SA Footy

amber_fluid wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:

LMA wrote:If the NRL weren't playing the AFL would of suspended days ago. They don't want to lose viewership to Rugby.

Who’s going to watch that shit?

Is that the game where you run forward with the ball but then throw it backwards?

I think so.

Having said that I’m going to the state of origin game here.
Only to catchup with mates and drink piss as I have zero interest in the game.

amber_fluid wrote:
I think so.

Having said that I’m going to the state of origin game here.
Only to catchup with mates and drink piss as I have zero interest in the game.

Lightning McQueen wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:
I think so.

Having said that I’m going to the state of origin game here.
Only to catchup with mates and drink piss as I have zero interest in the game.

I thought only their players drink piss?

Lightning McQueen wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:
I think so.

Having said that I’m going to the state of origin game here.
Only to catchup with mates and drink piss as I have zero interest in the game.

I thought players drink their own piss?

DOC wrote:A lot of the players such as Patrick Dangerfield bleat on that they want shorter seasons and when it comes they bleat they want 22 games.

What they want is the same money for less effort.

Booney wrote:I'm staggered they're playing, simply staggered.

Every major sporting code around the world has done their risk management and decided the risk simply outweighs the reward.

How or why the AFL have decided to commence the season beggars belief. Finding it hard to get my head around the process.

heater31 wrote:

Booney wrote:I'm staggered they're playing, simply staggered.

Every major sporting code around the world has done their risk management and decided the risk simply outweighs the reward.

How or why the AFL have decided to commence the season beggars belief. Finding it hard to get my head around the process.

Just proves that the organisation only cares about the almighty dollar$

DOC wrote:A lot of the players such as Patrick Dangerfield bleat on that they want shorter seasons and when it comes they bleat they want 22 games.

What they want is the same money for less effort.

Booney wrote:I'm staggered they're playing, simply staggered.

Every major sporting code around the world has done their risk management and decided the risk simply outweighs the reward.

How or why the AFL have decided to commence the season beggars belief. Finding it hard to get my head around the process.

Mr Beefy wrote:

DOC wrote:A lot of the players such as Patrick Dangerfield bleat on that they want shorter seasons and when it comes they bleat they want 22 games.

What they want is the same money for less effort.

So they are the same as most people?

Jim05 wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:

JK wrote:Riewoldt said last night the 16 min quarters equate to %20 less playing time and coincidentally the AFL want the players to take a %20 cut

Small businesses are taking a hit maybe the players should too.
At least the senior players on good coin anyway.

$600k a year down to $480k won’t send them broke.

The AFL and clubs made a rod for their own back when they started stuffing around with the TPP and offering front or back ended contracts, deferred payments etc.
I can understand people asking for a 20% cut across the board but with so many different contract structures it’s near on impossible. If I’m in the final year of a back ended contract there is no way I’m giving up 20% of my pay

Booney wrote:I'm staggered they're playing, simply staggered.

Every major sporting code around the world has done their risk management and decided the risk simply outweighs the reward.

How or why the AFL have decided to commence the season beggars belief. Finding it hard to get my head around the process.

tigerpie wrote:

Jim05 wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:

JK wrote:Riewoldt said last night the 16 min quarters equate to %20 less playing time and coincidentally the AFL want the players to take a %20 cut

Small businesses are taking a hit maybe the players should too.
At least the senior players on good coin anyway.

$600k a year down to $480k won’t send them broke.

The AFL and clubs made a rod for their own back when they started stuffing around with the TPP and offering front or back ended contracts, deferred payments etc.
I can understand people asking for a 20% cut across the board but with so many different contract structures it’s near on impossible. If I’m in the final year of a back ended contract there is no way I’m giving up 20% of my pay

Then you'd be a greedy prick!

Bum Crack wrote:Surely it will be called off today?

Booney wrote:I'm staggered they're playing, simply staggered.

Every major sporting code around the world has done their risk management and decided the risk simply outweighs the reward.

How or why the AFL have decided to commence the season beggars belief. Finding it hard to get my head around the process.

Jim05 wrote:

tigerpie wrote:

Jim05 wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:
Small businesses are taking a hit maybe the players should too.
At least the senior players on good coin anyway.

$600k a year down to $480k won’t send them broke.

The AFL and clubs made a rod for their own back when they started stuffing around with the TPP and offering front or back ended contracts, deferred payments etc.
I can understand people asking for a 20% cut across the board but with so many different contract structures it’s near on impossible. If I’m in the final year of a back ended contract there is no way I’m giving up 20% of my pay

Then you'd be a greedy prick!

How so?
Let’s just say I’m on a $2m contract over 5 years and the club comes to me and says we are in TPP strife and instead of taking $400k a year can you help us out and take $200k each year for the next 4 years and $1.2m in your final year when we are better placed. So you agree to do that and you have taken the lower wage for 4 years and then in the final year the AFL tell you they want to cut 20% off $1.2m I’m telling you to get stuffed and I don’t care if that makes me greedy or not.
The AFL and the clubs created the mess it’s up to them to fix it