Clubs believe the AFL is set to lift the salary cap at each club by an estimated $1.3 million and have begun renegotiating player contracts allowing for a 10 per cent increase in the 2017 total player payments.

AFL chief Gillon McLachlan told club CEOs at their recent two-day meeting to budget for a player wage increase in 2017 of between eight and 11 per cent. While McLachlan did not give an outline for the TPP beyond next season most clubs believe the increase in 2018 would fall to about three per cent with that figure to fall to two per cent in 2019.

But that offer is set to be rejected by the players who remain steadfast in their push for a set percentage of the game's revenue and who believe a 10 per cent uplift remains a wage decrease in real terms.

The players' view is that the AFL is offering them materially less than the game's overall revenue increase.