Frustration is reaching “boiling point” as two of the AFL’s most senior coaching figures join forces against the cut soft cap. The soft cap was reduced by 30 per cent ahead of Covid, slashed ...

The Herald Sun can reveal the Bombers were between $2-3 million under the cap when Ben Rutten was coach ... and the fourth-worst percentage in the AFL. Rutten took the club to finals in 2021 ...

The AFL Coaches Association will continue driving for longer payout clauses for assistant coaches and an AFL vision for all coaches after their lobbying for a bigger soft cap paid off on Tuesday.

‘Never seen a group more frustrated’: Bombers, Pies coaches aligned over big AFL soft cap issue Essendon coach Brad Scott says the AFL won’t attract coaches with its current soft cap.

Revealed: Bombers were $2-3 million under salary cap when Ben Rutten was axed. Ben Rutten took the Bombers to finals in 2021, then was axed in 2022 as the regime changed at Essendon.

Essendon has failed to make significant on-field progress since it was more than $2 million under the salary cap with the second-youngest team in 2022. Read Today's Paper Tributes & Notices.

Revealed: Bombers were $2-3 million under salary cap when Ben Rutten was axed. Ben Rutten took the Bombers to finals in 2021, then was axed in 2022 as the regime changed at Essendon.

The great CFL salary-cap fiasco of 2025 continues. But he did contradict his own GM by saying his team is operating under the new cap and not the old one – sort of. “It’s 6.06 (million), and ...