2020 Player movement

[azabob]

I actually think of all people his team mates are most likely to be fine with it, you know, because if gifted such a massive jump in pay they'd probably do the same.

Players have moved on from the more traditional values around loyalty to the jumper etc. etc. much quicker than supporters have. As long as people aren't dicks on the way out I'm not sure much seems to bother them.

Spot on Jeemak.

Majority of players these days also seem to know each other in some form or another. Leaving one club to go to another isn't such a big deal anymore.

[jazzadogs]

I agree somewhat, but Hawkins and Brereton did it too. Not for the same reasons as Gazza, but more so to extend their career that was pretty much over. Does this put a stain on them as club champions? Hodge, Mitchell, Lewis to name recent ones, once again not for money like Ablett.

I think what I’m saying, is that it seems to me that money/opportunity is an important factor. Remember, every player is only one injury away from no career. You will get the “Chris grants” still in the game, but this is a completely new generation, a new mindset for players of today.

Ablett played most of his prime years at GC though - the others you mentioned all effectively earned a pension.

He will still be a Cats legend because of his surname, but it would have been a much bigger imprint if he had played all 300+ games there.

[jeemak]

Spot on as always Jeemak.

Majority of players these days also seem to know each other in some form or another. Leaving one club to go to another isn't such a big deal anymore.

Fixed.

[azabob]

Fixed.

Is this the type of behaviour that gets you into trouble? Either way mate, I've got your back.

[bornadog]

Isaac Smith to Cats. May as well add more 30 plus year olds to the list

[Axe Man]

Isaac Smith to Cats. May as well add more 30 plus year olds to the list

Scientists in Geelong are busy reanimating the corpse of Tom Wills as we speak.

Seriously though, surely Smith and Higgins aren't going to play for chump change? Their salary cap baffles me.

[bornadog]

GWS player Zac Langdon exploring his Options.

[DOG GOD]

Scientists in Geelong are busy reanimating the corpse of Tom Wills as we speak.

Seriously though, surely Smith and Higgins aren't going to play for chump change? Their salary cap baffles me.

Like all the big teams, there’s obviously other “ways” payments are accepted...legally.

[Axe Man]

GWS player Zac Langdon exploring his Options.

Thought he was virtually a done deal to West Coast?

[bornadog]

Thought he was virtually a done deal to West Coast?

GWS only just announced it, and yes most likely WC

[Ghost Dog]

Like all the big teams, there’s obviously other “ways” payments are accepted...legally.

If you've ever lived in Geelong and I have, the stories you hear about property deals etc abound.

[bornadog]

If you've ever lived in Geelong and I have, the stories you hear about property deals etc abound.

That is how Nathan Brown was enticed to Richmond. Property deals, pub ownership etc.

[DOG GOD]

If you've ever lived in Geelong and I have, the stories you hear about property deals etc abound.

Yep, there’s always ways around it. Dusty earns around 1 million in endorsements.

[Grantysghost]

Isaac Smith to Cats. May as well add more 30 plus year olds to the list

Smith, 32 in December, had also been offered a three-year deal by Melbourne but chose the Cats' two-year offer in part for lifestyle reasons and an interest in living in the Geelong area.

Lifestyle reasons = Free "Cabbage" for life via Frank Costa.
Cabbage = Surf coast property.

[Twodogs]

Scientists in Geelong are busy reanimating the corpse of Tom Wills as we speak.

Seriously though, surely Smith and Higgins aren't going to play for chump change? Their salary cap baffles me.

I've not long finished reading a book about Tom Wills subtitled "The first Wildman of Australian sport. Very interesting guy. I wonder if we would have had the fascination for sport in Victoria if it were not for him?

That is how Nathan Brown was enticed to Richmond. Property deals, pub ownership etc.

I coped with Browny leaving. We were well compensated for his departure. That we chose to piss that compensation against the wall is down to us not him.

However I will never forgive him for renovating the Richmond Club Hotel and making the carpets non sticky.