Beach, in his first public address since succeeding previous chairman Sean McElduff, added: “This is a really important topic. There are three additional points I’d like to make more broadly in relation to player options.
“The first point is we haven’t entered into a player contract that has an option for about two years; May 2023 was the last time we entered into a contract with a player option.
“Point two, since that time we’ve signed or retained 22 to 24 players since [then] without issuing player options.
“Thirdly, we will not be issuing player options going forward.”
The last comment was met with a round of applause from the Eels faithful.
Superstar halves Dylan Brown and Mitchell Moses will be the last Parramatta players ever to have player options in their favour, according to the new Eels chairman.
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