No Salary Cap in Victorian Country

[Wedgie]

Found out that although the AFL is continually pushing a salary cap on the SANFL (with the support of the WAFL) that country Victoria and 4 VFL teams don't have salary caps.
This hinders SA Clubs chance of getting players across, for eg David Mensch is allegedly earning 65k for playing for some backwater country town and another player has been given a house!!!
It seems the Victorian recruits we've had in recent years who have helped lift the standard of our comp could be drying up soon unless we break free of AFL's tyranny.
Hell, we might even start losing decent South Aussies from the SANFL to Victorian country!

[Jimmy]

thats huge...how longs that been going on for?

[BPBRB]

Typical Victorian attitude. They try and screw the SANFL to lower the Salary cap but allow open slather in Victoria. No cap in Vic country and 4 VFL clubs have an unrestricted cap as well with a few more to join themover the next few years. It will soon be very hard to entice players over to the SANFL purely on money alone.

[redandblack]

I don't think that will affect anything. You'll see a record number of VFL players recruited to SANFL this year.

[dash61]

Agree to disagree

Redandblack, a lad we had at westies this year is being offered $30,000 a season by another vic country club, he left us mid year and showed a little bit of promise and did not set the world on fire.
The lad was marcus mcmillian and went back mid season and kicked a swag of goals but was ordinary at sanfl level yet can be offered that sort of dosh. So if you were a vic kid and were good at your trade you may go a few 100kn instead of going interstate.

[redandblack]

I think he just went back home, dash.

I stand by my statement.

[Adelaide Hawk]

I don't think that will affect anything. You'll see a record number of VFL players recruited to SANFL this year.

Agreed.

[Pseudo]

Hell, we might even start losing decent South Aussies from the SANFL to Victorian country!

start?!? It's been going on for years. I believe plenty of talented lads from the southeast are lured over the border to cashed-up Vic country teams rather than to the SANFL.

[Mr66]

People going to another job because of better pay?
Doesn't that happen everywhere?
And don't tell me that any of you WOULDN'T do the same!

[Jimmy]

People going to another job because of better pay?
Doesn't that happen everywhere?
And don't tell me that any of you WOULDN'T do the same!

nat arguing against the person going, just that its a shame certain restriction are enforced in some areas, while in others its not...

i totally agree with you.

[sydney-dog]

who really cares

All I have to say on the issue is the SANFL Football commission should be the only body to determine which rules govern SANFL footy and they need to make these decisions on the best interests of SANFL footy

[oldfella]

My recollection was that the SANFL commision introduced the salary cap or else the AWFUL would withdraw all funding for junior development in state - not hard to figure out who has got the hand on the whip.

Reference VFL, I thought there was a salary cap with 4 teams being given additional cap to compensate for being non-aligned with an AWFUL club and not having the use of 10-12 quality players each week - could be wrong?

[Mr66]

People going to another job because of better pay?
Doesn't that happen everywhere?
And don't tell me that any of you WOULDN'T do the same!

nat arguing against the person going, just that its a shame certain restriction are enforced in some areas, while in others its not...

i totally agree with you.

Spot on Jimmy.
I hope this doesn't turn into a player bashing topic.

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