Do Suspended Players Still Get Paid

[Cranky Franky 2,123]

I was wondering if Hogan & Jordan Lewis still get their full $$$ for the year despite missing games for suspension ?

Not sure what the contracts say but you'd think there would be a financial penalty for the player if he gets rubbed out

Otherwise its pretty unfair that the Club has to keep paying them when the suspension is their own dumb fault.

 

[Diamond_Jim 12,632]

Most contracts have a base and a match fee component. Clearly they lose the match fee component. As to the base I am not sure but remember the base is a 52 week component and would be the same in and out of season.

[Lord Travis 10,763]

They still get paid their base fee but do not get their match day payment.

After the past two weeks the club should instate a rule that makes the players all forfeit their match day payments when they lose. We'll see if they still jog on the spot if they don't get their money (Obviously a joke but Jesus this team has taken years off my life!)

[Vogon Poetry 2,095]

30 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Most contracts have a base and a match fee component. Clearly they lose the match fee component. As to the base I am not sure but remember the base is a 52 week component and would be the same in and out of season.

As someone who has negotiated player contracts in the past I can assure you Lewis and Hogan will have no match payment component in their contracts.

[praha 11,240]

No match fee or incentives. So I assume in both Lewis' and Hogan's case they're looking at losses of around $10,000- $20,000.

[Macca 17,066]

My understanding is that the players are on an agreed contract amount and that amount is guaranteed.  There might be some added incentives like a decent B & F finish but if a player is on 600k or 700k, they get all that money in full (a good amount of that contract might be paid up front with the residual probably paid monthly or possibly fortnightly)

I highly doubt that a player would get docked money for being suspended.  Perhaps they should do but the maximum fine for most indiscretions is 5k ... that agreed amount is part of the collective bargaining agreement that is still in operation by default.

In a nutshell, none of Lewis, Hogan or Vince would be out of pocket for being suspended.

 

 

 

[Little Goffy 14,662]

Of course they keep being paid the full salary. With all the chaos and luck of AFL, it's only fair because there are so many different ways to miss games.

I mean, really what they are being paid for is not the games so much as it is for the 24/7 professionalism required to be a competitive player at the top level.

Oh... wait...

Edited April 16, 2017 by Little Goffy
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[beelzebub 23,384]

Neither Jesse nor Jordan will out of pocket

[The heart beats true 18,155]

My understanding is that the suspended player must forfeit their payment and donate it to whichever supporter starts a new thread on DLand outlining the personal pain and suffering they've been handed by the club.

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