Sorry here is the link

http://linky.com.au/agidr

Can someone explain this line to me in that article?

"In the absence of an NBL contract for Rychart the Rockets would have been forced to foot the bill for Rychart's minimum payment as an import an amount which exceeds the CABL salary cap."

Isn't CABL part of the ABA? Dont other teams run imports in other states?

How can the minimum payment for a player exceed the salary cap?

Kent the CABL is the only league that has a Salary Cap, i think the minimum payment is 30k or around that and the salary cap is 15k.

Kent, while I'm just guessing, there might be a pretty big difference between the "minimum payment" and "Dusty's minimum payment".

Ah ok
was thinking that there was a ABA minimum for imports.

Gets me thinking as this could be a way for the NBL to police the salary cap.

Import player. minimum value toward salary cap
Boomer / NZ squad. minimum value say 100k
Development player minimum value say 25k
Others would be set value say 50k
the rest would work out from there.

So you could pay the players what ever you wanted but you would not be able to exceed the set salary cap limit with talent.

So say the cap is 800k
Imports would be minimum 150k each
Boomer players would be 100k each
Development players would be 25k
Others would be 50k

You have to have 2 dev players so that takes the cap down to 750k with which to split amongst 8 others

2 imports leaves you with 450k to spend on 6 players.

2 Boomer members leaves you with 4 spots and 250k to spend.

YOu could pay them what ever they wanted but the team has to be within these limits.

You could run with one import and open up a possibility of then gaining 2 more boomers etc.

Also solves the confusing issue of the points system. Internal /External BS that they have tried.

Thoughts?

Isn't that what the points system is trying to do?

They acknowledge that the salary cap is very hard to police so they brought in the points system which is along the same lines as you discussed above.

That's a lot like the points system, but without differentiation between a fringe-Boomer and a star-Boomer and with dollar values instead of points.

I think they might already have minimum wages based on the external points ratings, or did have in the past?

Does vaguely remind me of something in China though - they have a lot of problems with unregistered restaurants and stores as well as unpaid taxes. So, they set up a scheme whereby customers ask for an invoice (called 'fa piao', and it is almost like a banknote - so, someone buys something for 80RMB, gets back 4x 20RMB invoices as provided by the government). Then, to provide incentive for the customers to demand invoices, they are like scratchies where you can win money back from the government. Customers ask for the invoice to try and win a prize, seller has to provide it, and as such has to report some real income to their equivalent of the ATO.

So, we just need a lottery scratchies for NBL players to encourage them to report their actual earnings. Haha.

You could pay them what ever they wanted but the team has to be within these limits.

FWIW, the salary cap for the Central ABL is $15,000 per club, with a maximum of $9,000 for either the men's or women's team. It doesn't matter much anyway, because there aren't too many clubs that can afford any more than that if there was no cap.

Probably North without Dusty ease from outright favorites to equal with Norwood & Forestville. Daylight fourth.

DaddyO

Actually the cap is $25K with $15 max per team.

The minimum for an import is would push North over the cap.

Hoops72 - check again, I'll think you'll find that was last year.

Doubt that either are actually under the cap!

Yeah DaddyO is right, this year the cap dropped from $25k to $15k with a maximum of 60% being paid to one team (Men's or Women's). There is a minimum wage that an import needs to be paid to satisfy the Sporting Visa requirements which exceeds the CLUB salary cap. There are a couple of ways around it but I won't go into that.

Panther , that was what i was thinking about. The Sports Visa.

Stopped all local teams getting their own imports as you had to proove that the playing salary was enough to live on and that they could not rely on a part time job to offset the playing income.

From memory Willie J almost got deported after doing some modeling work for Sports Lover.

This brings up a good question.

Who was the last (non-NBL) import to be in Adelaide specifically to play ABL?

Obviously before the salary cap was implemented - as explained, the Visa requirements exceed the cap.

Let me answer my own question.

Austin Smylie? I assume he was non-Australian?

Before that?

I would say an import from the Riverland. Spadey maybe? Although I think they had a black guy after him who's name escapes me.

Derrick Boles was the Riverland import.

used to warm up with cotton gloves on to increase his touch on the ball once he took them off. funny guy.

Here is Boti's spin on this from todays Advertiser

http://linky.com.au/93kg3

Smylie had dual AU/US citizenship I think.

There was Eric Bradley and then the other guy - both from the Warriors.

Matt Elder.

That's the guy. I kept thinking it's something to do with a "tree" but couldn't remember which one.

Elder - his elbows were like being prodded by tree branches. I have never guarded anyone so pointy.

And then who could forget Sean Houston, brought in by Noarlunga via the University of Sacramneto and then Chile in 2002. Lasted 9 games in which the Tigers went 3-6. I have never seen a guy try and thump the coach after a win.

Ahhh good old Derrick Boles.



Jock Page was brought in just as an import at Centrals, cost a bit, but led the league in scoring( I think).