Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Such a gun. Amazing pick up by the Swannies last season.
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A.F.L. Thread II
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BoyBrumby
Englishman
On the new telly deal for the AFL I was surprised, nay stunned, to read the players' association is asking for 27% of the AFL revenue.
What the **** do they get now? In the EPL players routinely get upwards of 60% of a club's turnover and the clubs pay transfer fees too.
Who gets all the money now if not the players?
What the **** do they get now? In the EPL players routinely get upwards of 60% of a club's turnover and the clubs pay transfer fees too.
Who gets all the money now if not the players?
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Pay in Australian sports has always been oddly low, and I'm not referring to the "total salary" compared to other countries. Europe and the US obviously have a larger market so the difference is fair enough.
But what is odd is the low percentage (as you point out Brumby) players get. Now I don't necessarily advocate player power reaching the levels of association football or the NBA etc. But the ledger should be balanced a little bit more in the players' favour.
Adam Goodes is on the march on that front. Advocating an increase aws.
But what is odd is the low percentage (as you point out Brumby) players get. Now I don't necessarily advocate player power reaching the levels of association football or the NBA etc. But the ledger should be balanced a little bit more in the players' favour.
Adam Goodes is on the march on that front. Advocating an increase aws.
Burgey
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**** should kick straighter from set shots, then he can have more. Divot.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Infrastructure and grass roots must account for a lot of it. Most of the junior and amateur/non-professional competitions would receive grants from AFL or their subsidiary bodies.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
That's very laudable if so, I suppose.
Mind you, at least 73% of $1.25 billion over 5 years buys a lot of infrastructure.
I'd never hold up the Prem as any kind of model for a sporting business (I think I read somewhere that Man City's wage bill is like 120% of their total income, which is messed up, to put it politely) but if anyone's to get rich from sport I'd prefer it was the chaps who actually deliver the product to the punters.
I was under the impression he'd start in the WAFL and move into the team later on....
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
Thank **** for that. Port in real trouble one would think
Spark
Global Moderator
From a slightly-outside point of view, I look at Demetriou and wonder what we would achieve if CA had similar vision and competence.
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
There's some amazing young players in the Adelaide team. Guys like Smith, Martin, McKernan, Sloane, Davis and Jacobs have all played sub-20 games and look really impressive at AFL level. Then you've got the next generation with Walker and Dangerfield etc, even though Walker will probably be at GWS next year.
Sucks about Davis' shoulder though. Looked really bad.
edit: Jaensch too, uses the ball beautifully.
Sucks about Davis' shoulder though. Looked really bad.
edit: Jaensch too, uses the ball beautifully.
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