The salaries include club payments for marketing services known as Addition It is very difficult to come out of an AFL career fully qualified and become a lawyer or doctor, so it’s hard to be critical of players in my opinion.”. T: 6-7: Jeremy McGovern $1,000,000-$1,050,000. Coronavirus cabinet member Jeff Kennett said the entire football community had pitched in to save thousands of jobs and a $1 billion football economy. pic.twitter.com/Dgu6Ys0iKn. AFL legend Jonathan Brown told the Herald Sun many players had a single large contract that they used to set themselves up for the decades after football. However, you can still subscribe via the Apple App Store or the Google Play. “I think we have to get beyond saying, “Suck it up boys” because they are doing the right thing. 8: Marcus Bontempelli $950,000-$1,000,000. Based on those estimates the players will hand back between $20.3-$21.7 million plus extra benefits they forgo. “The professional footballer does a hell of a lot to allow them to survive in football which we don’t see. The average player salary of $360,000 (including rookies) before tax will be pruned by almost exactly $100,000. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. It is believed Pendlebury and Selwood are the only players in the AFL paid a fixed percentage of the salary cap; these deals brought them both very close to the million-dollar mark. The Herald Sun can reveal that after players accepted 50 per cent pay cuts in March, those 100 players will average more than $200,000 in lost earnings. Invalid postcode. This is also known as Online Behavioural Advertising. Max Gawn $900,000-$950,000. Jon Ralph, Glenn McFarlane and Jay Clark discuss some of their most fascinating finds of the AFL Rich 100. From 2019, fans will no longer be able to subscribe to AFL Live Pass through the AFL website. But there needs to be a level of empathy towards them, they are only in the game for a short period of time to earn their money and usually it’s only one big contract so to take a nearly 30 per cent pay cut is pretty significant. The AFL’s millionaires jumped back to the same number as 2017, with six listed in 2018. See the highest-earning players in the AFL this year, before COVID cuts, in the list below (all salaries courtesy of News Corp) T: 9-11: Lachie Neale $900,000-$950,000. The last time an AFL player failed to earn more than a $1 million in a season was in 2014. What happens if Giants match Cats’ Cameron bid. And they are going away and staying away in hubs away from families so it’s not just pay cuts. Sorry we couldn't find a match for that, please try again, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -, $20 million to keep the competition afloat, Get your 14-day free trial & start streaming instantly >, New case may be a reinfection, Andrews hints at early easing, O'Brien shrugs off Camelot's 'overrated' wide draw. This has been an industry recognition that we would not be where we are today unless everyone contributed. See what every player on … “Everyone has contributed to ensure that we can get a season together this year and their contribution is to make sure we have a season next year and for the next 100 years. We reveal the top 100 AFL player salaries, and there are plenty of surprises among them!Only in this weekend's @heraldsunsport @TheTiserSport @cmail_sport @telegraph_sport Don't miss it. Get your 14-day free trial & start streaming instantly >. Patrick Dangerfield $1,000,000-$1,050,000 You can’t fault the players for their motivation to keep the game alive because they could have dug in and said we aren’t going into hubs. “It is not just the players alone. Back in 2012 there were four players who pocketed more than a $1.2 million. ... AFL Live Pass is required to view AFL.TV & Match Replays.