SuperDuper wrote:Front ending contracts is the thing to do now. Bring forward any salary that is possible to do so. Will mean several years with salary cap freedom and opportunities to recruit. Once you are 'ahead' due to front ending, that can cycle through indefinitely if done wisely.
Great point SuperD... you seem to be making a habit of this.
I've also been thinking about this sorta thing, though I hadn't gotten as far as your rolling cycle concept. (Maybe that shows that great minds and less than great minds can still think alike?)
There's a
possible pitfall though?
What if a bloke is on a very heavily front loaded say 3 year deal, with an 'in AFL terms' pittance in the final year. Like say Luke Ballsup who is reported on pretty much basic match payments for his final year. If said player once again decided he wanted to take his bat and ball and bail on yet another club, any club wanting to try and bounce Ball away would not have to match some huge salary/try to fit it into their salary cap - at least for when they take over that last year of his contract.
Whereas if a contract is back ended, should player Ball bail, any potential club has to fit a much larger payment into their salary cap (irrelevant though if said club is the Swines
), so by bailing again in that senario, Ball would potentially be risking ballsing up more money also? Or maybe not...?
What do the more knowledgeable think...?