I'd hazard a pretty confident guess that Auckland have used the two marquee players and two designated players, all outside the cap, plus have used the average of the legacy sort of allowances over all clubs.
I'd also hazard a guess that Welnix have spent the cap and not much more. Comments they've made over the years tend to suggest that's about where they pitch their spend.
If everybody is reduced to simply one player outside the cap, that's three players likely all on $300k plus each that AFC can't retain. $900k of spend they need to ditch.
And I'd hazard a guess we won't need to reduce our spend at all.
That might be a simple but accurate enough way to look at it?
I could be wrong - happy to be corrected - but I'm quite looking forward to seeing if that gives us a much more level playing field against them next year.
I'd also hazard a guess that Welnix have spent the cap and not much more. Comments they've made over the years tend to suggest that's about where they pitch their spend.
If everybody is reduced to simply one player outside the cap, that's three players likely all on $300k plus each that AFC can't retain. $900k of spend they need to ditch.
And I'd hazard a guess we won't need to reduce our spend at all.
That might be a simple but accurate enough way to look at it?
I could be wrong - happy to be corrected - but I'm quite looking forward to seeing if that gives us a much more level playing field against them next year.