{"id":398141,"date":"2024-05-29T09:36:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T09:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=398141"},"modified":"2024-05-29T12:05:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T12:05:03","slug":"the-players-two-afl-greats-think-are-worth-2-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=398141","title":{"rendered":"The players two AFL greats think are worth $2 million"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will we see an AFL<\/a> player worth $2 million\ufeff in the near future?\ufeff<\/p>\n

L\ufeffeigh Matthews<\/a> and Jimmy Bartel<\/a> think so.<\/p>\n

Their thoughts comes after Carlton key defender Jacob Weitering turned down a $12 million eight-year offer from St Kilda recently.<\/p>\n

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It has sparked the pair to \ufeffdiscuss what the league will look like in the future, as deals and contract offers become larger and larger by the year.<\/p>\n

"What we're going on is the salary cap in the next few years goes up to $20 million (per club)\ufeff," Bartel said on Wide World of Sports Radio on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\"Jeremy<\/p>\n

With TV deals yet to be confirmed after 2031,\ufeff Matthews is convinced that the league could be full of million-dollar players.<\/p>\n

"You're going to quite possibly have 50 $1 million players," Matthews said.<\/p>\n

So with a $1 million player likely to become the norm in years to come, what kind of player will be the one to break the $2 million threshold?<\/p>\n

According to Matthews, the stereotype of player who will eventually be offered $2 million already exists in the game.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"I think the type of player … is the midfield-goalkicker. The midfielder who can be really damaging around the ground, but can get his two or three goals," he said.<\/p>\n

"A bit like why Dustin Martin has been so good\ufeff in his prime, because he was a goalkicking midfielder.<\/p>\n

Matthews named the current players he could see making history.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"Right at the moment, that player would be Isaac Heeney. He's had an exceptional half a season," he said.<\/p>\n

\"Swan<\/p>\n

"This is the first year he'd be in that ($2 million) conversation."<\/p>\n

As for Bartel, he is looking at a more rare player type, one that only comes along once in a generation and has an impact that can't be replicated.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"I think the man down the highway at Geelong, Jeremy Cameron, would be one where a lot of sides would go, 'if I've got $2 million and he comes to me straight away, I get a key forward who can get up the ground, beautiful ball user, can kick it inside forward 50, but can also take the goalsquare as well," he said.<\/p>\n

"He's a bit of a one-off."<\/p>\n

\"Why<\/p>\n

Matthews echoed Bartel's sentiment.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"Well he is the midfield-goalkicker in a way, because he doesn't just hang around in the forward 50 and not push up field," he said.<\/p>\n

"You get a lot out of Jeremy Cameron when he's on. \ufeffHe gets the ball up field, runs back, kicks goals."<\/p>\n

\"Daicos<\/p>\n

Collingwood's Nick Daicos and GWS skipper Toby Greene are two other players Matthews is convinced could reach that $2 million mark.<\/p>\n

"RIght now, I'd still stick with Nick Daicos (to make $2 million)\ufeff," Matthews said.<\/p>\n

The current highest paid players in the league include Bulldogs forward Aaron Naughton and Essendon defender Ben McKay.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Will we see an AFL player worth $2 million\ufeff in the near future?\ufeff L\ufeffeigh Matthews and Jimmy Bartel think so. Their thoughts comes after Carlton […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":398143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=398141"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":398145,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398141\/revisions\/398145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/398143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=398141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=398141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=398141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}