is $6 million then the RFC should be allowed to have as many people in the footy dept as they like. How any club choses to spread the cap is up to them not the AFL. If the RFC can keep all heads within the $6 million cap they should be allowed to.
AFL cannot have it both ways...
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It seems the AFL are wanting it both ways. They're put a 24-person maximum on club staff.
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In the update to clubs, the AFL has also referenced the savage financial cuts that will be applied to all clubs' football departments.
Within the document, there are stern warnings against both breaking the outlined procedures - so as to not risk losing the confidence of governments and medical authorities – and breaching new protocols around expenditure in the football departments.
A maximum of 24 staff will be allowed, with a doctor, psychologist and player development manager among the legislated necessary staff.
Clubs have forecast losing half "normal" revenues, and the AFL has warned that pre-COVID-19 levels of finances may not be seen for up to five years, "if at all".
A financial limit has been placed on clubs as they set about returning to play, and the AFL has warned that a breach would result in luxury taxes being applied and it has also said financial safeguards that have been provided under new deals with banks would potentially be jeopardised.
As per "BAU (business as usual)" averages, clubs spend $730,000. Upon resumption, the AFL has told clubs they must reduce costs by 40 per cent, to about $430,000.
That figure is allowed to be increased to more than $500,000 when matches begin, which is expected to be mid to late June.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/433227/stern-warnings-afl-s-memo-to-clubs-all-players-must-test-for-covid-19
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"The diversity of our talent is a great growth story for our club and the whole code and we wouldn't want to put that at risk." 🎥 CEO @brendongale25 speaks to @7NewsMelbourne...
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1260032812532371457
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The AFL have been looking to lit the systems nature of football for a while. It might be good but once the genie is out of the bottle it can't go back in. soccer has suffered this for decades. NFL too.
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Official AFL statement:
FOOTBALL DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURE LIMITS
* Clubs were also advised of the football department expenditure limits which will apply during the Return to Train and Return to Play periods which will enable them to plan their staffing levels for the remainder of 2020 accordingly with further communications to be made with key Club staff over the coming days.
* The 2020 figure has been developed considering the significant operational and financial disruption caused by Covid-19 to the 2020 Toyota AFL Premiership Season and future years by a working party that includes key club representatives.
* The AFL will not prescribe every role the Club needs to employ under these revised expenditure limits, but the following roles must be filled:
- Club Doctor
- Psychologist
- Player Development Manager
* Clubs were also advised of the requirements for staff who will have administration and training facility access when clubs do return to training.
* No AFL-listed player will be permitted to participate in a second-tier competition in 2020.
* The AFL is currently considering alternative arrangements where players not selected to play in their AFL team participate in matches between other AFL clubs in a controlled environment, in line with Government and AFL protocols, in order to have continuity in game play and improve their possibility for selection.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/433243/afl-statement-on-return-to-train-and-return-to-play-update
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COVID fallout: The dollar figure forcing AFL clubs to pick and choose
Digital Staff with Tom Browne
7News
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
While the AFL mandates a doctor, psychologist and player development manager must be retained, how the remaining 21 positions are filled will be up to the clubs.
7NEWS.com.au understands they will have $438,000 a month to spread around the 24 employees.
It’s understood the new monthly football department spend will rise slightly when the season returns in June, with that figure likely to last into next year.
The 2021 soft cap could settle at around $6.1m, down from $9.7m in 2019 and this year’s reduced $8.7m mark.
7NEWS.com.au understands redundancy payments for staff members let go will not count towards the cap.
https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/revealed-the-dollar-stuff-and-choose-who-stays-c-1032629
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Savage AFL cuts could mean the next Dusty is ‘lost to the game’
May 14, 2020 8:31pm
Max Laughton
FOX SPORTS
Long-time AFL commentator Hudson said he had spoken with several club officials on Thursday and they believed some draftees will be able to adapt to footy’s new reality, but others will struggle.
That could see project players, or those who just need more help to make it to AFL standard, either not live up to their potential or abandon the sport entirely.
“A certain number of kids, and they’ll be fine. OK, they won’t get the same level of development they will now, but they’ll be fine,” he said on Fox Footy Live.
“But there’ll be others who’ll come in that will potentially be lost to the system. Either they’ll get in and struggle and get off the rails, or they won’t even be recruited in the first place because the club knows of those issues that they’ve had.
