Our Total Player Payments $2 million less than Collingwood

[one-eyed]

The Australian exclusively reported this month of an AFL directive from next year to force clubs to pay players 100 per cent of the salary cap.

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said the league supported a demand by the AFLPA that clubs stopped economising on payments to players in order to fund other sections of their football departments.

The initiative is expected to be included in the new CBA agreement for next season.

A settlement of this issue, which has allowed clubs to pay as little as 92.5 per cent of their cap since 2003, is viewed as an encouraging sign in resolving protracted negotiations.

It will go a long way to ending the disparity of salary payments to players from clubs at opposite ends of the spectrum.

Last year, Collingwood paid its players $10.7m, while Richmond's total player payments were $8.7m.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/afl-puts-players-before-the-clubs/story-e6frg7mf-1226122409063

[magic17]

Smart move by Gale and co... plenty up our sleeve to keep the hounds of GWS at bay... and we're in a great possie for free agency.

[HKTiger]

How much extra did Collingwood pay because of the GF and GF replay.

What a stupid comparison.

[WilliamPowell]

How much extra did Collingwood pay because of the GF and GF replay.

What a stupid comparison.

The GF & GF replay are irrelevent regarding player salaries.

Do you think our blokes on fixed contracts get paid less because they don't play finals?

If player X is on $500k a year it doesn't how many games they play they still get paid $500k.

If a player is on a base plus match payments then the contract must be lodge based on the player playing all games. Remember that it doesn't matter if they play in the AFL or the VFL they are still getting match payments, the only thing that may change is the amount per game at the different levels. So if they dont end up playing all games at AFL a club may save.

Players don't get paid more because they play finals

[Fluffy Tiger]

I dont like the "Must pay 100%" thing they are talking about. A team should have some abliity to pay players for where they are at and have space to attract better players. Why would we pay the players we have now the same as Collingwood or Geelong does, they have proven themselves our guys havent. They current system gives you room to cull a few and attract a good one.

[HKTiger]

How much extra did Collingwood pay because of the GF and GF replay.

What a stupid comparison.

The GF & GF replay are irrelevent regarding player salaries.

Do you think our blokes on fixed contracts get paid less because they don't play finals?

If player X is on $500k a year it doesn't how many games they play they still get paid $500k.

If a player is on a base plus match payments then the contract must be lodge based on the player playing all games. Remember that it doesn't matter if they play in the AFL or the VFL they are still getting match payments, the only thing that may change is the amount per game at the different levels. So if they dont end up playing all games at AFL a club may save.

Players don't get paid more because they play finals

WP,

The press statement says paid its players however the TPP from the CBA for 2010 was - $7,950,000.

The TPP excludes match payments.  All Finals match payments and 50% of veterans are outside of the TPP as well.  Given both clubs are above the TPP and Collingwood played finals I have to assume that the press released number, given it exceeds the TPP cap of $7.9 mill for includes Finals and Vets and match payments.  Given that Collingwood played two GF and was given dispensation for additional match payments for the 2nd GF (in the realms of $500K) the press comparison is stupid.

Apples to apples is probably $9.7 million to $8.7 million.  Given 12 to 13 2009 draftees who are on CBA agreed salaries and match payments the difference makes a lot of sense and is not worthy of any comparison with Collingwood.  Compare us to Melbourne or Adelaide or Port who are working their lists over in a similar manner.