Now the numbers are coming out from Melbourne.
I think our salary cap is definetely not maxed, and its a case we are not getting bang for our buck consistently from our stars.
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The figures for Pickett’s deal are jaw-dropping, as revealed by the Herald Sun on Tuesday.
An average of $1.4 million a season and around $12.5 million in guaranteed money through to 2034.
I forgot about Brayshaw the Dees have to carry
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Angus Brayshaw, who signed up to 2028 despite a long history of concussions....the Demons have been able to get no greater salary cap relief than the AFL rules – 90 per cent of his salary outside the cap in 2025, 75 per cent in 2026, 50 per cent in 2027.
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But there will be a time in 2028 when Pickett is being paid close to full tote odds, Brayshaw is being paid around $700,000 not to play and Christian Petracca and Clayton Oliver being paid $1.5 million or more.
So the Demons will be paying around $5 million for three players to take the field.
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Forget the million dollar row at Carlton.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/melbourne-star-kysaiah-pickett-signs-huge-nineyear-deal-to-remain-at-demons/news-story/340375c215d265bd9f4308f812b0670cSame paper that claimed Carlton had mazed out its salary cap, making up stories Williams is paid $1M this year and next, and making up numbers Walsh is being paid now, 2 years before his contract ends before FA.
Its not the money, its the value for money that should be questioned. Govs over paid contract expired a year ago, Williams contract ends next year....like all teams, we have to spend 95% of SC every year.
A million dollars is the new normal high end payment.
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Club list bosses estimate that by 2028 under the salary cap there will be more than 60 AFL million dollar players with clubs able to juggle five or six players on seven figure wages.
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... that their trio aren’t just on a million bucks, they will all hit the $1.5 million mark across some years of their contract.
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Fans scoff at the Oliver deal through to 2030 on as much as $1.7 million at the peak of his earning powers in the biggest years of his deal.
But the Demons signed him in June 2022 in a season when he would go on to be All Australian, win the best-and-fairest and be awarded the title of the AFLCA champion player of the year.
Ditto for Petracca, signed to 2029.
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Carlton also secured Harry McKay and Charlie Curnow as pre-agents but at least it would say it signed the pair up at great money – not bank-breaking cash.
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The Demons either matched deals of that scope or lost Oliver.
That is why the AFL’s determination to reduce the number of long-term deals rings so hollow.
Geelong have signed Cameron, Dangerfield, Bailey, Stewart....to long term deals worth millions too. Its the lay of the land.
Our issue is depth. We need to improve on the players we have coming out of contract, but we need picks to Trade. That's the issue.
We are OK. We just need to improve the output on those we have, bring in better players with more reliable bodies than we (SOS) has done in the past.
We move forward.
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Slàinte mhath, great man.