AFLW 2021 trade and draft period - DRAFT NIGHT

[Thryleon]

I like Tayla. I think she has been good for Carlton and good for the AFLW. My initial thoughts about this whole saga were more benevolent, but as time has gone on, I can't help but feel that Tayla's position in this space is a misstep.

Fans, marketers and sponsors have short memories and can be very fickle. If she sits out the next 12 months to focus on boxing, she may find her AFLW marketability to be significantly diminished or gone altogether when she returns. There may be a new Tayla, she may get injured in boxing etc.

I agree but she will do more for the wage parity argument and the overall competition by "falling on her sword" so to speak.

In the scheme of things, she really is asking for what appears to be fair value for a premier player in that competition.

Where it falls over, is that she is asking for Buddy type money for not buddy like performance on game day.

Contrast this with Cripps.  He was and should likely receive a Mozza for the type of player he is capable of being, but look what just 1 season of so-so form has done to him.  Last season he wasnt great, but he was still up there in terms of the games best mids.  This season the wheels have fallen off thus far, limiting his contract price.