10-16-2016, 12:52 AM
I think your mens salary figure is higher than it actually is. Although the AFLPA have been targetting 27% from memory, i think when they started it was 11-13%.
Even so, if we were to give the women the same % of revenue, we might find that they'd be earning less than what is currently being offered.
The AFL have brought this league forward as to not interfere with their regular lives. That is, they can still play footy for their regular clubs, are not deemed to be full time footballers, thus able to work outside of playing footy.
I would also be very surprised if they have to pay for their own boots by the team the season actually rolls around, potentially ditto insurance.
Yes, it is the first womens 'season' but in reality, it seems like more of a set of practice matches compared to what the league will become over the next 5-10 years IMO.
As for all the other things 'women do for the AFL', can't see how that is at all relevent. The AFL should probably pay VFL players more too. Umpires have only recently become full time. Its not about what gender they are, its about how they currently fit into the scheme of things.
Would it be better if the AFL paid them all 50k a year, with the competition struggling to pay for itself, folding and putting them all out of a job?
As the league grows, the salary will too. Same as the blokes.
Even so, if we were to give the women the same % of revenue, we might find that they'd be earning less than what is currently being offered.
The AFL have brought this league forward as to not interfere with their regular lives. That is, they can still play footy for their regular clubs, are not deemed to be full time footballers, thus able to work outside of playing footy.
I would also be very surprised if they have to pay for their own boots by the team the season actually rolls around, potentially ditto insurance.
Yes, it is the first womens 'season' but in reality, it seems like more of a set of practice matches compared to what the league will become over the next 5-10 years IMO.
As for all the other things 'women do for the AFL', can't see how that is at all relevent. The AFL should probably pay VFL players more too. Umpires have only recently become full time. Its not about what gender they are, its about how they currently fit into the scheme of things.
Would it be better if the AFL paid them all 50k a year, with the competition struggling to pay for itself, folding and putting them all out of a job?
As the league grows, the salary will too. Same as the blokes.