The AFL players' association (AFLPA) says a report about AFL chief Andrew Demetriou's salary hike hasn't helped negotiations with the league over a pay deal.

The players' association and the AFL have been at odds over the AFLPA's push for a fixed 25-27 per cent of revenue to be locked in for players, up from 22 per cent.

AFLPA chief Matt Finnis will brief the players on Wednesday night at a meeting at Melbourne's Crown Palladium.

AFLPA general manager of player relations Ian Prendergast is confident almost all of the league's 782 players will be involved in the meeting, either in person or via video links to Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

The association will report on the state of negotiations over the next collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and members will vote on their next step.

A weekend newspaper report detailed how Demetriou had progressed from an annual pay package of $560,000 in 2004 to a figure of $2.1 million last year.

"When anything is played out through the media it tends to inflame that relationship that you are trying to build with the other party you are negotiating with," Prendergast said on Tuesday on SEN Radio.

"We're just concentrating on trying to negotiate in good faith with the AFL to progress the players' claims.

"We're hopeful we can continue to do that and the players I anticipate will provide us with a strong direction to continue doing that.

"We thought it was worthwhile organising this historic meeting of all players just to update them."

Leading players including Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich argue that football department expenditure and AFL revenues have increased on a large scale since 2006 when the last CBA was finalised.

Pavlich says player payments should at least keep pace with the game and other football spending.

"As we approach the June 30 deadline, it's important that the Association updates its members on the status of negotiations and the nature ofthe latest offer from the AFL," AFLPA spokesman Ben Hart said on Tuesday.

"Ultimately, the players want a balanced outcome and for their role in the game to be respected.

"We are expecting most players to be in attendance."

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