Comments on: Was Gary Ablett out of line meeting with Gold Coast?

By: davelee

davelee — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:57:34 +0000

meh Freud? u jump the gun sometimes. theres bigger problems.

anyway, Id love to see Gary Ablett jnr on the Goldie. Would be great for the new franchise.

By: Freud of Football

Freud of Football — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:31:28 +0000

“And if Geelong cant afford it, well, this is what the salary cap is for – spreading the talent around the competition, and preventing dynasties.”

No, that is the inherent problem with the salary cap. No-one down at Geelong will want to see him go and that he might have to is utterly ridiculous.

All the salary cap does is ruin the great players careers. Ablett deserves a fortune more than his peers but he won’t be paid it, he might go down in history as being the greatest player of his generation yet he earns the same sort of money as Fevola et al.

Players careers are only so long, they should be able to maximise their earning potential for the duration of that time, that they can’t shows the biggest flaw in the AFL and if they want the game to stay as the number one sport they’re going to need to come up with a solution to entice people to become professional’s.

As it stands they train ridiculously hard, play a game that takes an incredible amount of the body and are compensated with meagre wages when compared to any other professional sport.

The AFL shouldn’t discourage dynasties, on the contrary, they should be trying to have clubs build a history, you do that by winning multiple flags, not making the competition so even that the flag changes hands every year.

By: Michael C

Michael C — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:22:24 +0000

type…..”Daniel Harris.

By: Michael C

Michael C — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:17:59 +0000

interesting to see GC17 likely to throw lifelines to guys like Robert Shirley and Danil Harris.

By: albatross

albatross — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:27:36 +0000

I heard he really went there to meet with Clive Palmer.

By: Ian Whitchurch

Ian Whitchurch — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:27:25 +0000

If Geelong wanted him that badly, they’d be extending his contract … having a player like Ablett on a one year contract is just asking for a bidding war.

And if Geelong cant afford it, well, this is what the salary cap is for – spreading the talent around the competition, and preventing dynasties.

By: Michael C

Michael C — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:25:33 +0000

and hey, Gary Jnr is allowed to visit his brother isn’t he?

and confirm with folk involved at the club that his brother has settled in just fine……

…..and for all we know, he may be white anting GC17 in trying to lure Nathan back to the cattery!!!!

By: Redb

Redb — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:48:29 +0000

Nothing wrong with sounding them out. Ablett has two premierships at Geelong with a third possible in 2010.

The Gold Coast is an attractive proposition all round he’d by crazy not to be open to the idea.

Redb

By: Kurt

Kurt — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:26:14 +0000

No real issue from my perspective. As you say Ben, he has a loyalty to his club but also a duty to himself to at least hear GC out, get an understanding of what might be on offer so he can make up his mind in an informed way. I too can’t see him leaving, but I think Geelong may need to reach a little deeper into their pockets than they might like.