Collingwood president Eddie McGuire and his sons after the finals loss to Sydney last year. Picture: Wayne Ludbey. Source: Herald Sun
WITH much pride, Collingwood president Eddie McGuire helped slay Brisbane's salary cap allowance almost decade ago.
With more than a hint pride yesterday, McGuire officially set his sights on Sydney's $900,000 handout.
It's still to be determined if the Swans will retain their bonus, but at the very least it's firmly back on agenda.
Among a host of ideas floated at yesterday's equalisation love-in, McGuire continued to push his belief that a uniform salary cap for everyone was the first step in equalising the game.
There's fixture issues, horrible stadium deals, gaming profit issues, and, of course, an uncompromised draft to work through, yet McGuire believes equalisation begins on the field.
He has a point.
Sydney paid $1.75 million more to its players than three clubs living on the bottom line in 2012.
They were the Western Bulldogs, North Melbourne and Port Adelaide.
And there's a sliding scale from there.
The $1.75m adds up to a superstar and two very handy players.
The problem is not every club has the ability to pay its full salary cap, a situation the clubs and the AFL want to rectify from next year. Where that money comes from is what yesterday was all about it.
McGuire might have personal - read, Collingwood - reasons for wanting to strip Sydney of its excesses, but it would appear he has support from most of the clubs.
Clearly, they wouldn't have been hard of hearing.
As other officials drew breath, McGuire time and again highlighted the blatant argument for equalisation - the cap.
Even AFL boss Andrew Demetriou acknowledged there was a push for a "pure" salary cap.
He didn't offer thoughts on whether the Swans' allowance should stay or go, although he has mostly been in favour of its intention.
Time will tell if he also has been swayed.
On the day when the most senior members of the AFL industry held hands and spoke of a brave new world, footy fans should be happy.
It would appear a fan tax is not on the agenda - "we want to keep it affordable", Demetriou said - and that wealthy clubs won't be unhinged by a cap on football department spending.
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