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SWANSBEST
29th May 2003, 07:28 AM
Andrew Demetriou, tipped to be the next AFL chief, says the Sydney Swans and Brisbane Lions will continue to receive generous salary cap concessions.


Swans' cap in hand
By TIM MORRISSEY
29may03
THE man most likely to take over from outgoing AFL chief executive Wayne Jackson yesterday confirmed Sydney and Brisbane would retain their contentious salary cap concessions.

Andrew Demetriou, the frontrunner to replace Jackson, indicated the Swans and Lions were likely to be the big winners when the league's salary cap review paper is released next month.

Sydney and Brisbane currently receive cost-of-living allowances of 15 and 10 per cent respectively on top of the league salary cap which has sparked vocal dissent from several Melbourne clubs.

But Demetriou, who has been Jackson's No. 2 for the past three years, told The Daily Telegraph that the salary cap review process had confirmed that Sydney and Brisbane would continue to receive special concessions.

"What form they take may not be what they are today," Demetriou said.

"I think that the paper will recognise a go-home factor and a cost of living factor which is unique to Sydney.

"The go-home factor is unique to Sydney and Brisbane where you've got 10 locals on your list to 25 or 30 on other lists."

The AFL believes that, for Sydney and Brisbane to be viable clubs in rugby league strongholds, they must not only be competitive but also develop more local players the public can relate to.

But Melbourne clubs, led by the likes of Essendon chairman Graeme McMahon, have openly called for the abolition of the cost-of-living allowances, claiming the Swans and Lions simply use their extra cash to lure players away from Victoria. But Demetriou doesn't think most clubs share this view.

Since Jackson announced last month that he was standing down from the position he had held since replacing Ross Oakley in October 1996, Demetriou has been the man most likely to take on the AFL's top job.

The former Kangaroos and Hawthorn player said it was never his intention to go after Jackson's job when he became the AFL's general manager of football operations in 2000 after heading up the AFL Players Association.

But Demetriou believes he's more than capable of stepping into Jackson's shoes and feels he has the support to run the AFL.


http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,6507898%255E2771,00.html

sharp9
4th June 2003, 09:09 AM
Apparently we're only paying just over 100% as it is - five players have taken pay cuts and if the AFL bails us out we will have to drop it toward 95% anyway.

The extra 15% isn't going to be doing much.