Regional clubs have proposed radical changes to save community football including banning player payments altogether or introducing a new player points system.
A tired, quiet group of footballers walks off the ground with their heads down. Charlton has lost by 104 points and no-one has the energy to analyse the match or even commiserate.But it's hard to stay positive when you're yet to win a game 12 weeks into the season and you're languishing on the bottom of the ladder.
Sealake-Nandaly Football Netball Club president Ivan Tait said the club was not paying a player $45,000 a season, which would equate to $2,500 a game."Like every club, we are required to submit these figures into AFL Central Victoria at the start of the season." Country football remains rife with unsubstantiated rumours that clubs are paying players with cash, prams, or even phoney jobs to get around the salary cap.The country football club that made headlines for its big losses records its first win in more than 1,000 days. It marks a special moment for the community in Wahgunyah amid the club's fight for survival.
They were all fined for the breaches, with Alexandra receiving the highest penalty — a $40,000 fine and the loss of four premiership points.In the Sunraysia Football Netball League, Robinvale-Euston was fined $15,000, had 12 premiership points taken away and its president was banned from holding office at any AFL-affiliated club for 12 months.
In Charlton, a girl in pigtails bounces a netball towards the canteen while a boy carries a football around.
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