jo172 wrote:The_Informer wrote:400 a game in Div 6, right there is whats wrong with amateur footy these days
That there is no sliding scale on the salary cap from D1 to D7 remains truly ridiculous.
That the worst performing D7 side can have a nominally equivalent value to the D1 premiers is just wrong, will force clubs to extinction and contributes to the culture that Bedge describes above.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, but D1 should have the full $4k/$500 that BLG/SFL/HFL etc. have, D2 $3,500/$450, D3 $3,000/$400, D4 $2,500/$350
and so on, so forth.
There should also be a reigning in on points to prevent D1 clubs using a higher salary cap to headhunt D5-7 juniors in the above-mentioned hypothetical.
As much as it makes sense the problem would not be the higher division clubs as a Div 6 $200 player is only worth $80 at Div 1/2 level, the issue is the poaching from outside the Adelaide Footy League, where they would now be able to offer said player $200, knowing the lower grade clubs cant match it due to a reduced salary cap
Could be the socialist coming out in me but I have the opinion that all clubs should be on an equal footing within the league and it sends a dangerous precedent if you start having different rules within the league for different clubs in their ability to recruit and retain players
Are players worth what they get paid, God no, however a player is worth what a club wants to pay for a player, so the free marketer in me says we should even look at deregulating the whole thing and abolish the points and salary cap and let the open market decide what happens. What I can guarantee is that if we open it up that there will be less clubs in the subsequent years.
Cause and affect to whatever way you go on this issue