THE SYDNEY Swans won't have to dramatically adjust their list management plan for 2015 after their trade ban was softened, the AFL Players' Association believes.

The Swans are now allowed to recruit players at or below the current average wage of $340,000, with the AFL coming to a compromise with the club on Wednesday.    

After repeatedly targeting big-name players on lucrative contracts in recent seasons, it was unlikely the Swans would have been in a position to secure more stars this year, AFLPA CEO Paul Marsh said.     

"Sydney are as comfortable as they can be and I think it sits into their strategy, so I'm not sure this will create any practical issues next year," Marsh told SEN.  

"The way contracts are structured you might have some players who are on significantly more than $340,000, but the vast majority would sit under that.

"So there are still a number of players who would be in play here for Sydney.

"If I had to make a guess it might be 25 per cent [are off limits]."

Marsh said the League had reached a "practical compromise" with the Swans and it was time to accept the outcome and move on.

He stressed that the club had done nothing wrong, but the AFL was set on phasing out the cost of living allowance that the Swans and Greater Western Sydney benefit from.  

"Sydney haven't played outside the rules and that's been acknowledged by the AFL and everyone," Marsh said.

"The principle, we're still not thrilled with it … but the position we're in now is better than where we were a few months ago."