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Water Cooler chat...Neon Leon to the Dees on Tuesday

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Staggered nobody did not even rookie him. But it just shows that if you roll the dice in modern footy your future is not assured. I bet the players have watched this one closely. Leon was the test case in a lot of ways.

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    Could not go on a rookie list as the pay drop would have been to much. Much better to go to WAFL where he can earn that money

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    out of interest, what sort of money could he make in the WAFL?

    A lot more than the 50k on a rookie list and he gets to go home

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    A lot more than the 50k on a rookie list and he gets to go home

    but rookies aren't limited to $50k. He was also in the PSD (I think) where you can nominate your terms.

    anyway, whats a "a lot more"

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    out of interest, what sort of money could he make in the WAFL?

    Know someone who recently played for Subiaco, was in their top three or four players for quite a while and was on $50k for the year.

    You'd think Neon Leon would be on somewhere between that and a $100 large. Big coup for Perth Dees for sure. In all likelihood they will probably help him out with a job and other fringe benefits as well. All told he may only be $100k shy of what Collingwood were offering him, only now he has two assured years and gets to live the lifestyle he wants, in the location he wants.

    I wouldn't be surprised if he privately told Port Adelaide he wasn't interested in going there. Speaking of that, how dirty would John McArthy be on having had Port read out his name yesterday!

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    Know someone who recently played for Subiaco, was in their top three or four players for quite a while and was on $50k for the year.

    You'd think Neon Leon would be on somewhere between that and a $100 large. Big coup for Perth Dees for sure. In all likelihood they will probably help him out with a job and other fringe benefits as well. All told he may only be $100k shy of what Collingwood were offering him, only now he has two assured years and gets to live the lifestyle he wants, in the location he wants.

    I wouldn't be surprised if he privately told Port Adelaide he wasn't interested in going there. Speaking of that, how dirty would John McArthy be on having had Port read out his name yesterday!

    It was reported the Pies offered him $300K if that is true he has dropped $200k

    Cost of living is no less in Perth than Melbourne so he has to be way worse off

    however sometimes money is not everything.

    If he truely wanted to go home then he has achieved his ends.

    Probably spend 50% of the time training in Perth compared to the Pies, no interstate travel.

    if he gets another job as well as the football it probably comes out equal.

    i.e. effort vs reward.

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