“Richmond straight away, you put up Sydney Stack, or Marlion Pickett and those sort of issues. Even a Dustin Martin, who had his issues early on. Imagine if a Dustin Martin or another superstar was lost to the game.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2020-football-department-cuts-players-lost-to-the-game-development-coaches-next-dustin-martin-coronavirus/news-story/4d91b889d2b071d06610f7bd82b1cea4
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Dramatic cuts: What the 25-person footy department might look like
By Marc McGowan
afl.com.au
17 May 2020
AFL CLUBS are prioritising employees with broader skillsets as they slash about half of their football department staff to fit competition guidelines.
Club media teams are not part of the head count, while it's important to note that other staff who are able to work remotely can still be employed outside the 25.
Recruiters and development coaches are set to suffer the most in the cull, whereas high performance and sports science staff are being prioritised.
Specialist skills coaches – ruck and goalkicking, more specifically – and part-time and casual staff, including masseurs, whose role will be inherited by physiotherapists, are among those gone.
List managers will be the sole list management representative in most cases, although it’s believed one from a Victorian club will be involved in the compliance manager role, one of the most critical positions in upholding integrity in these unique circumstances.
The banning of AFL players from second-tier competitions this year and subsequent withdrawals of affiliated teams also has a flow-on effect to coaches and related staff.
Most teams employ double-digit coaches but as few as four and probably up to only six or seven – other than the senior coach – will be part of the capped group.
All clubs had to submit their 25 to the AFL this week.
WHAT THE 25 MIGHT LOOK LIKE
1 x general manager of football
1 x football operations manager
1 x senior coach
6 x assistant/development coaches
2 x analysts
1 x list manager
2 x doctors
5 x high performance/sports science staff
3 x physiotherapists (one mainly as a masseur)
1 x psychologist
1 x player development manager
1 x compliance manager
https://www.afl.com.au/news/433991/dramatic-cuts-what-the-25-person-stuff-like
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Tom Browne on Ch 7 news tonight said Richmond (and Geelong) have told him they have not lost any full-time coaches due to the cuts.
Coaches of aligned VFL-teams at other AFL clubs have been stood down but not at Punt Rd apparently. So Craig McRae must still be part of our 25.
https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/billy-slater-garry-hocking-and-luke-ball-out-of-work-in-afl-covid-cash-crisis-c-1049829
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Tom Browne on Ch 7 news tonight said Richmond (and Geelong) have told him they have not lost any full-time coaches due to the cuts.
Coaches of aligned VFL-teams at other AFL clubs have been stood down but not at Punt Rd apparently. So Craig McRae must still be part of our 25.
https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/billy-slater-garry-hocking-and-luke-ball-out-of-work-in-afl-covid-cash-crisis-c-1049829
Craig McRae isn't our VFL coach, X Clarke is
Both were at training yesterday as was Dimma obviously, Lonergan,Ferguson,Maric,Kingsley, Mini Mcqualter & Leppa
So all 9 of our Coaching Staff look to be still in jobs
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Tom Browne on Ch 7 news tonight said Richmond (and Geelong) have told him they have not lost any full-time coaches due to the cuts.
Coaches of aligned VFL-teams at other AFL clubs have been stood down but not at Punt Rd apparently. So Craig McRae must still be part of our 25.
https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/billy-slater-garry-hocking-and-luke-ball-out-of-work-in-afl-covid-cash-crisis-c-1049829
Craig McRae isn't our VFL coach, X Clarke is
Both were at training yesterday as was Dimma obviously, Lonergan,Ferguson,Maric,Kingsley, Mini Mcqualter & Leppa
So all 9 of our Coaching Staff look to be still in jobs
You're right taz. Thanks for the correction :thumbsup. I was still thinking of us doing the double in 2019 ;D.
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It seems it's 25 people with structure up to the clubs
Would think if a club is smart you could give a coach a title of say Development manager and that means they can still be hands on coaching wise
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We need to be creative in these situations. Wives and Girlfriends should be up skilled to be physios etc. Rub downs can be done at home etc. Any way to manipulate this arrangement.
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Mark Stevens on Ch 7 news tonight said Balmey will not be part of our match-day "bubble". He's been given a more general role given the cuts.
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How your coaching team will look after COVID-19 changes
By Mitch Cleary and Callum Twomey
afl.com.au
22 May 2020
Richmond
The Tigers confirmed all of their coaches have returned to Punt Road this week, meaning two-time premiership coach Damien Hardwick has retained his group as he searches for another flag. Veteran administrator Neil Balme will have a role away from matchday.
