VFL 2017 Round 3: Northern Blues vs Coburg at Coburg

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I am saying, that money talks... In this time of professional football it is a fact.
Paying Daisy his salary mad him 1 of the top 2-3 highest paid players at the club.

That certainly impacted our salary cap, it is ridiculous to image it doesn't. It is fairly simple mathematics.

Of course we will need other elements to get a player in, but Betts wanted less than Thomas was offered..

If Thomas was on 250k a year throughout his years at the club, that would have freed up what about 450-500k a year? The impact to our list would be taking a spot on the list and nothing else.

So having a player on 250k not performing doesn't impact the list, but you can only afford to pay x number of players  an A grade salary, which is what he has been paid and yes that impacts our ability to bring another one in.

Not sure were this idea comes from, that you can pay players what you like, they have a players union and the CBA!

If Thomas was on $250K at his age and experience we'd be in big trouble with both the AFL and AFLPA, his base wage is about $370K for that many years of AFL service.