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I can't remember where I heard the figure that the Swans will have paid off the full value of the Buddy contract by the end of 2015 - and in shorter time if we win a Premiership this year or next. It's a figure I've quoted widely. So the $$$ isn't relevant except insofar as it impacts on what we can pay our players. If we win the 2014 GF there will be a lot of pressure on our salary cap and we may lose a few. But the competition is so even that I don't think we could have won a Premiership with "only" Kurt, Goodes and Sam up front without Buddy - or Goodes, Sam and Jesse if Tippett hadn't been bought, too.
So we've given ourselves a chance to win that we would not otherwise have had - how many other teams would have done the same? I'd say all of them.
So it will only seem like a poor deal if we don't win a Premiership soon. But we have had H&A wins that we may not otherwise have had so you can say that the gamble has already paid off.
So we've given ourselves a chance to win that we would not otherwise have had - how many other teams would have done the same? I'd say all of them.
So it will only seem like a poor deal if we don't win a Premiership soon. But we have had H&A wins that we may not otherwise have had so you can say that the gamble has already paid off.
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