I was trying to work out how I would sort out in my head the salary cap and putting in place a team. I appreciate there are draftees on low salaries, but also there are players not in the best 22 who are on good salaries to prevent them being poached. Based on figures I have just made up, I cannot see how I could risk having one player on 1.5M a year average over a longer term without it stuffing up the rest of the team balance and also future recruiting and retention. Maybe people can explain to me where my assumptions are inaccurate enough to fit a $1.5M/y player into the equation
Backline 3 @ $400,000 $1.2M
Half Back line 3 @ $400,000 $1.2M
Centreline 3 @ $600,000 $1.8M
Half Forward Line 3 @ $500,000 $1.5M
Forward Line 3@ $600, 000 $1.8M
Following Division 3 @ 750,000 $2.25M
Bench 4 @ 300,000 $1.2M
Next 6 6 @ 250,000 $1.5M
The Rest $1.09M
$13.54