2026 Adelaide Footy League - Division 5

[The Bedge]

Really don’t want to be rude but they’re such dumb comments.

With that mindset we may as well have no rules, regs, policies in place.

You would hope majority of clubs would abide by the parameters expected of them.. if you need to spend more than $3,500 per week on players then you got problems anyway.

Of course clubs will work around it, of course some clubs might completely disregard.. but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try and implement stuff.

Anyway I’m bored of this discussion I was fair intoxicated when I posted it last night haha!

Greenacres for the flag.

[cracka]

the first time i heard people got paid for footy was against Torrens valley when Gary Hughes was running the show.
I was shocked at the amount and at 18 felt good about beating a guy who was on $700 a week, didn't make me any richer but definitely gave the hecklers on the side line some ammunition.
Wouldnt players at a club know whether guys are worth the $ based on performance and expect better output from the big $$ makers, is that what causes guys to grab and go and only play one year before the next bidding war over summer.

Players were getting paid in the 70's in the Hills.

[whufc]

The above points are all mute points.

The league can implement any rules or systems they want, there has always been and always will be 'Brown Paper Bag Deals' and clubs rorting the system, if any of you think this doesn't happen you really need to get your heads out of the sand.

And I know full well some of you on here are complete hypocrites!

Well then the answer is dont have a salary cap.

[jo172]

Some people will always drink drive and get away with it so why have drink driving laws?

Some people will always speed and get away with it so why have speed limits?

Some people get away with murder, should we still prohibit that?

[Beachboy]

Really don’t want to be rude but they’re such dumb comments.

With that mindset we may as well have no rules, regs, policies in place.

You would hope majority of clubs would abide by the parameters expected of them.. if you need to spend more than $3,500 per week on players then you got problems anyway.

Of course clubs will work around it, of course some clubs might completely disregard.. but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try and implement stuff.

Anyway I’m bored of this discussion I was fair intoxicated when I posted it last night haha!

Greenacres for the flag.

"Greenacres for the flag." I disagree I am going to with. The Dragons.

[Footy Chick]

Really don’t want to be rude but they’re such dumb comments.

With that mindset we may as well have no rules, regs, policies in place.

You would hope majority of clubs would abide by the parameters expected of them.. if you need to spend more than $3,500 per week on players then you got problems anyway.

Of course clubs will work around it, of course some clubs might completely disregard.. but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try and implement stuff.

Anyway I’m bored of this discussion I was fair intoxicated when I posted it last night haha!

Greenacres for the flag.

"Greenacres for the flag." I disagree I am going to with. The Dragons.

[The Bedge]

Glitch in AFL Live 2004 wasn't it - commentators would do pre-game predications.. one would say they're going for say Port Adelaide.. the other would say they disagree, they're going for... The Power

[carey]

The above points are all mute points.

The league can implement any rules or systems they want, there has always been and always will be 'Brown Paper Bag Deals' and clubs rorting the system, if any of you think this doesn't happen you really need to get your heads out of the sand.

And I know full well some of you on here are complete hypocrites!

Well then the answer is dont have a salary cap.

Agreed.

[whufc]

The above points are all mute points.

The league can implement any rules or systems they want, there has always been and always will be 'Brown Paper Bag Deals' and clubs rorting the system, if any of you think this doesn't happen you really need to get your heads out of the sand.

And I know full well some of you on here are complete hypocrites!

Well then the answer is dont have a salary cap.

Agreed.

I previously thought down this line but have changed opinion.

I think we want as many clubs surviving as possible and the honest answer these days is finding volunteers to make up committees is such a hard task neverminded finding people who are capable of spending/managing and understanding the financials behind paying players.

Rightly or wrongly i think administration does have a responsibility to help clubs from themselves.

[jo172]

I tend to agree, my initial instinct is to let the market figure it out, but while it's imperfect i tend to think it's generally achieving its objectives.

To take D1 as the benchmark of the Ad FL since 2016 when the salary cap was introduced 6 different clubs have won a flag in 10 years with Port Districts and PAOC winning three a piece. Also of those premiers all but Port Districts have spent time in D2 subsequent to their winning a flag.

Might be a correlation/causation thing, but seems to be having some effect.