CHAOS said:
Well it's a significant amount in the scheme of things. $100k
Can't agree - $100K aint much in todays game (1/40th of salary cap??) & it is SFA spread over more than 1 player.
I would use the money to top up a long serving player's salary to beat off approaches from rival clubs. e.g. we are on the limit of our salary cap & our best player, who keeps getting better (Gallen for instance) contract is up & rival clubs offer nearly twice as much as we are paying him on his current contract. He wants to stay but it would be mad to considering the difference in money. So we chip in 100% of the 100K & he probably stays.
Yes 100K is gunna help & may be the difference but that leaves none for player 2 (Greg Bird?) who we have nutured for many years & he is getting better exponentially. Oh well, even though Birdy has been at the club for a while & is all of a sudden a possible aussie rep, now is the time to release him??
I think the loyalty has gone from the game & more has to be done to retrieve it. $200 or $300k per year for this would be better & I think 8 years is still too long.