Third-year players cashed in under the old system, but now most AFL draftees will have to wait a little longer for the most lucrative contracts. Learn how their salaries will be determined.
Top draft picks in this year’s national draft will need to perform exceptionally well in their first two seasons to match what recent top-10 picks have earned in their third season because of new rules tying them to the club that selects them for an extra year.
This would be made up of a standardised base payment of $145,000, plus additional bonuses for the games he has played – a top-10 draft pick who plays more than 18 games in his second season gets $60,000 added to his base. There are also additions of up to $50,000 in the rare event a player wins the Brownlow Medal, a club best and fairest award, or is an All-Australian in their second season.
Under the new rules, those who play only a few senior games in their second season will receive a base contract below $200,000. As an example, Western Bulldogs father-son prospect Sam Darcy has played just seven games in his first two seasons due to injury. So, under the new rules, his third-year salary would be about $180,000 – made up of the standard base plus an additional $30,000.
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