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Overpaid Tigers: Will players stay loyal as flag hopes wane?

At Richmond, sacrifice and loyalty have been easy given the football has been so darned fun. But will players stick fat while the premiership window begins to slam shut?

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-rich-100-how-richmonds-salary-cap-work-has-sustained-a-dynasty/news-story/c45fe90d32953be759e94ab2d0154d70

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What do you call loyalty. The ones on the bigger money are the older ones.
To me the question that should be asked if its unanimous the door is shut will the oldies be prepared to drag their bodies thru more preseasons with no success on the horizon.

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The players might want to ask themselves if the club will stay loyal if the window closes particularly given their current form

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The HeraldSun has changed the header & title of the article.


Two players, $2.4 million: Tigers’ big cap conundrum

With Tom Lynch’s back-ended deal set to kick in, Richmond will have $2.4 million per year invested in he and Dustin Martin. How will they pay the rest?

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-rich-100-how-richmonds-salary-cap-work-has-sustained-a-dynasty/news-story/c45fe90d32953be759e94ab2d0154d70