Carlton Supporters Club

Ta ta, no great loss.

Sad to see Tayla go. I think she was good for Carlton. Not sure what's going on with her pay demands, but anyway................

I find myself in two minds over the whole Tayla episode.

1. Her career as a boxer and AFLW player will be short lived, maybe another 4-7 years, so she has every right to do all she can to secure her long term financial future. Perfectly understandably.

2. However, and as harsh as this may sound, our club must manage its finances intelligently. No one is bigger than the club.

As difficult as it may be to wave her good-bye, and be strongly compensated, if it is to be... so be it.

She is an inspiration for women in sport, generally. I wish her the very best and to keep up her inspiration/role model ways. No matter what, her time at PP will always be well regarded, as it should be.

I would have thought there would have been middle ground for TH....she has asked for 150k probably expecting 100-120k in reality.
There has to be a goodwill value to her contract with what she provides off the field as well as on, I'm just really surprised how quickly the negotiations have come to a finale. If I was Jeannie Pratt or another benefactor with an interest in furthering the womens game and womens interests in general I would have found that money.
Call it a football scholarship what ever you like, give one to Tayla, maybe DarcyV...think outside the box a bit, put a bit of extra coin in their accounts  and demand a bit more from them in return.
The amount of money is a pittance and I reckon Tayla missing may cost the club more than that....

They do have a TPP @ElwoodBlues1‍, you have to find a way to qualify it under the rules or else it's going to be a penalty

Anyway, it looks like so far Tayla's Manager has come up empty handed, with the other clubs baulking at the asking price.

Could she end up homeless?

Tayla is a loss, but I can't get my head around her worth as an overhead to any one club.

Carlton will have the right to feel fully aggrieved if she moves to another club and that move is partially funded by the AFL.

In my opinion she is very poorly advised by her manager. I worry now that her previous good work in regards to Respect might be discounted, some will now have doubts about the validity of past events versus profiteering by design. In this Social Media driven world it's a natural connection for some to make even if it's completely unjustified, and those doubts will ironically potentially diminishes her future value and long term earnings, although she is likely to be held high as a hero to the more corporate psychopath monetisation types.

I dont think she ever embraced Carlton'as her Club let alone her Club for life, thats the impression I got at least. She moved once for coin, she'll move again for coin.

To be fair though, that's no different to Diesel Williams.

To be fair though, that's no different to Diesel Williams.

I dont think she ever embraced Carlton'as her Club let alone her Club for life, thats the impression I got at least. She moved once for coin, she'll move again for coin.