The decision by the AFLPA to make standard the first three years of a player’s contract is a bonus for the Eagles and other clubs with early draft picks in this year’s draft, but it has upset many player managers.
Reid is part of the first crop of top-end draft picks who will enter a third season with their pay capped by a CBA clause that ties players to their clubs for three seasons, an increase from the two-year standard contract that has been in place for decades.
Even with the possibility of topping up his earnings further with an additional services agreement if he qualifies, Reid, who has garnered more publicity in Western Australia than any AFL player since being drafted, will not have the capacity to negotiate what he is worth on a free market until his fourth season.
“This was a position put to us by the AFL and clubs, which was discussed in depth with the playing group and the agent group. We understand the view that it has the potential to restrict the earnings of some players in their third year, but this provides a fair outcome for all players to be paid based on what they have achieved in the game in their first two seasons, rather than on speculation.
The agents believe players who contemplate returning home to be nearer to their families will feel more comfortable doing so after spending three seasons on a standard contract than they may have been after two seasons., has changed clubs, while two top-20 players from the 2020 national draft, Tanner Bruhn and Ollie Henry, left their club after two years.
Or, what is more likely, negotiations for a player’s fourth season are likely to get very interesting, particularly with many clubs having salary-cap room, the northern-based academies starting to yield dividends with local players on their lists,Uncontracted Brad Hill is not over the hill He has been a resilient performer at the Saints, playing 89 of a possible 91 games in his stint at the club so far.
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