Re: AFLW - Contract Dispute
Reply #39 –
Sorry LP, thats BS.
I think what the girls are asking for is more than fair.
They are uprooting their lives to play AFLW.....and they do not even have any dates, or length of season in front of them.
In the first year, the girls had to pay for their own boots.
AFLW exceeded all expectations, including the players and the AFL.
Now the AFL has started fasttracking the whole thing by introducing 6 new teams in 2 years and have forgotten to structure a competition that can make it all work.
Yes, the girls are kicking up a fuss....and so they should.
What do the men have to complain about? A minimum salary of 100k a year, plus perks for the worst player on the list? Meanwhile, thats more than all the girls on a list combined.
The men have certainty for years.
The girls don't even know when their next game is......or even what month it is in.
Well said.
At best the AFL has treated the gals with a kind of reduced and limited respect. At worst the AFL has treated the gals with a kind of arrogant disregard.
It would never have come to this adversarial stage had the AFLW/VFLW been given the respect and subsequent proper planning it deserved.
Now we have policy on the run. Gil at his best.