Should player salaries be made public?

[rpfc 27,539]

The real downside would be a situation similar to Steve Nash in the NBA of the last couple years; he has purely been talked about as a 'cap figure' and a 'trade piece' as a opposed a player and a human being.

But it's not like we don't dehumanise these people anyway - they are dogs or gods depending on your POV...

[Bossdog 2,002]

Beats, on 23 Jan 2015 - 12:54 PM, said:

I can understand the concern for players well being and the need to shield them from criticism, but will it really be the players that cop it for being overpaid? It's the players agent and the list manager that negotiate their salaries, I'd hope that those would be the ones getting the majority of criticism. Rather than opening up players for criticism about being overpaid, I'd think the blow torch should/ would be pointed squarely at the list manager who did the deal. I know it's not a perfect world, but the players have limited input in regards to what they're paid.

Case in point - TS - he hasn't played up to the $million price tag, but he didn't set that price, he simply took the best offer on the table (as we all would).

But it wasn't the player manager or the list manager that was ridiculed when TS played his first game against us......It was the player who coped the abuse and that was without the knowledge of what his salary actually was.

Supporters yell and abuse players because that is what they see at the game..... so if they now had the knowledge of exactly how much each player was getting paid the expectation would rise and fall on those payments. Which I think is unfair.

[deanox 8,676]

Well, as I spend thousands of dollars grocery shopping at Woolies every year (far more invested there than in MFC memberships), I think I will demand that a board be displayed at the entrance of the Leichhardt Market Place Woolworths store entrance, listing every checkout person, shelf stacker and manager and their individual salaries. Seems fair.

I think you will find that those salaries are probably readily available through the union EBA. Those people are paid set wages. Same with first and second year AFL players.

[Dr. Gonzo 22,522]

But it wasn't the player manager or the list manager that was ridiculed when TS played his first game against us......It was the player who coped the abuse and that was without the knowledge of what his salary actually was.

Supporters yell and abuse players because that is what they see at the game..... so if they now had the knowledge of exactly how much each player was getting paid the expectation would rise and fall on those payments. Which I think is unfair.

He wasn't ridiculed because of his salary it was because he was a turncoat dog.

[rjay 23,929]

He wasn't ridiculed because of his salary it was because he was a turncoat dog.

...but this was pretty funny all the same.