Good point anon. Do you know if MLB, NFL, etc play that role in the US?

Here's an opinion piece from Akermanis.

NFL players get 60% of league revenue. Major league baseball is at 47%. With Cricket Australia it's 30%. Netball is north of 25%. AFL is at 25%.

Anyone care to guess the figure for the NBL?

Anon , the AFL doesn't pay for Auskick. It is run by volunteers and paid for by sponsorship.

My exposure to country football is that they run their associations as a business and there are no hand outs.

The same argument that is being used by the NBA players at present and the NFL players in the past will be used by the AFL players soon enough.

The players see themselves as the draw card, which to some extent they are. However the game stays the same and the names change over time. For instance there would be plenty of people in Chicago that go to Bulls games even though Jordan doesn't play any more.

There is an obvious argument though that more people went to Bulls games to see Jordan play.

So the question of revenue ownership depends on if you think people are there to see the circus or a performer.

The players will argue they have only a short window to earn a wage in the sport, the owners ( AFL) will argue they need to retain revenues to protect the future of the sport and guard against any down turns.

It is a finely balanced argument and history suggests not an easy position to define.

BJF there are handouts to country leagues, every player that makes their league debut for an AFL club is issued money by the AFL. I am not 100% on the amount but let's call it $10,000. On debut the AFL sends that money to the club that player last played for, EG. Sturt, Bendigo etc. and that club is then charged to feed that money down to the club that the player in question played juniors for eg. Matty Jaensch is from Hahndorf so his club should have been given some $'s. I believe more money is handed down after every milestone match 50,100,150... but it is a lesser amount. So if you are lucky enough to have a player drafted directly from your country club then you pocket all of the money.

Nutwork. That is a great system and one that basketball should adopt. The Southern Tigers would be a powerhouse on the back of Jingles and Schensch.

Is it true that andrew demitrio earns more than any player cause in my eyes that shouldnt happen no matter how hard he works

Anon 333313, different in SA, as I understand it.

Henley Football Club, just as an example have had 13 players drafted into the AFL over the years (who nominated Henley as their Junior Club) including Matthew Pavlich (who they continue to receive payment from the AFL for, via Woodville-West Torrens), but the payment is substantially more than $500.

The Person I know at Henley told me that these funds have contributed strongly to them being able to have Lights good enough to play games under at the Club.

Demetriou earns 4 million dollars a year as CEO of the AFL.

Players who get drafted ---The players TAC Cup team receive $10,000 I think, but their regular club just get about $500 I think. This is why many TAC Clubs get players who have potential even though they cannot play to save their lives. A player I knew couldnt even get a regular game with his local club, but was on the Eastern Ranges list. He was 6'8 so they just had him on the list in case some AFL teams decided to take a punt on him. A bit like Zac Clarke for Fremantle -inexperinced tall player with basketball background.