assuming Hooper is one of our marquee players and clubs are allowed to keep their marquees outside the cap then logic would suggest reducing the cap has no effect on the likes of Hooper and Davilla. It really only affects the players who's salaries are under the current cap.
General A-League discussion
Italian superstar Alessandro Diamanti is the 2019/20 Alex Tobin Award winner in his @ALeague debut season ‼️ ? ?? @alinodiamanti23
— Fox Football (@FOXFOOTBALL) August 18, 2020
? https://t.co/Uq25SpM9tl pic.twitter.com/LwF7C5uxoJ
Rostyn Griffiths has told A-League chiefs it’s no longer “the responsibility of players to fix the competition” amid a push to slash contract values by 30-50% next season. Meanwhile, the salary cap will likely be no more than $2 million next season. [SBS]https://t.co/LgJFtVVy7W
— A-League Hub (@AleagueHub) August 20, 2020
but the bigger headache could come later in the week as the players union closes in on a new collective bargaining agreement — likely operating under a heavily reduced salary cap.
I honestly expected that to drag on for months. I guess players will want the certainty asap, so they can opt out if their contracts get reduced by too much.
but the bigger headache could come later in the week as the players union closes in on a new collective bargaining agreement — likely operating under a heavily reduced salary cap.
I honestly expected that to drag on for months. I guess players will want the certainty asap, so they can opt out if their contracts get reduced by too much.
So Rufer off to Macarthur FC?
So Rufer off to Macarthur FC?
An incredible run of form has seen Tom Glover announced as the final Young Footballer of the Year nominee ??#ALeague #CityTogether pic.twitter.com/B1XiXfAuzx
— Hyundai A-League (@ALeague) September 2, 2020
So unless Libby won the March award & wasn't announced, he is ineligible for the Young Footballer of the Year award ....
They gave the March award to Matt Millar ffs
Football Federation Australia (FFA) today announced that the Hyundai
A-League edition of the Dolan Warren Awards will be held online next
Thursday (10 September 2020) via the Hyundai A-League website (www.a-league.com.au) and Hyundai A-League official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/aleague).
https://www.a-league.com.au/news/hyundai-a-league-edition-dolan-warren-awards-be-held-online-next-thursday
The event will be hosted by FOX SPORTS presenter Adam Peacock, and will begin from 7:30pm (AEST) culminating with the presentation of the Johnny Warren Medal.
Players have rejected a bid from A-League clubs to be able to tap individual players on the shoulder and tell them to accept cuts ranging from 0-30%. For example, one teammate might be told he’s dropping 15% but another remains financially untouched. [SBS]https://t.co/Bc4pGR8qnt
— A-League Hub (@AleagueHub) September 4, 2020
A-League clubs, who want to cut player contracts by up to 30%, are anxious to get the issue resolved and have flagged a September 15 deadline to their players and the union for a deal to be done. That is when the next pay packets are due. [Age]https://t.co/1RTTdxqXsr
— A-League Hub (@AleagueHub) September 4, 2020
some player soidarity - makes sense but probably means they all will take a pay cut.
some player soidarity - makes sense but probably means they all will take a pay cut.
It is a hard one. If they go with a 30% cut across the board, the lower earners are hurt more. If they did cuts that get higher the more you earn, like the ANBL did, the higher earners will opt out and leave the league (or sign for other clubs that have the cap space available to pay them what they feel they are worth)
I wonder how much of an effect reducing the squad sizes down to 18 & reducing the visas down to 4 would make.
dangerous to reduce to 18, player welfare and all that.
dangerous to reduce to 18, player welfare and all that.
I wonder how much of an effect reducing the squad sizes down to 18 & reducing the visas down to 4 would make.
Dropping to 4 visa players makes sense, even if just for the 2020/2021 season. Most if not all teams like the Nix would have max 3 visa players currently signed.
Don't think it would be great for dressing room for morale, if you ask your existing signings to all take a 30% paycut, then go out to the market and try and land another Gazza Hooper at nearly $1M per season.
You can’t blame the players for fighting to retain their pay rates. But the reality is that the A-League is deep strife. The loss of key sponsors plus heavily reduced TV plus no crowd money means there is just not the money. Something has got to give or the clubs will just go bust. I hope the players see reason. If the A-League folds then most players would be scrambling to save their careers as pro footballers. There are some very good players in the Aleague. But there are also plenty who are lucky to be paid to play.
Yeah but its not just the players who have to be reasonable and sorry what was proposed was not fair, if they want to have them take pay cuts it has to be all not just a selective few.
