Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

[Sedat]

This but unironically

You know I hate them all, Dirty Harry style

[bornadog]

You know I hate them all, Dirty Harry style

You have never said that before

[SquirrelGrip]

It was obvious 12 months ago that this is a brown paper bags play to smash out the coin. We are all over-thinking the reasons for this trade request. He simply wants a tonne of cash and is more than happy to get it under the table through his biggest off-field endorsement, which just happens to also be the major apparel naming rights sponsor of his destination club.

The media and his management are trying to run interference and play other angles about discontent being played out of position, wanting a fresh start, #CoAsTaLLiFesTyLe, yada yada yada.....but this is nothing more than a money play. And that's fair enough - it's up to the AFEL to make sure everything is done legit lol

If he was addicted to tortillas and had a multi-million dollar off-field endorsement with Mission, he'd be happy to play back pocket at the kennel for the rest of his career.

The other element which hasn't got a lot of airtime yet is his manager Connors' connection to the Cats, plus the fact that managers can get a far greater percentage of earnings from outside football earnings than from his footy salary, for example a percentage with Barry's (definitely not for teenage girls) alcopops. BS's footy salary won't be excessive, but a forensic accountant would have a field day finding everything else he's earning (and his manager is benefitting from).

The managers are bigger than the players.

[Sedat]

The other element which hasn't got a lot of airtime yet is his manager Connors' connection to the Cats, plus the fact that managers can get a far greater percentage of earnings from outside football earnings than from his footy salary, for example a percentage with Barry's (definitely not for teenage girls) alcopops. BS's footy salary won't be excessive, but a forensic accountant would have a field day finding everything else he's earning (and his manager is benefitting from).

The managers are bigger than the players.

Yep, Connors is a big time agent and to be honest if I was a player/coach I would love to be represented by him. He gets the absolute maximum for his clients and always gets the deal done - very rarely are they left in the lurch at the end of the trade period.

I believe we have a pretty good working relationship with him and his team? Other agents like Pickering are more the old school bluff and bluster cowboy types - Connors seems to glide through with a minimum of fuss and just gets it done.

[angelopetraglia]

The other element which hasn't got a lot of airtime yet is his manager Connors' connection to the Cats, plus the fact that managers can get a far greater percentage of earnings from outside football earnings than from his footy salary, for example a percentage with Barry's (definitely not for teenage girls) alcopops. BS's footy salary won't be excessive, but a forensic accountant would have a field day finding everything else he's earning (and his manager is benefitting from).

The managers are bigger than the players.

100%. Great post.

“Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome.”

[angelopetraglia]

"The AFL Players’ Association’s 108 accredited player agents receive commission of 4 per cent on football contracts and a juicy 20 per cent on marketing deals from their clients."

Source: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...00d15b478d?amp

[Bullies]

"The AFL Players’ Association’s 108 accredited player agents receive commission of 4 per cent on football contracts and a juicy 20 per cent on marketing deals from their clients."

Source: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...00d15b478d?amp

A lot of the "work" Bailey will do for Cotton On etc will be paid into Companies set up by O'Connor and his Management Team.

[anfo27]

Bailey is worth a whole lot more to Geelong than he is to us. Their trade offer needs to reflect that other wise we should stand firm & Bailey can go play for Richmond. Bailey walks into the draft & we lose a pick close to 20, while the cats lose Bailey Smith. They have far more to lose in this situation than we do & we need to play this hand accordingly. Its not hard, just takes some balls.

[D Mitchell]

A lot of the "work" Bailey will do for Cotton On etc will be paid into Companies set up by O'Connor and his Management Team.

Somewhere along the line the O' migrated from the commencement of the surname to its end then morphed into an s. Intriguing. That might be most interesting thing about the man.

[Grantysghost]

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[josie]

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I?m worth to first rounders not 1, so stick that up yer clacker.

[GVGjr]

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Roses are Red
Violets are not
I know this is my own reflection
But I think I'm hot.

[jazzadogs]

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I think he just saw angelopetraglia and his "BAZLENKA SELLS ALCOHOL TO UNDERAGE GIRLS" sign.

[Hotdog60]

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I'm too sexy for my shirt
Too sexy for my shirt
So sexy it hurts
And I'm too sexy for Milan
Too sexy for Milan
New York, and Japan
And I'm too sexy for your party
Too sexy for your party
No way I'm disco dancing
Get stuffed!

[Rocket Science]

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Baz, every time a leading forward asks him to hit them on the tit.