roodog wrote:roodog wrote:Dogwatcher wrote:Would an APFL club pay $25k to one player for a season?
You'd need to be getting a few through the gate every week. How did it all go when United had Peter Burgoyne? Don't know if he was on $25k , but that excercise would be the template for success or otherwise. Input from any United posters?
Or not?
No club would pay a set figure for the season let alone something that huge. Thats pretty much your whole playing budget gone in one whack. Way too risky especially if the player got injured first game, which is why a figure per game is preferred. However, I do know that at least 1 BLG club has been offering set figures for at least the past 2 seasons.
Its hard to tell if Burgo was a success, how do you measure it?
Did he perform to expectations on the field? No.
Did we get increased sponsorship, attendances and general revenue (bar, canteen)? Yes.
Did we make a record profit at the end of both seasons? Yes.
You can see its difficult to judge.
I would say a better example if it worked would be with Two Wells last year and big Feasty. We all know decent ruckman aren't cheap, and a ruckman with AFL and SANFL experience would cost even more to attract so Two Wells would be a better place to direct the question Roodog. We know Feast and TW were successful on the field, but off it, I would have no idea.
If you don't like it, change it. If you don't want to change it, it can't be that bad!