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Essendon backflips on plan to withhold players pay amid salary cap cuts – Wide World of Sports

Players filthy at ‘unnecessarily provocative’ move

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Essendon has apologised for upsetting players with an email on Friday night telling them the club was planning to withhold nine per cent of their wages this month in response to the AFL’s cuts to the salary cap for next year.
The players were emailed at 8pm on Friday night about the club’s plan to withhold money, which is potentially in breach of AFL rules and player contracts. The move left the playing group angry leading to most contacting their management and the AFL Players Association
The email,…

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