Here are the elements that make up the free agency compensation formula - and why AFL clubs losing top-tier free agents will cash in like never before this year.
AFL clubs losing top-tier free agents will cash in like never before this year under a revised, and tightened, league compensation model.
North Melbourne will receive pick three for McKay, who will become a Bomber on a lucrative six-year deal worth, on average, somewhere between $750,000 and $800,000, if they do not match the offer. A player who spent at least eight years at their current club and is in the top 25 per cent of earners is a restricted free agent, while others outside the top 25 per cent, or who have reached 10 years’ service, qualify for unrestricted free agency.The other big move is yet to play out, with another restricted free agent, St Kilda’s Jade Gresham, also wanting to join Essendon. The Saints will also have the right to match the offer.
There is a descending value from there, with the compensation for departing free agents in the next 10 per cent of contracts landing at the end of the first round, such as Doedee’s four-year deal at Brisbane.
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