Re: Women's Pay
Reply #7 –
Last year the girls got nothing!
Not many though, often the ones that do are Ex.AFL players who pull in the crowds or guns who help clubs win flags. Being just a player in a team doesn't count for much in terms of wages, the players getting not much train just as hard as the marque players, and last year the girls got nothing!
I'm sad for those players who cannot commit, but where does the money come from?
Most people who make it in sport start off life as beggars, they have to take their chances, I know plenty of young guys who would quit their jobs and finance it themselves if they were able to get such an opportunity that the girls are getting.
For guys AFL is elite not developmental, I know guys who would pay for the chance that the girls are getting paid for!
Current AFL Rookies and those players at lower levels getting the big money work and train 48 weeks of the year, they get four weeks off and are expected to do their own training in the off period. Even at the higher amateur levels Pre-season starts in a week or two. The girls whole contracted season goes for about 6 months(Including Pre-Season) with at most about a dozen games.
I'm all for the girls comp, but it's way too early to be putting out their hand for big money, they are entertainers in an entertainment industry and you don't get the big money before you become a star! But I concede the AFL should make an effort to cover some of the girls costs, perhaps they need to subsidise accommodation and the like.
The girls have this inherent problem, most women who watch AFL are not interested in watching them!
It's really only football tragics like myself that are interested in watching all levels of football. We are a very very small minority and if we are the only fans they are likely to regularly attract they won't be earning a lot of money.