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Money ball: High-flying AFL players take a major hit – The Age
The financial pain of a COVID-19 impacted season has been laid bare, with the average wage of an AFL player tumbling by more than $100,000.
Over a five-year contract Cameron was on an average of around $1 million a year but took massive pay cuts to help the Giants, leading to a balloon payment last year of more than $1.4 million before the COVID pay cuts. He received payments from a fund set up by the AFL and AFL Players Association to compensate for the huge amount of money he lost because of a backloaded deal.
Richmonds Dustin Martin and Carltons Jack Martin, who was on a front-ended deal after being snared from the Gold Coast, were…
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