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St Kilda risks being excluded from the pre-season draft because of salary cap constraint yet again.
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Shortly after the main draft on Saturday 29 November all clubs must submit an update of their playing list and and details of their projected total player payments (Wednesday 3 December).
Based on these clubs which can not afford any more players can be excluded from the pre-season draft and rookie draft.
Year after year St Kilda is among only a few clubs that are excluded from the pre-season draft not because of lack of list vacancies but because of salary cap constraint.
It would be understandable if the club had won a couple of premierships but this playing group has won none.
St Kilda has 6 rookie positions to fill.
As each rookie is paid $33,200 under the AFL Collective Bargaining Agreement and each rookie counts at 50% against the total player payments, St Kilda needs to have a clear $99,600 to be able to fill all rookie positions.
It is amazing that the club is yet again in this difficult predicament given that the cap has been increased from $7,431,250 to $7,693,750 ($262,500 increase) and Aaron Hamill's massive rear ended contract was paid out this year.
It may be understandable if some young recruit had become a star but sadly recent drafts have produced nothing more than fringe players.
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