HH3 wrote:whufc wrote:Booney wrote:HH3 wrote:
No they won't.
The salary cap would negate the top teams stockpiling players. The only way that could happen is if they all agree to take pay cuts to all play in one team.
What is seen in the NFL, is players chase the money. So teams that may not have a good roster, hence have room under the salary cap, can offer the big bucks.
You would see Melbourne chasing players, without the burden of having to trade picks with a team that the player isnt even contracted to.
Which is exactly how Hawthorn have got Lake, Frawley etc to come into already successful teams.
Sydney with Franklin and Tippett, they've still signed Hannebery to a long term deal, why? Happy to take a pay cut to play in a strong team.
**** the NFL and it's systems. Completely different market, completely different sportsmen, **** me, the ego on some of those wankers over there.
Unfortunatly one of Andy D's legacies is that most things he did was copied straight from the NFL
That looks as if it still continuing
If it happened in the NFL 5 years ago it's no far from coming into the AFL soon
Which part of the current AFL FA system resembles the NFL?
I'm talking about how the actual competition runs not necessarily the ins and outs of free agency and its all American sports in general they follow
-draft
-trade period
-fixturing (blockbuster games, playing certain teams more than once etc)
-priority picks
-free agency
-branding like (Friday night footy all 'Monday night football')
-half time show in GF
-video replays
-trying to introduce white 'away' shirts for all sides