Common use of Testimonials Clause in Contracts

Testimonials. (a) An AFL Club may nominate to the AFL, one Player on the AFL Club’s List who has had not less than 10 years’ service with the AFL Club (Testimonial Player), that it proposes to conduct a testimonial program for the Testimonial Player in a particular year, provided that in the case of Gold Coast SUNS and GWS GIANTS a Player will be eligible to be nominated a Testimonial Player if the Player has been on the AFL Club’s Primary List since inception of the AFL Club into the AFL Competition and is at least 32 years of age on 31 December prior to the beginning of the relevant AFL Season. The proviso for Gold Coast SUNS and GWS GIANTS will cease to apply once the relevant Club has been in the AFL Competition for ten years. (b) An AFL Club which proposes to nominate a Testimonial Player must prior to 1 March in the relevant year: (i) notify the AFL in writing of the name of the Testimonial Player; and (ii) lodge with the AFL the testimonial program that the AFL Club proposes to conduct. (c) For the avoidance of doubt, a testimonial program for the Testimonial Player may be conducted in that Player’s final year at the relevant AFL Club or the year immediately following his final year at the relevant AFL Club. (d) Where the AFL has approved the nomination and testimonial program, the AFL Club shall pay an amount to the Player, which amount up to a maximum of $100,000 shall be outside of and not taken into account in calculating the Total Player Payments of that AFL Club. (e) This payment may only be paid to the Player on his ceasing to play with the relevant Club provided that the payment should not be made to the Player until after the Pre- Season Draft in the year the Player is delisted by the Club.

Testimonials. (a) An AFL Club may nominate to the AFL, one Player on the AFL Club’s List who has had not less than 10 years’ service with the AFL Club (Testimonial Player), that it proposes to conduct a testimonial program for the Testimonial Player in a particular year, provided that in the case of Gold Coast SUNS and GWS GIANTS a Player will be eligible to be nominated a Testimonial Player if the Player has been on the AFL Club’s Primary List since inception of the AFL Club into the AFL Competition and is at least 32 years of age on 31 December prior to the beginning of the relevant AFL Season. The proviso for Gold Coast SUNS and GWS GIANTS will cease to apply once the relevant Club has been in the AFL Competition for ten years. (b) An AFL Club which proposes to nominate a Testimonial Player must prior to 1 March in the relevant year: (i) notify the AFL in writing of the name of the Testimonial Player; and (ii) lodge with the AFL the testimonial program that the AFL Club proposes to conduct. (c) For the avoidance of doubt, a testimonial program for the Testimonial Player may be conducted in that Player’s final year at the relevant AFL Club or the year immediately following his final year at the relevant AFL Club. (d) Where the AFL has approved the nomination and testimonial program, the AFL Club shall pay an amount to the PlayerPlayer and/or Player Image Rights Holder, which amount up to a maximum of $100,000 shall be outside of and not taken into account in calculating the Total Player Payments of that AFL Club. (e) This payment may only be paid to the Player on his and/or Player Image Rights Holder upon the relevant Player ceasing to play with the relevant Club provided that the payment should not be made to the Player or the Player Image Rights Holder as the case may be until after the Pre- Pre-Season Draft in the year the relevant Player is delisted by the Club.

Testimonials. (a) An AFL Club may nominate to the AFL, one Player on the AFL Club’s List who has had not less than 10 years’ service with the AFL Club (Testimonial Player), that it proposes to conduct a testimonial program for the Testimonial Player in a particular year, provided that in the case of Gold Coast SUNS Suns and GWS GIANTS Giants a Player will be eligible to be nominated a Testimonial Player if the Player has been on the AFL Club’s Primary List since inception of the AFL Club into the AFL Competition and is at least 32 years of age on 31 December prior to the beginning of the relevant AFL Season. The proviso for Gold Coast SUNS Suns and GWS GIANTS Giants will cease to apply once the relevant Club has been in the AFL Competition for ten years. (b) An AFL Club which proposes to nominate a Testimonial Player must prior to 1 March in the relevant year: (i) notify the AFL in writing of the name of the Testimonial Player; and (ii) lodge with the AFL the testimonial program that the AFL Club proposes to conduct. (c) For the avoidance of doubt, a testimonial program for the Testimonial Player may be conducted in that Player’s final year at the relevant AFL Club or the year immediately following his final year at the relevant AFL Club. (d) Where the AFL has approved the nomination and testimonial program, the AFL Club shall pay an amount to the Player, which amount up to a maximum of $100,000 shall be outside of and not taken into account in calculating the Total Player Payments of that AFL Club. (e) This payment may only be paid to the Player on his ceasing to play with the relevant Club provided that the payment should not be made to the Player until after the Pre- Season Draft in the year the Player is delisted by the Club.