Total Player Payments definition
Examples of Total Player Payments in a sentence
The AFL General Counsel may determine that any such excess (or part thereof) shall not be taken into account in calculating the Total Player Payments of the AFL Club in that year.
Such information shall be provided to AFLPA by the AFL in a summary form, as agreed between the AFL and AFLPA and shall as a minimum include the estimated Total Player Payments for the following season and the bases and assumptions upon which the estimate is based.
Payments made pursuant to a marketing contract shall be in addition to and separate from payments made to the Player for performance of services as a professional footballer and shall not be taken into account in calculating Total Player Payments except as provided in clause 11.2(c).
Such information will be provided to AFLPA by AFL in a summary form, such form to be agreed between AFL and AFLPA, and will, as a minimum, include the estimated AFL Total Player Payments for the following season and the bases and assumptions upon which the estimate is based.
For example, if a Club was $500,000 below the combined Total Player Payments and Additional Services Agreements limit in 2015, and paid 100% of the Combined Limit in 2016, the Club would be entitled to spend $500,000 above the Combined Limit in 2017.
Payments made pursuant to a marketing contract will be in addition to and separate from payments made to the Player for performance of services as a professional footballer and will not be taken into account in calculating Total Player Payments except as provided in item 8.5(c).
Ratchet Clause means a clause in an AFL Standard Playing Contract or Additional Services Agreement pursuant to which any change in the AFL Total Player Payments limit or AFL Additional Services Agreement limit triggers a change to payments under that AFL Standard Playing Contract or Additional Services Agreement.
Payments in respect of such arrangements will not be included in the Club’s Additional Services Agreement limits or included in the Club’s Total Player Payments limits.
The AFL General Counsel may determine that any such excess (or part thereof) will not be taken into account in calculating the AFL Total Player Payments of the AFL Club in that year.
The bottom row of the table above represents the AFL Total Player Payments Limit incorporating Substitute Player payments and should otherwise be used by Clubs for all purposes, including budgeting and compliance with this Agreement.