Craig Johnston
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can someone please explain to me how paying a massive transfer free to obtain marquee signings and not counting it in the salary is not an unfair advantage for richer clubs?
can someone please explain to me how paying a massive transfer free to obtain marquee signings and not counting it in the salary is not an unfair advantage for richer clubs?
I am happy to stand corrected but last time I checked, the money was paid to Bradford, Bradford are not playing for Souths and therefore it's not part of Souths salary cap.
doesn't matter, player values in a salary cap don't necessarily represent what they earn.....eg kingston.
having a transfer fee not counted in a cap advantages richer clubs. what is the point of having a cap if this rort is allowed?
Brett finch was paid by the eels to play for the storm for the remainder of his contract at the eels same deal goes with Burgess if u ask mecan someone please explain to me how paying a massive transfer free to obtain marquee signings and not counting it in the salary is not an unfair advantage for richer clubs?
I'll ask you a question. How is it a rort if it is legal?
Brett finch was paid by the eels to play for the storm for the remainder of his contract at the eels same deal goes with Burgess if u ask me
please try and make sense.
They are payments to the clubs to enable the play to be released from his contract. The other club isn't forced to accept so it's not like its an abuse of power from the 'rich' club.
When you are the best club in world like Souths is, seems to me that you are entitled to a few perks.
Except that the poor clubs can't afford to do it. Which is exactly who the salary cap is in place to protect.
Only if you can keep up with the programme.
It's a SALARY cap.
Except that the poor clubs can't afford to do it. Which is exactly who the salary cap is in place to protect.
I wouldnt be complaining if I was you johns magic. If I recall correctly the NRL approved a large payment from the Nine Network to Andrew Johns to top up his Knights contract to keep him in Rugby league as he had all but gone to rugby. Now thats is a RORT. How many other clubs have been allowed a similar favour. The knights couldnt win without joey back then and they still cant.
:lol: you had to edit out the bit about finch coz you know your fellow fan was talking absolute bollocks.