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Clint Bizkit mentioned this a few times on GF Day. At the time i thought the Swans cap was reduced to a normal level along with the Brisbane Lions. No. Clint is right.

And i like the fact that this is starting to filter through the media. Talkback is growing.

It is time to pull this back. The cost of living in Sydney is not that different to Melbs.

AFL Players get so many freebies anyway...

I mean Perth aint cheap either so why is Sydney singled out?

We need parity across the continent concerning salary cap limits.

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i may be mistaken but wasn't there an article in one of the papers outlining that the city of melbourne had overtaken Sydney as the most expensive city in Australia to live in some months ago?

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i may be mistaken but wasn't there an article in one of the papers outlining that the city of melbourne had overtaken Sydney as the most expensive city in Australia to live in some months ago?

more reason to force the AFL to address the imbalance.
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The AFL will remove this now that Sydney have their flags a la Brisbane.

I bet it will somehow cost more to live on the Gold Coast and a certain and specific pocket west of Sydney soon though.

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I think the AFL have used this cost of living thing as an excuse to boost the code in Sydney, now that seems pretty obvious.

If it were really about cost of living and they were serious about it then they would not use the salary cap to do it as it doesn't ensure an even distribution of money to all players as far as I can tell. An equal allowance would be given to all players based on immediate family members (wife and kids) to cover the cost. It doesn't matter if you are the highest paid player or the lowest, it still costs the same of course apart from individual access.

The system as is, is open for abuse and the Swans may well have overstepped the mark with Tippett.


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And lets be honest. The clubs look after the players anyway. Housing, food, clothing..it would cost you & i a lot more to live.

Clever accounting & tax breaks.

The higher the altitude the lower the Oxygen one has to burn.

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Caps should be the same everywhere imo, makes the competition a farce. Look at it. Brisbane 3 and Sydney 2 of the last 8-10 flags........

Also cost of living is one thing, but some people choose to live in different ways. pay someone extra to move to sydney under the allowance, then they just live ina cheap suburb means they still get a big net gain for the move.

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If you divide the 1 million by the 44 players on the list it's not that much extra for each player though - comes out to $23,000 each which would be the difference in housing, food, travel etc costs..

Mind you, once you start allowing for those living in sydney but not factoring in perth, adelaide and melbourne it becomes hypocritical....

Maybe those that need to live in port need to get an extra allowance too :)

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I am fine with it to be honest, the Swans aren't good because they have extra money to pay players.... They are good because they don't worry what other clubs are doing and act as a family.

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If you divide the 1 million by the 44 players on the list it's not that much extra for each player though - comes out to $23,000 each which would be the difference in housing, food, travel etc costs..

Mind you, once you start allowing for those living in sydney but not factoring in perth, adelaide and melbourne it becomes hypocritical....

Maybe those that need to live in port need to get an extra allowance too :)

Yes that is fine as long as they get 23K each not using it to lure other players to the club and not give every player the benefit associated with living in sydney

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I am fine with it to be honest, the Swans aren't good because they have extra money to pay players.... They are good because they don't worry what other clubs are doing and act as a family.

i am sure they are all fine with it too.

Could be the difference between Tippett going to Sydney or back home.

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Would come to light even more if the premier can afford to recruit Tippett.

If they sign on Tippett, they will have the twin towers with Sam Reid. They're obviously looking ahead for life after Goodes. Good luck to them if they can do it.


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i am sure they are all fine with it too.

Could be the difference between Tippett going to Sydney or back home.

Yep, and good luck to them.... I would rather Tippet go to Sydney than freakin Carlton or Gold Coast.

Couldn't have much more respect for the Swans, they are the only football team in the league that can genuinelly call themselves a club.

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Yep, and good luck to them.... I would rather Tippet go to Sydney than freakin Carlton or Gold Coast.

Couldn't have much more respect for the Swans, they are the only football team in the league that can genuinelly call themselves a club.

yes. But a club who has the ability to pay their list more than we can. And be within the rules.

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We could have a salary cap of $100 million and still wouldn't be any good. It's not how much you have, it is what you do with it, and Sydney crap all over us in that respect.

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Yep, and good luck to them.... I would rather Tippet go to Sydney than freakin Carlton or Gold Coast.

Not me. I want him going to the GC for pick 2.

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We could have a salary cap of $100 million and still wouldn't be any good. It's not how much you have, it is what you do with it, and Sydney crap all over us in that respect.

The extra $$$ can be the difference between clinching a deal or not.

I am not disrespecting the Sydney Club, these are AFL Rules.

I just believe we should all run off the same Salary strucure Australia wide.

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I think I have been reading swansland.

An extra million bucks !!! No way.

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