Women's Pay

[LP]

If or perhaps when the AFL becomes a fulltime occupation, it would be appropriate to require players to focus entirely on footy.  Until then, female footballers should be free to devote time to their other sports.

Have I confused this situation, I wasn't referring to amateur sport like athletics.

This isn't just an AFLW driven issue, although the AFLW may be the cause due to the way the contracts are written.

It seems the other professional sports, BBL, FA, Netball, Basketball, Rugby are requiring players to sign waivers excluding them from playing or training in the AFLW at the same time they are employed as professionals in the other sport.

But it seems entirely fair to me that most sports are seasonal regardless of whether they are professional or not, and that the off-season of a professional sportsperson doesn't allow you to be professional in another sport.

There are some weasel words floating around in this regard, with AFLW being touted as "semi-professional" in one context and "professional" in another. The other sports seem to be taking the position that professional is professional, even if they pay less than the AFLW.

This reminds me of Ellyse Perry situation a couple of years back.

Surely they have to make a choice!

If I as a supporter, or as a sponsor, put money into the AFLW, I do not expect that money to subsidise the players participation in another sport. I gather the other sports think that way as well.