So what? You don't think Isaac Luke and John Sutton would be real cheap do you? If we're talking about 'stars' purely from a salary cap perspective, I'd say Souths have at least four of them on pretty big money. Melbourne have had at least three for a number of years; Easts - how many? Manly - they've had Whatmough, Stewart, Foran, Lyon, Cherry-Evans. The obvious point that people have been trying to make is that, for a number of years, Parramatta has only really had one star (Jarryd Hayne). But if anyone is seriously thinking that his salary was so big that it prevented us from buying any other decent players, I've just got to laugh.
We've had a lot of bad luck as well as bad management of our roster over the last six or so years. Brett Finch was a good buy - but proved a dud. Sandow, same thing (to a lesser extent). Timana Tahu, Justin Poore, Shane Shackleton, all bad luck.
In fact, last year we managed to have Hayne, Peats, Sandow, Norman and Hoppoate in the team all at the same time. That's Hayne plus four potential stars of the game. It was not predictable that Peats would only have half a season, that Norman would be disappointing (or injured) and that Hoppoate might take so long to readjust to the rigors of the NRL.
The point is you can build a strong team around a superstar like Hayne - if you have a bit of luck and astute recruitment.
