Pay Deal

[Cicjose]

Has been reached

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/127273/default.aspx

THE AFL has stuck to its guns on its $1.144 billion, five-year pay offer to players, but has agreed to a review after three years.

After 18 months of negotiations, the League and the AFLPA finally signed off on a new collective bargaining agreement on Thursday.

Under the new agreement, the average player's wage will rise to more than $300,000 by 2016.

Rookies, the AFL's lowest-paid players with a minimum wage of just $35,000 in 2011, are big winners in the deal.

They'll receive a pay rise of 17 per cent next year, 19 per cent the year following and nine per cent in 2014, taking their yearly earnings to almost $54,000 plus match payments.

[valkorum]

This is a great outcome for the rookies.

[Cicjose]

Collective Bargaining Agreement:

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/127283/default.aspx

Response to outcome:

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/127276/default.aspx

[Ziplock]

yeah it's pretty good for rooks. Didn't realise they were so underpaid :P

[Cicjose]

underpaid?

i would have been delighted to have been earning that when working full time

[Ziplock]

35k?

[Cicjose]

i was getting 25K.......

[valkorum]

i was getting 25K.......

But you prob live at home and dont have to pay rent and bills

[Ziplock]

and I doubt you're one of the best in your field

no offence :P

[Cicjose]

yeah i was earning even less on a traineeship

[Bluke]

Are you the most unpopular person on here Cicjose?

Also 35k is underpaid, especially with the astronomical costs of living in Australia.

[ossie85]

$35k is decent enough money. My father raised 4 kids on that.

[Bluke]

When? In 1980?

35k isnt enough money to survive these days, especially with 4 kids. Heard of inflation Ossie?

Especially when there are uneducated labourers in the Pilbara on 100k+ a year pushing up the price of everything.

[ossie85]

When? In 1980?

35k isnt enough money to survive these days, especially with 4 kids. Heard of inflation Ossie?

Especially when there are uneducated labourers in the Pilbara on 100k+ a year pushing up the price of everything.

Indeed I have heard of inflation, and you're right, it isn't enough. Which is why welfare comes into it.

For a single person, $35k is plenty.

[Ziplock]

35 000 in 1980 is the equivalent of nearly 100k according to this online calculator I just used os :P