Every club here: https://www.afl.com.au/news/435419/how-your-coaching-team-will-look-after-covid-19-changes
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The flag stat that has clubs calling on the AFL to resist radical list cuts
By Callum Twomey
afl.com.au
24 May 2020
TWENTY per cent of premiership players over the past decade have started their career as rookies or through the pre-season draft, with clubs calling on the AFL to resist radical list size cuts.
As the League assesses its next move after the COVID-19 hit, it continues to debate slashing list sizes across the competition.
Although the AFL Players' Association would need to be consulted before any changes are confirmed, clubs believe the rookie list is in real doubt to survive the cull as the AFL finds way to reduce the salary cap.
AFL.com.au found that in the past 10 premiership sides there had been 44 players (at an average of more than four a side) who begun their careers on the rookie list or as picks from the pre-season draft.
Some players, such as two-time premiership Tiger Jason Castagna, counts twice given he played in both of Richmond's recent triumphs.
The one-in-five ratio may surprise some, however it is a key reason clubs are mindful that with fewer spots on the list and draft picks to use, they may not take on the prospects who are not yet physically matured or have knocks on their game who have previously slipped through to the rookie list.
Castagna was one of seven players in last year's Tigers' side that had risen off the rookie list or from the pre-season draft to feature in the flag.
Of the past 10 years two other flag-winning teams – the Western Bulldogs in 2016 and Collingwood in 2010 – also had seven players in the same position.
With the expectation that there could be far fewer draft selections this season, clubs are mindful that late draft gems will go neglected.
By including premiership players who were picked in the draft from selection No.60 onwards in the national draft, the percentage rises to 26 – more than a quarter of premiership players from the past 10 years.
"The question is whether we will get to see these guys with less picks and less opportunity to get them onto a list?" one senior recruiter said this week. "So many of them just won't get a chance."
What about as well Cal - less spots on list = more likely that talented all rounders at a young age decide to pursue different sport, because more opportunity to Become a pro/ play overseas (cricket Bball rugby soccer ect) would be a horrible move for our sport
— Ben Keays (@benkeays) May 24, 2020
ROOKIES AND PRE-SEASON DRAFT SELECTIONS FOR THE PAST 10 PREMIERS
2019 – Richmond
Dylan Grimes (pre-season draft)
Jayden Short (rookie)
Kane Lambert (rookie)
Jason Castagna (rookie)
Ivan Soldo (rookie)
Liam Baker (rookie)
Marlion Pickett (rookie)
2018 – West Coast
Jeremy McGovern (rookie)
Mark Hutchings (rookie)
2017 – Richmond
Dylan Grimes (pre-season draft)
Kane Lambert (rookie)
Jason Castagna (rookie)
2016 – Western Bulldogs
Fletcher Roberts (pre-season draft)
Jason Johannisen (rookie)
Matthew Boyd (rookie)
Shane Biggs (rookie)
Dale Morris (rookie)
Liam Picken (rookie)
Luke Dahlhaus (rookie)
2015 – Hawthorn
Josh Gibson (rookie)
Luke Breust (rookie)
Matt Suckling (rookie)
2014 – Hawthorn
Josh Gibson (rookie)
Matt Suckling (rookie)
Will Langford (rookie)
Luke Breust (rookie)
2013 – Hawthorn
Josh Gibson (rookie)
Luke Breust (rookie)
Brad Sewell (rookie)
Jonathan Simpkin (rookie)
2012 – Sydney
Marty Mattner (rookie)
Heath Grundy (rookie)
Nick Smith (rookie)
Kieren Jack (rookie)
Shane Mumford (rookie)
Mike Pyke (rookie)
2011 – Geelong
James Podsiadly (rookie)
2010 – Collingwood
Nick Maxwell (rookie)
Jarrid Blair (rookie)
Alan Toovey (rookie)
Heritier Lumumba (rookie)
Sharrod Wellingham (rookie)
Darren Jolly (rookie)
Brent Macaffer (rookie)
https://www.afl.com.au/news/435733/the-flag-stat-that-has-clubs-calling-on-the-afl-to-resist-radical-list-cuts
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I expect a higher injury rate over all as medical gets cut in proportion. Careers will on average be shorter an older players retire earlier as the massages pre and post games, high attention to minor injuries etc will be less available.
