Scarlett becomes a Cat for life
June 3rd 2008 00:45
Geelong defender Matthew Scarlett has signed a four-year deal with Geelong which will see him remain at the club until the end of 2011.
Curerntly 29, Scarlett will remain a Cats player until he is at the ripe 'old' age of 32. Experts in the know say that he will be the highest-paid player at the Cats, ahead of Gary Ablett.
If Scarlett were to consider leaving, he would command a wage of nearly $600,000 a season. The price figure alone would put him in the realm of the game's best. And this sum of money is only synonymous for midfielders or forwards.
This is how high Geelong rate him.
Not only is this deal a benefit for the shaggy-haired one, but also for his team, because as of next year, Scarlett will be 30, and under the AFL Salary Cap rules, the Cats will only need to count half his payment.
Having avoided injury throughout his career may be one of the major factors as to why Frank Costa signed the 29-year-old into the new decade. Only missing one game last year due to a virus and playing all ten matches this season, makes him a constant starter for the hoops.
He is one of the lucky ones who get offered long-term contracts. His Victorian teammate, but archenemy at club level, Jonathan Brown, has not been offered a five-year deal by the Brisbane Lions. And Brown is only in his early-to-mid 20s!
How will Scarlett go for the remainder of the season with this off his mind? Will he fall victim to injury, eventually costing Frank Costa and Co. a lot of money, ala Anthony Koutafidies? Will Jonathan Brown be offered the long-term contract he is deserving and wanting?
Curerntly 29, Scarlett will remain a Cats player until he is at the ripe 'old' age of 32. Experts in the know say that he will be the highest-paid player at the Cats, ahead of Gary Ablett.
If Scarlett were to consider leaving, he would command a wage of nearly $600,000 a season. The price figure alone would put him in the realm of the game's best. And this sum of money is only synonymous for midfielders or forwards.
This is how high Geelong rate him.
Not only is this deal a benefit for the shaggy-haired one, but also for his team, because as of next year, Scarlett will be 30, and under the AFL Salary Cap rules, the Cats will only need to count half his payment.
Having avoided injury throughout his career may be one of the major factors as to why Frank Costa signed the 29-year-old into the new decade. Only missing one game last year due to a virus and playing all ten matches this season, makes him a constant starter for the hoops.
He is one of the lucky ones who get offered long-term contracts. His Victorian teammate, but archenemy at club level, Jonathan Brown, has not been offered a five-year deal by the Brisbane Lions. And Brown is only in his early-to-mid 20s!
How will Scarlett go for the remainder of the season with this off his mind? Will he fall victim to injury, eventually costing Frank Costa and Co. a lot of money, ala Anthony Koutafidies? Will Jonathan Brown be offered the long-term contract he is deserving and wanting?
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