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We payed $7.2 million in TPP in 2003
« on: September 19, 2004, 08:02:15 PM »
From article: The Frankenlions
By Martin Blake
realfooty.theage.com.au
September 18, 2004

2003 salary cap: $5.92 million*
2004 salary cap: $6.12 million
2005 salary cap: $6.30 million

TOTAL PLAYER PAYMENTS 2003

Brisbane Lions $8.060m
Collingwood $7.638m
Carlton $7.604m
West Coast $7.294m
Essendon $7.212m
Richmond $7.208m
Port Adelaide $7.114m
Sydney $7.112m
Fremantle $7.091m
Geelong $7.089m
Hawthorn $6.985m
Adelaide $6.980m
St Kilda $6.795m
Melbourne $6.704m
Kangaroos $6.405m
Western Bulldogs $6.186m

* Various AFL allowances were factored into the most recent collective bargaining agreement, allowing clubs to pay players certain sums outside the salary cap. These include veterans’ list payments and “additional service’’ payments.

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http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2004/09/17/1095394006543.html
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Re: We payed $7.2 million in TPP in 2003
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2004, 08:13:15 PM »
So we had the sixth highest TPP for a side that finished bottom 4 and more than Port who finished the past 3 H/A seasons on top  ???. And this was before we pumped up our TPP to 100% this year :help.

There's plenty of room for cuts without stuffing up our chances of success in the future. Careful with that axe, Greg "Eugene" Miller!  :thumbsup
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Re: We payed $7.2 million in TPP in 2003
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2004, 04:01:24 AM »
Apologies for 3 posts in a row but I missed hearing Miller say last week that we will head into 2005 with veterans Richo and Cambo included within our senior list of 38. A summary of what he said has been posted on the Tiger Talk yahoo site.

http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/tiger-talk/message/60603

The AFL requires for next year a full senior list of 38 (no going short). So to save money we included Richo and Cambo within our senior list so we don't need to draft and hence spend more money on two new players at base senior list rate for possies #37 and #38 on our list. Half of Richo's and Cambo's salary still only counts towards our salary cap. It also allows us to take a full 6 rookies which apparently are on only $25K each. If we're trying to save dough then I presume we may have a similar number of rookies as this year. It also looks like we will most likely be using our first 5 picks in the National draft (1,4,20,36,52) and our first PSD pick (#1). I'd guess we're hoping to pick up other and earlier draft picks through trading ?
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Re: We payed $7.2 million in TPP in 2003
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2004, 08:37:04 AM »
* Various AFL allowances were factored into the most recent collective bargaining agreement, allowing clubs to pay players certain sums outside the salary cap. These include veterans’ list payments and “additional service’’ payments.


Additional service payements = Marketing Allowance (mainly)
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