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CLUBS have gained a mini-victory, with permission from the AFL to increase the head count in their off-field football staff.
As of June 1, 27 staff will be allowed in each club's football department, with that number increased to 28 if a club wants to include a second doctor on its books.
For matches, clubs will be allowed to employ 30 off-field staff as well as three media department officials.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/440282/clubs-get-off-field-win-afl-makes-call-on-marvel-roof
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AFL sets new 'soft cap' on club spending
Jake Niall
The Age
29 May 2020
AFL clubs have been set a spending limit of $511,000 per month on their football operations, minus player payments, until the end of the 2020 season.
The new budget, which would translate to a football cap of $6.132 million over a year, is a reduction of just under 37 per cent compared to the pre-COVID-19 cap that clubs had at the start of this season of around $9.7 million.
But the AFL has raised the number of staff who can have contact with players from 25 to 30 for the remainder of the season, with clubs allowed to determine which employees can be directly involved, face to face, with the team.
The clubs will have to use that monthly amount of $511,000 until the season ends but the cap is still "soft", meaning that the clubs would be taxed by the AFL if they exceed it. The AFL said it was it was not a "hard" cap, like the salary cap on player payments, for which there are significant penalties when a club is found to have intentionally breached.
The new cap will be in place from next week, a matter of 10 days before the first return to play game on Thursday, June 11 between Collingwood and Richmond.
It is the first measure of how far the AFL has shrunk the game in order to sustain the competition - a figure that some richer clubs complain should be higher, believing that the league has set the bar low to accommodate the poorer clubs and thus forced the loss of jobs in football.
The clubs have been operating on a budget of $438,000 over the past two-and-a-half weeks, following the announcement of a return to play date, but the AFL has boosted that amount to $511,000 for the playing period, which is slated to end in late October.
Senior officials at some clubs believe the football spending cap will be similar to the monthly limit, over a full year, in 2021, with an amount close to $6.1 - 6.3 million though this is unlikely to be set until the AFL has a clear picture of revenue for next year.
The name and amount each staff member is paid has to be submitted and is audited.
The AFL had initially set a drastic spending limit of $25,000 per week, or a little over $100,000 per month, when the clubs and competition were shutdown following round one and operated on a skeleton staff, with 75 to 80 per cent of staff stood down.
Clubs have no idea what they can spend on players - given the new reduced salary has not been set - and contracts remain frozen, in what is frustrating situation for some players and their agents. This critical number will be shaped by the amount the AFL receives from their broadcasters, sponsors and the revenue expected from membership.
The AFL based the increased staffing limit both to contain spending during the pandemic and also to minimise the number of coaches, conditioning staff, welfare people and medicos who have physical proximity to players, with others allowed to work remotely.
This staff limit of 30 will apply to the clubs that are within the hubs on the Gold Coast - Adelaide, Port Adelaide, West Coast and Fremantle, who will play their next four matches in south-east Queensland.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-sets-new-soft-cap-on-club-spending-20200528-p54xgi.html
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Once the AFL settles on a new radically reduced football department budget figure for every club beyond this emergency phase - and a soft cap albeit with new tough conditions is expected to prevail - the expectation is that the wealthier clubs will see their league distribution heavily reduced in a new financial structure.
Clubs like West Coast, Hawthorn, Richmond and Collingwood will not be thrilled at the prospect of effectively being taxed and by extension watching their organisations reduced to support the survival of unsuccessful clubs.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/why-there-are-doubts-over-an-18-team-afl-competition-20200529-p54xoi.html
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Surprise boost to Tigers’ flag defence
While clubs have been gripped by enforced cuts to football departments, Richmond will go into the restart seemingly unscathed. And it is set to help them in their pursuit of a third flag in four years.
Paywall: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmond-premiership-coach-damien-hardwick-has-kept-on-every-assistant-coach-as-the-tigers-chase-their-third-premiership-in-four-seasons/news-story/53d546c547c6bcde3123992907a34ec2
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But McLachlan was adamant that the austerity the game faced would not come at the expense of Indigenous players and the participation of women and the AFLW - despite the fears expressed within clubs such as Richmond that Indigenous players face a harder road to get drafted, given the risk averse nature of recruiting, if list sizes are heavily cut.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/operation-payback-mclachlan-s-huge-debt-call-20200605-p55010.html