pickard drops offer

[Macca19]

It is true that if you are part of the AFLs fund or "life support" then you are meant to have a limited salary cap. The minimum every club must use is 92.5% regardless.

To my knowledge, Port have been fairly significantly under the cap over the past 2 seasons anyway.

[TimmiesChin]

CP, I thought all AFL clubs had to spend at least 90% of the whatever the cap is for that year? Thinking being that players shouldn't be disadvantaged by getting drafted into a less financial club. I don't think there's a link to any hand-outs they might have received.

Ah ok ... It was always my understanding (probably wrongly) that when clubs received AFL assistance they could only operate to %92.5 of the Salary Cap?

yep spot on.

Yes but remember also that the melbourne teams have a huge advantage in terms of away team support.

Port and Adelaide only get great away team support once a year (showdowns) whilst Melbourne clubs get it every second game.

But the Melbourne clubs dont have a true home ground like interstate clubs skip

But 9 games out of 15 the Melbourne clubs dont play true away games either.