AFLW gamers nonetheless do not have readability on when they may start pre-season coaching, regardless of the AFL confirming an August begin date to subsequent season.
Key factors:
- AFLW gamers are ready for the AFL and AFLPA to agree on a brand new collective bargaining settlement
- The seventh AFLW season will start in August, however gamers do not know when pre-season coaching will start
- The brand new AFLW CBA is probably going convey with it league-wide pay rises
The beginning of season and pre-season can’t be locked in till the AFL and the AFL Gamers Affiliation (AFLPA), who’re at the moment in negotiations, log out on a brand new collective bargaining settlement (CBA).
Collingwood’s Sarah Rowe, who’s from Eire and is again residence within the low season, appealed to the league on Tuesday morning to offer some certainty.
“Please @aflwomens give us the pre season begin dates so we are able to plan our lives,” Rowe wrote on Twitter.
Rowe’s tweet was replied to and shared by a number of different gamers, together with Adelaide star Ebony Marinoff and Melbourne ahead Tayla Harris.
It got here hours after the AFL confirmed chief government Gillon McLachlan and fellow heavy-hitters Travis Auld, Walter Lee and Andrew Dillon departed for the US for discussions on Monday night time concerning the AFL’s broadcast deal.
Experiences have prompt the league is near signing off on the subsequent AFLW CBA, which is anticipated to ship important league-wide pay rises.
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The AFLPA burdened the significance of giving gamers readability as quickly as attainable.
“With the AFL’s resolution to convey AFLW season seven to an August begin date, certainty for gamers forward of this coming season is essential,” an AFLPA spokesperson mentioned.
“A vital a part of that is making certain gamers have sufficient discover to appropriately plan their lives.
“The number-one precedence for the AFLPA and gamers is negotiating a CBA and an indication and commerce interval so gamers could make these necessary life choices as quickly as attainable with readability.
“We’re at the moment working in the direction of settlement with the AFL on each of those points.”
The present CBA, which coated 2019 by means of 2022, expires on October 31, with the AFL and AFLPA in negotiations for the subsequent settlement.
Certainty of timing is especially essential for ladies’s gamers given the present semi-professional nature of the league, which suggests many athletes juggle their taking part in profession with an exterior occupation or examine.
The 4 incoming enlargement golf equipment in Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide and Sydney can’t absolutely construct their lists till the signal and commerce interval dates are locked in.
The AFLPA has beforehand flagged it needs gamers on absolutely skilled 12-month contracts by 2026.
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