I agree with this thread. In the last players agreement there was a clause that clubs had to spend 95% of their cap. At the time it was reported that Richmond was at 92.5, add to that the 2 x 6% annual increases to TPP and we are fine.
We could probably be a bit more creative about paying players too, the club needs to look at milking external marketing opportunities for all they are worth and do the best to blur the lines with income from outside employment. Everyone else is doing it, GWS are getting theirs funded and endorsed by Vlad. Dusty for example should be getting paid a fortune for his truck driving work and I'm sure we could a arrange a post-grad scholarship at a prestigious university for Dan Jackson, we should be aggressively exploiting loopholes in these areas where we can.