Dutchy wrote:Bum Crack wrote:Booney wrote:Booney wrote:Players take a 50% pay cut for the next two months.
The AFL has said "We can't give you what we don't have" and will be looking at a 75% pay cut for players.
Yep. 50% until 31 May and then it goes to 78%. that's a massive pay cut no matter what wage you're on.
Based on the player average wage of $371k and a cut of 78%, they still earn $81k pa. And if they have mortgages etc they will be able to get 6 months relief from repayments, they will be OK.
David King had a good suggesting, that the % of cuts gets increased for every $100k extra you earn over the 1st $100k, so the better paid players take more of a hit, makes sense to me but these guys have lived privileged lifestyles for ever.
what about the one's paying nearly a grand in rent a week?