Editing Wayne Carey (section)

==Alleged creative salary cap==
Due to restrictions in the salary cap, North Melbourne was capped at $300,000 per year for Carey for the [[2000 AFL season]]. However, the North Melbourne staff knew that Carey was far more valuable to the team than this, so Carey's manager [[Ricky Nixon]] came up with a creative salary cap move to secure Carey an additional $400,000 in salary.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-06 |title=Carey unaware of deal details |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/carey-unaware-of-deal-details-20200406-p54hnw.html |access-date=2020-10-31 |website=The Age |language=en}}</ref>

Nixon said, "So I requested Wayne's intellectual property, and it was owned by Wayne Carey Pty Ltd, and he licensed it to me for $2 so I could sell it to North Melbourne for marketing rights of $700,000," Nixon said on the ''Real Footy'' podcast.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-06 |title=Carey unaware of deal details |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/carey-unaware-of-deal-details-20200406-p54hnw.html |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=The Age |language=en}}</ref>  "He was getting paid $300,000 from North Melbourne and $700,000 went to me, and I gave Wayne $400,000. People said it was cheating, but it was absolutely within the rules."

According to Nixon, when the AFL complained about this manoeuvre, he simply told them: "I run the competition, not you."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2020-04-04 |title=AFL news: Ricky Nixon on fall from grace, drug and alcohol addiction |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/former-top-afl-player-agent-ricky-nixon-opens-up-on-his-stunning-fall-from-grace/news-story/dc99c8d2e29639b3268aa0a455209b7b |access-date=2020-10-31 |website=Fox Sports |language=en-AU}}</ref>