Barry O'Speedwagon
Coach
- Messages
- 19,724
Note: i cannot see a scenario where any amount we pay Hoppa falls under the salary cap. Legally binding is not with the NRL, but with the Eels, and so we owe Hoppa. Unregistered works in our favour here.
It's certainly true that the contract being unregistered works in our favour, it is also possible that any court-ordered payments to Hoppa will be assessed under the cap. The NRL can pretty much do what they want in a case like this, and if the court rules in Hoppa's favour, the NRL would hardly want to encourage similar behaviour in future.