Tippett!!

[goswannies]

No club is taking a player going in for an ankle reco. Timing is highly likely to be because of the ankle prognosis.

I was mostly kidding 707

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I too am sad and disappointed. I hoped the ankle surgery would fix his problems and we would see him back at his best. Obviously it hasn?t worked out that way. He has my best wishes for the future.

I was really hoping the ankle surg would give us a few good years yet

[Markwebbos]

Kurt Tippett, the 6 million dollar bionic man. He must have cost us close to that by now?

[longmile]

Callooh! Callay! What a frabjous day!

[CureTheSane]

Not sure how this all pans out for us with the list and salary cap, but AJ's heart is likely beating a little faster...

[Ludwig]

Why can't he just retire.

Thank you Kurt.

I've been a fan and supporter of Tippett throughout, but injury just took his best years away. It's a pity, but things like this happen.

I said in another post that he would never play another game. So it goes. As it turns out, his retirement is the best thing that could have happened for the Swans. We are overstocked with ruckmen in an era when ruckmen are going out of favour. It opens up opportunities for Cameron and perhaps Armatey sometime down the road.

Kurt seems like a really nice guy and I wish all the best to him. He won't have much to worry about financially. I'm sure he'll be just fine.

[Aaron]

Really surprised! Saw him and AJ being filmed by a staff while walking barefoot step by step at last Friday Open Training. I felt at the time that he was recovering well and could not believe he would retire soon despite the rumour had already started at Big Footy. I genuinely feel sorry for him.

[goswannies]

The interview on the Swans app/website ... Tippy initially seemed pretty sad I wonder how soon after his announcement that was made.

[rojo]

It is sad news in so many ways but the decision would have been made on medical advice -.facing up to realities.

At least AJ is quite bit younger and he has come to terms with spending time in the reserves if necessary. Whether he is putting too much pressure on his knee by doing so only time will tell but it seems right for him to give it one more year.

[aardvark]

He should donate his wages back to the club. What a waste of money he's been.

[Mel_C]

I was hoping when I read the rumour yesterday that it wasn't true. So sad that he had to retire like this.

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[Scottee]

This is making the decision to recruit extra ruckmen over the last couple of seasons look a bit more sensible. Anyway, good luck Kurt, injuries have curtailed a top career.

[Blood Fever]

This is making the decision to recruit extra ruckmen over the last couple of seasons look a bit more sensible. Anyway, good luck Kurt, injuries have curtailed a top career.

All the best to Kurt whose injuries were too frequent and severe. Not an ounce of spite in the guy.

[Wardy]

Like him or not - it is what it is. Very sad for him. He tried but his body just wouldn?t allow him. Our disappointment wouldn?t be a patch on his. Let?s be mindful, especially those who want to stick the boot in, that he is human.

[Ludwig]

This is making the decision to recruit extra ruckmen over the last couple of seasons look a bit more sensible.

LOL

It's really hard to find any info about what happens to the TPP when a player retires due to injury. Mummy and Ben Griffiths also retired recently due to injury with time left on their contracts. I haven't done any kind of extensive research, but I couldn't find any mention of the TPP in the related articles.

I think the Franklin situation was a special case in that it seemed at the time that it was an exception to the general rule regarding players retiring before the end of their contracts, although I can't find the 'general rule'.

My feeling is that there must be some mitigation of the salary cap, otherwise there doesn't seem much point in him retiring if his full salary would be included in the TPP. There must certainly be a settlement payout to cancel his current contract and that amount is likely to be included this year. If it frees up 600K in the cap for the 2019 and 2020 it seems a good solution to our overstocked ruckmen dilemma.

We are now down to 4 and with Naismith out of contract this year, we could be down to 3 next year, which seems the right number.

[Vonsteinman]

Discussed on SEN earlier this evening, Neil Cordy was part of the discussion and I understood them to be saying that it would impact the cap until the end of 2020, when his contract expires.