Corowa-Rutherglen is satisfied the league's revised salary cap will assist the club as it strives to break a seven-year finals drought next year.
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AFL North East Border has slashed the cap from $160,000 to $120,000 as clubs battle the financial fallout from COVID-19.
Neighbouring Goulburn Valley has dropped from $180,000 to $125,000, while metropolitan leagues will boast a $100,000 cap.
"That gives the league a chance to bring some marquee players and, financially, our clubs feels confident that we can work around the $120,000 cap," Corowa-Rutherglen head of football Craig Spencer said.
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There were fears the O and M could drop to $100,000, leaving it open to raids by the GV.
"I think it was an opportunity across the board to take it a little bit lower and reset but, at the end of the day, where it's landed is not too bad a position," Wangaratta Rovers football operations manager Barry Sullivan said.
