PAFC 2025

[MW]

Front page of the advertiser website about the Rozee rumour. Seriously

[Armchair expert]

The fate of the season rests on Ports shoulders Friday night

They must win!

[Booney]

Port really cocked up this succession plan thing, hey?

Yeah, they couldn't have f*cked it up any more!

Wanna bet?

https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/outgoing ... c-19733125

Outgoing Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley will receive a cash bonus somewhere near the $400,000 mark as he ends his 13-year stay at the club.

7NEWS chief AFL reporter Mitch Cleary has exclusive details of the backdated payout, which is from money owed to Hinkley dating back to the COVID period of 2020 and 2021.

Cleary also said on Seven’s The Agenda Setters that the $400K will come out of the club’s soft cap (the amount of money an AFL club can spend on its football department) next year.

What a complete shit show.

[RB]

Cash bonus haha

My god Kenny played the club like a fiddle for so long.

Would it be accurate to assume he's milked them for $10m all told?

[Brodlach]

The gift that keeps on giving

[Dutchy]

To be fair it is cash he was owed that got pushed back due to COVID, not sure why you wouldn't pay it this year though and be done?

Makes sense now why they didn't pull the cord on him at the end of 2024

[another grub]

Poor very poor.

Sack whoever deserves it!

[Brodlach]

Was it a finals bonus? For making finals?

[Booney]

Was it a finals bonus? For making finals?

Just money from the COVID years that he deferred. I'd say it was keeping money in the coffers in tough times through COVID and wanting it back when the time came.

[dedja]

Sounds like entitlements that are fairly due to him, like they would be to any another person in any industry.

Why is this controversial or a problem?

[MW]

How or why does this shit get leaked to the media though. AFL is the worst industry for leaks its insane.

[Brodlach]

Agree, if that’s the case good on him for delaying payment during a tough period. It does say bonus though

[amber_fluid]

Get what you deserve!

How is this a story?

He’s getting paid what he’s owed

[Booney]

The repercussions to the club next year, that's why.

The soft cap goes up $750k next year so the $400k gets absorbed in that but it's $400k less the club can spend on supporting a first year AFL coach.

[Brodlach]

What’s the story about not allowing members go to the Best and Fairest night?

[MW]

The glazing of Ken Hinkley by the media needs to be studied.

[amber_fluid]

The repercussions to the club next year, that's why.

The soft cap goes up $750k next year so the $400k gets absorbed in that but it's $400k less the club can spend on supporting a first year AFL coach.

That’s the clubs problem not Ken’s.
He’s owed the money
Why wasn’t the club paying him back yearly since Covid?
Oversight or hoping he would forget about it?

[Booney]

What’s the story about not allowing members go to the Best and Fairest night?

Very odd. Having been to a few I'm surprised by this.

I'll ask.

[Booney]

The repercussions to the club next year, that's why.

The soft cap goes up $750k next year so the $400k gets absorbed in that but it's $400k less the club can spend on supporting a first year AFL coach.

That’s the clubs problem not Ken’s.
He’s owed the money
Why wasn’t the club paying him back yearly since Covid?
Oversight or hoping he would forget about it?

Who knows, would have to be mutually agreed though.

[Booney]

The glazing of Ken Hinkley by the media needs to be studied.

Quite remarkable really.