AFL Central Victoria regional manager Paul Hamilton says there will be no hasty decisions made on the measures that will be introduced in an attempt to curb escalating local football player payments.
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Hamilton is one of the members of the AFL Victoria working party that has been looking into the issue of increasing player payments at local level across the state.
A trial system will be introduced next year ahead of it officially being brought in to competitions in 2016.
The most widely discussed scenario has been the long-debated player points system, but with that comes all myriad of options as to how it could be implemented, such as being based on population, geography or a club's finishing position from the year before.
"There's not a lot to update at this stage, other than it's very complicated," Hamilton said.
"It's probably now a little bit behind schedule in terms of what was originally set out, but I certainly view it as a very important issue.
"But what has to be done is find something that the whole of Victoria can take on, but is also flexible to accommodate different scenarios.
"Metropolitan Melbourne is different to a regional centre like Bendigo, which is different to Lockington, Leitchville, Mitiamo or Wychepoof, so that's the complication to it all.
"It has to be a multi-pronged approach."
Despite there being no decisions yet on a way forward, Hamilton says there will be structures in place for clubs to trial in 2015 to get an understanding of how they will be impacted when the new regulations are implemented officially in 2016.
Locally, Hamilton says he has received a wide variety of opinions from clubs on what would be the most appropriate system to be introduced.
"Within our own region, I've had at least four very different ways of how clubs would want to do it," Hamilton said.
"Of course they are going to be a little bit biased towards their clubs, but that's why it's very complicated and difficult.
"I believe there's a genuine will - not from everyone because there's some who don't want to see change - but a vast majority of clubs that have an appetite for change in this area because of the difficulties of player payments.
"There certainly has to be action on it, but we need to find a way to have a system that will serve the needs of what is required.
"The absolute key things are to stop the inflation in player payments because the game can't afford it and volunteers can't continue to need to find more money to raise.
"And the second thing is any reduction in movement has to be a good thing.
"We don't want to see players moving from club to club to club... that's not healthy for the game."
Hamilton said forums would be held on the issue and AFLCV would work with the individual leagues and clubs once the framework is set.
"There will have to be versatility and flexibility... it won't just be able to be a one system fits all approach," Hamilton said.
"But we'll be having forums to allow people who have been doing a really good job of running their clubs for a long time to have their say."