Salary Cap Tracker

Just for interest and with no claim to be scientific, TFSA will be keeping an eye on this year's recruiting by clubs from a salary cap point of view.

From the 'official' TFSA ins and outs, we'll be classifying each player into a category.  We'll presume that all clubs are at the salary cap level to start with.  This is not correct, especially with a club like Sturt, who would have been well under.

This is just for fun and discussion purposes and TFSA acknowledges that it has no bearing on any official salary cap situation.  Not all players play all games, of course.  There are sign-on fees, etc, so no conclusions can be drawn from this at all.  Clubs report to the SANFL for salary cap purposes and that's the only correct standard.

Player categories will be:

Normal match payment player                                               $10,000

Solid SANFL player with experience                                        $15,000

Good SANFL player, Rookie listed AFL.                                    $20,000

Top SANFL player, experienced VFL recruit, etc                       $25,000

Delisted AFL player, elite SANFL player                                   $30,000

Comments and discussion welcome and we'll start a list and upgrade it regularly.

NORWOOD:

Outs are AFL players:  Stevenson, Grigg and Renouf  -  Classing them as $10,000 players as per Cap rules (approx)  Averaging for number of games played, estimated cost is $15,000 (rounded)

Suckling - $25,000, Zorzi  $30,000, Warren, $20,000.

Running total                                    $105,000 under cap.

Aish, Fuller, Fantasia, Dumont, add $40,000,

Leaves $145,000.

Add $10,000 for Thomas and $20,000 for Georgiou and that makes a s...load of moolah to throw at 2 top recruits and have plenty of change.

We're declaring Norwood well under the cap for 2014.

Deduct $60,000 (cheap) for Bartlett and Allan and Norwood are still way under. ($115,000)

NORTH

Outs are Johnston, Wright, Moore to AFL.

All listed at $10,000, averaging for games played,so North are currently $15,000 under the cap.

Daniel Archer               $25,000

Makes North $40,000 under.

Out is Stewart (AFL) $10,000, makes $50,000.

In is Jimmy Allan, $30,000.

Grove, base $10,000 to be conservative.  Sandercock and Barns also on the minimum $10,000 each

Puts North nominally $10,000 over.

Bear in mind only 21 can play, so no conclusions can be drawn at this stage for any club, it is an indicator only.

Gordon out, $30,000, leaves North $20,000.

Langford out, add $15,000, leaves North $35,000.

Obst in $20,000, leaves $15,000.

Luke Mitchell In, $30,000, puts North $15,000 over.

Rhys O'Keefe in, $30,000, puts North $45,000 over.

Jesse O'Brien in, $30,000, leaves North $75,000 over.

Discount for 2 players returning, $20,000, leaves North still $55,000 over, compared to last year.***************** Danger sign.

Add back Jimmy Allan, brings it to $25,000.

Highly unlikely North's 3 recruits from the AFL would all be on $30,000, so North are about the mark.

WEST

AFL outs are Porplyzia, Laird, Cassisi and Crouch

All at $10,000, but played only a few games, so total 'cost' is estimated at $10,000 total.

Other Outs: Ferguson $30,000, Mangan  $25,000, Slattery  $25,000

West are therefore $90,000 under the cap.

West sign Rookie Richard Newell, say $20,000, leaving $70,000.

Tippett out, another $30,000, leaves $100,000.

Anyone know a good defender or two?

Hardy brings it back to $75,000

Rankine out, back to $90,000.

Bryce Campbell would be an OUT for Norwood too.

This topic should provide some light entertainment, but obviously doesn't take into account factors like employment for the player (and sometime their partner I would guess).

That's correct. It also doesn't take into account reductions in some players year to year to make room.

As we stress, it's for fun only and no implications can be drawn from it.

EAGLES    ****

AFL outs - Thompson, Stewart, Ellis-Yolmen, Vince, Petrenko, Mitchell, Redden, Heath, Joyce, Salter

Given the number of games played, we're assessing that at $40,000

Other - Rowntree  ($10,000, allowing for injury, etc), Day $10,000 (allowing for games played), Kirk (Nil), Parry $20,000

Total is $80,000 room in their salary cap.

Wundke in is assessed at $25000 (no doubt more, though)

Leaves $55,000

Boyd $30,000, leaves $25,000.  Staple $15,000, makes $40,000.

