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No. 79: Griffin Logue \u2013 North Melbourne ($700,000-$800,000)<\/p>\n
Scott Gullan says: \u201cA former Fremantle Docker at North Melbourne, they had to pay him big money to get him over there. Fair to say it hasn\u2019t worked. His last couple of years he\u2019s had some injuries \u2026 so $750,000 seems overs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jon Ralph says: \u201cHe did play VFL, so I think that\u2019s the definition of \u2018not working\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
No.69: Zac Williams \u2013 Carlton ($750,000-$850,000)<\/p>\n
Scott Gullan says: \u201cHe came over from GWS on a huge deal. It has lessened a little bit, but he\u2019s still taking a lot of coin away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jon Ralph says: \u201cI think the definition of \u2018not working\u2019 is playing VFL, again.\u201d<\/p>\n
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No.44: Jamarra Ugle-Hagan \u2013 Western Bulldogs ($800,000-$900,000)<\/p>\n
Scott Gullan says: \u201cWe all know the story, but the facts are he\u2019s getting paid $800,000 this year \u2013 and that is being overpaid for what he\u2019s producing, I would suggest \u2026 A handshake for maybe $500,000 and we\u2019re all happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jon Ralph says: \u201cThey\u2019ll pay him out. I think it was amazing that he went up to that northern states wellness retreat facility and amazing he\u2019s tried to move away from some of his friends. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s worked in anyway, has it, on either of those fronts? \u2026 Here\u2019s my proposition. I\u2019m Damien Hardwick, premiership coach: \u2018Jamarra you can train with us across summer, but the No.1 proviso is you\u2019re living at my house \u2026 and we\u2019ll give you eight weeks. If you want to prove to yourself you can actually be an AFL footballer, that\u2019s fine.\u2019 I just think it\u2019s a risk worth taking because if you do get it right, you\u2019ve saved a player and also potentially won yourself a premiership.\u201d<\/p>\n
No.1: Tom Lynch \u2013 Richmond ($1.45m-$1.55m)<\/p>\n
Scott Gullan says: \u201cI\u2019m sorry Tom, we know it\u2019s back-ended and he tried his guts out this year \u2026 but $1.5 million is a little overs for what he produced.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jon Ralph says: \u201cThose close to him point out it\u2019s a $1 million average deal.\u201d<\/p>\n
UNDERPAID?<\/p>\n
No.100: Jason Horne-Francis \u2013 Port Adelaide ($650,000-$750,000)<\/p>\n
Scott Gullan says: \u201cHe\u2019d be Port Adelaide\u2019s second or third-best player, so you\u2019d hope he\u2019s getting a bump soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
No.94: Riley Thilthorpe \u2013 Adelaide ($675,000-$775,000)<\/p>\n
Scott Gullan says: \u201cWe\u2019re all in love with him. He signed a deal a few years ago, so he\u2019s stuck in the $750,000 range. That\u2019s way unders for a guy who could win the Crows the premiership. He\u2019s a $1 million player on today\u2019s wages.\u201d<\/p>\n
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No.21: Zak Butters \u2013 Port Adelaide ($950,000-$1.05m)<\/p>\n
Scott Gullan says: \u201cHe\u2019s \u2018only\u2019 on $950,000, but he plays like a player who should be on a lot more. He\u2019s underpaid \u2026 I think he\u2019s definitely out at the end of next year. People think they might be able to rustle him out this year \u2013 his relationship with Ken Hinkley is well known and he\u2019s a bit of a \u2018home boy\u2019 \u2013 but I think he\u2019s also got a bit of integrity about \u2018I\u2019ll see this out, I said I would\u2019. And he\u2019s probably going to take less to come home. I think Port will come with $1.5 million to $1.6 million because they have to, but I think he\u2019ll take $1.2 million to come home and be in Victoria when he wants to. He\u2019s given everything to that club, you can\u2019t say he\u2019s held back, he\u2019s one of the great player of Port Adelaide already. But he\u2019s going to have his right to exercise free agency.\u201d<\/p>\n
No.10: Nick Daicos \u2013 Collingwood ($1m-$1.1m)<\/p>\n
Scott Gullan says: \u201cHe\u2019s the best player in the comp, he wins all the awards \u2013 he\u2019s only $1.1 million! He\u2019s struggling to put food on the table!\u201d<\/p>\n
Jon Ralph says: \u201cI think contract gets to about $1.4 million. He will do very well in his next contract and off the field.\u201d<\/p>\n
BIG JUMPERS?<\/p>\n
No.99: Luke Davies-Uniacke \u2013 North Melbourne ($650,000-$750,000 to $1.3m)<\/p>\n
Scott Gullan says: \u201cThat\u2019s a nice jump!\u201d<\/p>\n
Jon Ralph says: \u201cHe\u2019s had a poor year, I don\u2019t think he adheres to tactics very well and gameplan. I don\u2019t think he\u2019d be embarrassed by that money \u2013 because that\u2019s his right as a free agent \u2013 but he\u2019d want to pull his finger out.\u201d<\/p>\n
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No.93: Tom De Koning \u2013 Carlton\/St Kilda ($675,000-$775,000 to $1.8m)<\/p>\n
Scott Gullan says: \u201cGood luck to Tom! He\u2019s going to be on top of our list for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n
No.76: Finn Callaghan \u2013 GWS Giants ($725,000-$825,000 to $1.2m)<\/p>\n
Scott Gullan says: \u201cHe\u2019s a mega star and signed a big deal at GWS.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The annual CODE Sports \u2018AFL Rich 100\u2019 generates ample debate every year. And the 2025 version was no…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,689,55,639,3423,81508,47404,81512,10145,61,81511,12106,681,7484,15631,81506,677,81515,6082,29653,1124,85,1122,81513,81509,81510,660,81507,81514,698],"class_list":["post-114612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-ben-waterworth","tag-come-home","tag-crows-star","tag-deals-kick","tag-garry-lyon","tag-gerard-whateley","tag-home-boy","tag-jason-horne-francis","tag-jon-ralph","tag-ken-hinkley","tag-lauren-wood","tag-northern-states-wellness","tag-oceania","tag-pay-increases","tag-port-adelaide","tag-scott-gullan","tag-south-australia","tag-sports","tag-st-kilda","tag-states-wellness-retreat","tag-tom-de-koning-carlton","tag-underpaid-players","tag-victoria","tag-way-unders","tag-wellness-retreat-facility","tag-western-bulldogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}