AFL on verge of reaching landmark six-year pay deal with players

Caroline Wilson

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The AFL is on the verge of striking a landmark six-year wage agreement with its players.

AFL Players Association boss Paul Marsh will depart Melbourne on Tuesday to communicate the AFL's offer and ultimately put the new deal to a players' vote.

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That vote is expected to win the day and lead to the end of close to 18 months of dragged-out talks which saw the threat of a pre-season strike by the players and also saw AFL boss Gillon McLachlan refuse to negotiate with the players' union for two months.

Fairfax Media understands the AFL has given ground on the pay offer which shortly before Easter saw the players refuse a 20 per cent uplift this season with subsequent increases of 1 per cent each year until 2022.

The AFL has increased those 1 per cent increases.

Negotiations continued over the weekend and virtually all of the players' 10-point platform of demands has been met by the league.

The AFLPA board, chaired by former Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich, is understood to have seen key details of the AFL's offer before the weekend and has now approved it, paving the way for Marsh to take the deal to the players of all 18 clubs, a mission which begins on Tuesday across the interstate clubs.

Overall standings
Team	P	W	L	D	%	Pts
Adelaide Crows	6	6	0	0	160.88	24
GWS Giants	6	5	1	0	133.33	20
Geelong Cats	6	5	1	0	131.87	20
Richmond	6	5	1	0	112.02	20
Port Adelaide	6	4	2	0	152.16	16
West Coast Eagles	6	4	2	0	113.13	16
Western Bulldogs	6	4	2	0	110.53	16
Melbourne	6	3	3	0	108.39	12