The AFL The Gamers’ Affiliation is gunning for a take care of the AFL that may see the hole between female and male gamers’ wages shut, 7NEWS Melbourne’s Tom Browne has revealed.
Of the overall sum of money within the present collective bargaining settlement (CBA), girls obtain eight per cent, whereas males obtain 92 per cent.
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However Browne advised Channel 7 on Friday evening that representatives from each the AFL and AFLW are urgent the league to shut that hole as negotiations for the following CBA ramp up, following the expiry of the earlier one on the finish of 2022.
“Some unique particulars tonight on the gamers’ pay deal,” Browne mentioned.
“Now, the women and men are negotiating collectively – numerous discuss that cut up.
“At present, the cut up is roughly 92:8; 92 per cent males, eight per cent girls.
“By the top of the four-year deal, the Gamers’ Affiliation hopes the cut up shall be 85 per cent males, 15 per cent for the ladies.
“The general purpose is to extend the pie, so the lads do not go backwards.”
As many as 12 AFL gamers earned over $1 million in 2022, with three cresting the $1.2 million mark.
One other 15 took house greater than $900,000, whereas an additional 24 gamers earned between $800,000 and $900,000.
Of the 659 listed AFL gamers, simply 11 earned lower than $100,000 in 2022.
Within the girls’s recreation, participant funds are nonetheless damaged down into tiers.
Within the 2022 ‘B’ season, tier one and two gamers all earned over $50,000, with $71,935 and $55,559, respectively.
Tier three earned $47,372 and tier 4 earned $39,184.
