Hawks to cough up $750k for traded stars

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Hawthorn volition wage astir $750,000 adjacent twelvemonth to screen the salaries of traded stars Tom Mitchell and Jaeger O'Meara, contempt neither subordinate taking to the tract for the club.

Sources confirmed to The Age that the Hawks would wage astir $500,000 of O'Meara's wage adjacent twelvemonth and astir $250,000 of Mitchell's.

It was antecedently understood that the Hawks would lend to the salaries arsenic an inducement for opposing clubs to commercialized for the seasoned players connected precocious contracts, nevertheless the sum of the ploy was unknown.

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The brace had been contracted for somewhat much than $1.5 cardinal astatine Hawthorn adjacent year.

However, contempt contributing to their salaries portion Mitchell and O'Meara play for different clubs, the Hawks volition yet prevention $750,000 successful salaries of older players they had been transitioning retired of their midfield.

Mitchell departed Hawthorn for Collingwood successful the last fewer minutes of this year's AFL commercialized period. The 2018 Brownlow Medallist signed a three-year woody with the Pies for astir $500,000 a year.

As agreed, Hawthorn volition wage the residual connected what was to beryllium the past twelvemonth of the 29-year-old's two-year declaration extension.

O'Meara was traded from Hawthorn to Fremantle connected a four-year deal.

While it whitethorn look a bizarre maneuver for clubs to privation to wage the salaries of erstwhile players to determination them connected to different club, much clubs than ever are making the determination to negociate their wage cap.

Collingwood is presently contributing much than $200,000-a-year for ruckman Brodie Grundy to play astatine Melbourne adjacent year. Meanwhile, the nine is besides continuing to wage a information of Adam Treloar's salary, 2 seasons aft his commercialized to the Western Bulldogs.

Former Gold Coast Suns defender Jack Bowes besides joined the reigning premiers this commercialized play - on with prime 7 successful the nationalist draught - with Geelong taking connected each of his $1.6 cardinal wage implicit the adjacent 2 years.

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In summation to erstwhile skipper Ben McEvoy retiring, Jack Gunston moving to Brisbane arsenic a escaped cause and Liam Shiels signing with North Melbourne, the Hawks' resoluteness to commercialized O'Meara and Mitchell showed its committedness to a generational handover astatine the club.

Mitchell landed astatine Collingwood via a three-way trade. The woody saw Ollie Henry traded from Collingwood to Geelong and Cooper Stephens determination from Geelong to Hawthorn.

The Hawks besides secured picks No.41 and No.50.

In the O'Meara deal, the Hawks attained emerging Freo ruckman Lloyd Meek and a aboriginal second-round selection.

Twenty-seven-year-old Karl Amon besides joined the nine from Port Adelaide arsenic an unrestricted escaped agent.

At the draft, the nine brought successful 2 first-round picks successful Cam Mackenzie and Josh Weddle, on with Jack O'Sullivan, Henry Hustwaite and Bailey Macdonald.

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