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Boots but no health insurance in new AFLW pay deal
Most women who play in the AFL's new league will earn $8500 in their first season of football, a boost from the $5000 originally offered by the league.
Most women who play in the AFL's new league will earn $8500 in their first season of football, a boost from the $5000 originally offered by the league.
The AFL's failure to place a woman at the helm of its new national women's competition represents for the game a practical and symbolic opportunity lost.
The AFL has upped its pay offer to female players, but equal pay and opportunities for women remain a long way off.
First hurdle for women's footy league, the fixture, will not be published until November..
Elite midfielder Nicola Barr became the No.1 pick in the first AFL women's draft when Greater Western Sydney called her name.
She is a star footballer, a leading advocate for the game and has delivered nearly 150 babies - and on Thursday afternoon, Daisy Pearce added AFL Football Woman of the Year to her list of achievements.
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