Cost of Living Allowance

[ScottH]

The high cost of Sydney living helped send Andrejs Everitt to Carlton

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/the-high-cost-of-sydney-living-helped-send-andrejs-everitt-to-carlto/story-fndv8ujy-1226747091454

?The expense of Sydney compared to Melbourne was one of the key factors in Andrejs decision making process,? Everitt?s manager Winston Rous from Phoenix Management told News Limited.

?Rental costs are much higher in Sydney as are most living expenses.

?For players outside the top 25 per cent of salaries there are quality of life issues that you weigh up when looking at offers from other clubs.?

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We are going to have to ask for an increase in the COLA. We just can't retain players with the current allowance.

Interesting.
Wonder if the other Club Presidents have read this.

[ShockOfHair]

That's pretty funny - not for Andrejs but in the context of all the BS being said about the COLA.

Don't know if others saw it but Mitch Morton, who would know and has no reason not to speak his mind, thinks the COLA is necessary and should in fact be raised.

[jono2707]

So if we lose the COLA, which we know is entirely justifiable, we should be blaming the club for failing to win the PR battle against Eddie and the uneducated masses who were calling for its axing.