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AFL Rohan Connolly Hawthorn have stayed one step ahead of the league’s equalisation measures, but at what cost? – ESPN Australia
Hawthorn has maintained a strong run at the top of the table for almost 15 years, but the choice to try and stay a step ahead of the league’s equalisation measures may come at a cost, writes Rohan Connolly.
One of the most fascinating struggles of the modern era of AFL football is that between clubs and the competition’s equalisation measures.
For well over 30 years now, the salary cap and the draft have been the ultimate handicapper, giving the downtrodden an extra push forward and placing extra weight in the frontrunners’ saddle bags.
The goal is not only to give every team at least some chance of success, but to make it harder for the perennially successful to sustain it. Some fight that tide …
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