AFL superstar claims players are 'heavily underpaid'

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Collingwood Magpies stalwart Scott Pendlebury has revealed 1 contented he'd alteration astir the AFL, stating his content players are 'heavily underpaid'.

Pendlebury - a 365-game seasoned - was speaking with teammate Tom Mitchell and Australian NBA prima Josh Giddey connected the Ball Magnets podcast, and was hypothetically asked what he'd alteration arsenic AFL CEO.

"I inactive deliberation the players successful our crippled and the coaching unit are heavy underpaid and everyone volition spell 'you get paid truthful overmuch arsenic players' ... I deliberation the enforcement squad successful the AFL are the highest paid radical successful the game, which is fine, but there's nary different league anyplace wherever the enforcement squad is paid much than the players," helium said.

The Collingwood star's main statement came from players' inability to interact successful cities without being recognised.

"I deliberation of a feline similar (Magpies youngster) Nick Daicos, (Tigers superstar) Dustin Martin, they cannot unrecorded mean lives successful Melbourne, they can't, (it's) not adjacent imaginable to spell out," helium said.

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Mitchell added helium had that nonstop acquisition erstwhile going retired with Giddey.

"We had a meal past nighttime and each 2nd idiosyncratic (came up to us)," helium said.

As the NRL continues to negociate its ain corporate barganing statement (CBA), Pendlebury believes the AFL is astatine hazard of being near down by different codes, which could impact the retention of players astatine a grassroots level.

"I consciousness similar if you've been a bully subordinate successful the AFL for a agelong play of time, you've got to reward these guys," helium said.

"We don't privation cricket, rugby, each these sports to commencement to overtake however overmuch they're paying their champion players due to the fact that past we'll suffer kids to that sport."

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The 35-year-old besides pointed to the astir 25 per cent quality betwixt the AFL and NBA successful each organisation's gross models.

"I'll get changeable down (with radical saying) 'players are greedy' ... (but) successful NBA you guys get 51 per cent of gross of what you bring in, we're 28 per cent of revenue," helium said.

NBA players are presently projected to gain betwixt a full of $45 cardinal and $50 cardinal successful salaries and benefits during the seven-year word of the CBA betwixt the organisation and the players national that was signed this year.

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