Wundke and Boyd would cost more than the figures we've quoted, so we'll put a  **** next to the Eagles to denote they're close to the cap.

Powell $25,000, makes $65,000.

Templeton $10,000 makes $55,000.

CENTRAL

AFL  -  Callinan, Osborn, Dowdell - assessed at $15,000

Sibenaler   $10,000, allowing for games played.

Boyd   $25,000

Total  $50,000

O'Hara.  $25,000

Leaves $75,000.

McIntyre, leaves $55,000.

Bryce Retzlaff leaves $30,000.

Guilhaus out brings it up to $45,000.

Dutschke and Meulendyks bring it up to $65,000.

Templeton makes it $75,000

Hoskin and Mabon soak up $40,000, leaving $35,000.

Hardy brings it up to $60,000.

STURT

AFL - Tambling, Jaensch, Graham, Kerridge, Martin, Riley.  Assessed at $50,000.

Crane  $20,000

In Sturt's case, we think it's fair also to presume they were under the cap by at least $50,000 last year, probably much more?

Therefore, room in the cap of $120,000.

For this thread, we're presuming Sturt have signed Beard, Kirkwood and Watt.

That's $30K, $25K and $15K, total $70,000.

Leaves $45,000.

McIntyre goes, that leaves  $55,000.

Tambling in at $30,000, that leaves $25,000.

Tom Rischbeith out, that $10,000 leaves $35,000.

SOUTH

AFL - Hartigan  $10,000, Mckay, Shaw  Total $10,000

Other - Stribling, Pfeiffer    Total         $35,000

South now $55,000 under.

With Wundke out, that goes to $80,000

MacLeod and Rose bring it back to $45,000

GLENELG

AFL - Hitchcock, Lyon, Shaw, McKernan, Logan.  -  assessed at $25,000

Mules  $20,000

Total    $45,000

Davenport. $25,000, leaves $70,000.

Tenace gone, $25,000, leaves $95,000.

Lonergan ** special price, $40,000, leaves $55,000

Joseph in at $30,000, Walsh & McInerney out for $15,000.

That leaves  $40,000.

Alleway, say $20,000, leaves $20,000.


Josh Scott, say $15,000, leaves $5000.

Mitch Thorp, $30,000, leaves -$25,000.........hmmmm, especially when Thorp is more likely a $50,000 player.

We'll update these figures as time goes. Feel free to dispute or suggest amendments.

As we said, these figures are just TFSA guesses only and probably have no relationship to actual figures, but are for comparative purposes only.

Admin wrote:STURT

AFL - Tambling, Jaensch, Graham, Kerridge, Martin, Riley.  Assessed at $50,000.

Crane  $20,000

In Sturt's case, we think it's fair also to presume they were under the cap by at least $50,000 last year, probably much more?

Therefore, room in the cap of $120,000.

Also AFL: Pittard, Jenkins, Monfries, Wingard
Adam Thompson has retired also.

Did any of those play games, Chambo?

Jenkins early?

No Jenkins did not play any games this year however Rory Atkins (Crows) played a handful of games as did Jack Hombsch (Power),

Admin wrote:SOUTH

AFL - Hartigan  $10,000

AFL Mason Shaw

Stribling, Pfiefer and maybe one or two more.....??

pretty interesting topic ..Salary Cap.
there is one club out there that is throwing money, big money at a lot of players..

If all its pigeons come home to roost... there will be absolutely no way known it will be anywhere near the cap- 2 players on their own , from what Im told, would be commanding almost 1/3 of the cap by themselves.
Grow some balls and some teeth SANFL!

Reckon you're right, Bluey, I hear 50 big ones is the go for Wundke.

Well Ainger got 50k, and actually I would have thought Wundke was miles better value than him..if he's fit...and there is another question..!!

I think some of the figures being mentioned are more like pigeon crap !

EagleRock wrote:I think some of the figures being mentioned are more like pigeon crap !

agreed because with Ainger it was $40,000.00

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Admin wrote:CENTRAL

Guilhaus out brings it up to $45,000.

The Dogs still hopefull that Seb will be at Elizabeth in 2014...

Not a confirmed out, as yet...

Big Phil wrote:

Admin wrote:CENTRAL

Guilhaus out brings it up to $45,000.

The Dogs still hopefull that Seb will be at Elizabeth in 2014...

Not a confirmed out, as yet...

More likely than Travis Tuck though.