'If a compromise can’t be reached, players - many of whom have been surviving on JobKeeper and as little as 17 per cent of their agreed contractual income - will be left in the financial wilderness.' ??⚽
— SBS - The World Game (@TheWorldGame) September 10, 2020
Via @lewieatlarge #sbstheworldgamehttps://t.co/aM2LX74JUb
Western United captain Alessandro Diamanti claimed the Johnny Warren Medal for his outstanding debut Hyundai A-League campaign, receiving the honour at the Dolan Warren Awards held online on Thursday night.
Diamanti received 34 points from a panel that included former professional players, technical experts, match officials and media representatives.
He was followed by Milos Ninkovic (Sydney FC – 28 points) and Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City FC – 25 points) with Diego Castro (Perth Glory – 23 points) and Ulises Dávila (Wellington Phoenix – 23 points) in equal fourth place.
Pity Davila's form dropped off after the Covid break, he could have won it.
FFA chief James Johnson will step in this week and force an agreement between clubs and A-League players should increasingly acrimonious pay talks break down.
? Statement@thepfa remains committed to reaching a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) to rebuild and reboot the @ALeague and @WLeague for the 2020-21 season#SupportingThePlayers #BuildingTheGame https://t.co/YPDuwzhknD
— The PFA (@thepfa) September 15, 2020
'Only Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Victory and Central Coast Mariners are believed to have paid players their full contractual entitlements for this month.' ???⚽
— SBS - The World Game (@TheWorldGame) September 16, 2020
Via @lewieatlarge #sbstheworldgamehttps://t.co/RtpBdNG7rC
'Only Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Victory and Central Coast Mariners are believed to have paid players their full contractual entitlements for this month.' ???⚽
Via @lewieatlarge #sbstheworldgamehttps://t.co/RtpBdNG7rC— SBS - The World Game (@TheWorldGame) September 16, 2020
To be clear - we paid our players in full for the first two weeks of the month and intend to do the same for the second two weeks. That was communicated to the players yesterday. Pls do not accept what is written on the press as correct.
— Danny Townsend (@drt15) September 16, 2020
That is SFC CEO
"The A-League's collective bargaining agreement could be a thing of the past as the war between the clubs' association and players' union reaches an impasse that appears very hard to resolve," writes @MicallefPhilip. https://t.co/hExYWnVgLT
— SBS - The World Game (@TheWorldGame) September 17, 2020
The players' union has effectively told the clubs it will not do a deal and has left it up to the clubs to negotiate separate pay structures with their own players.
The reason the PFA cannot accept the clubs' offer is because the union membership is divided.
The fragmented union has about 300 members, 200 of which have a job and the rest are unemployed.
And the only way the jobless 100 would get their job back is for the lucky 200 to take a considerable pay cut - which they have refused to do.
Melbourne Victory and Brisbane Roar are understood to have already made such arrangements with their players, although their roster is not complete.
Sydney FC have made overtures to their full complement of players for a cut of up to 20 per cent and will learn shortly if an agreement can be reached.
Sage with an open letter to Glory fans explaining the situation with the CBA https://www.perthglory.com.au/news/a-message-owner...
Sage with an open letter to Glory fans explaining the situation with the CBA https://www.perthglory.com.au/news/a-message-owner...
?@thepfa Statementhttps://t.co/g4371NVYFv
— The PFA (@thepfa) September 20, 2020
'Unhelpful and damaging': PFA slams Glory owner's 'misleading' letter, FFA declare clubs speak only for the A-League, not the game https://t.co/nCI1X2yc59
— Vince Rugari (@VinceRugari) September 20, 2020
'Unhelpful and damaging': PFA slams Glory owner's 'misleading' letter, FFA declare clubs speak only for the A-League, not the game https://t.co/nCI1X2yc59
— Vince Rugari (@VinceRugari) September 20, 2020
'an FFA spokesperson said the developments were "not a good way to begin the new era of an independent A-League."'
Heh.
Sage talks about a 30% wage cut thought they wanted it to be selective not across all players as Sage makes it sound like
Sage talks about a 30% wage cut thought they wanted it to be selective not across all players as Sage makes it sound like
What it seems to boil down to is this, the clubs wanna choose which players get their pay cut & the players are worried that the clubs could use that to force players out as the only options are to accept the pay cut or terminate your deal.
Imo the clubs will be wanting it this way so they avoid losing players who have value on the transfer market, so don't want to offer terms like the ANBL did, where everyone gets the option to opt out of their contracts instead of taking a mandated pay cut based on their contract value.
But the players fears are reasonable as well. Lets say the Nix re-sign Elliot, they could tell Fenton he has to take a big pay cut or terminate his deal as he is 3rd choice RB now.
Tbh I think the best way is to have the clubs renegotiate everyones deals one at a time, rather than come to a broad agreement as a league.