You have to remember our code has a salary cap, unlike French rugby who have sugar daddies.
I watched about 10 minutes of french rugby once. After i stopped laughing at all the fat blokes i switched it off knowing that our code (nrl) wont be over-taken for showcasing talent anytime soon, even with the salary cap in place.
We held our nerve with our salary cap, let it rise as more money comes into the code through TV deals.
Another issue i have is paying overs to keep players who get big offers from union.
If the players like Falou, K.Hunt, Burgess, Inglis and Hayne want to go to union, why try and stop them by offering even more cash.
The youth are the future of our code. You think about this, they come through our code and our game allows them to shine at a young age. And we get more of them, even junior rugby players are now gravitating to league.
If we keep upping the money for our juniors, we will see even more want to play our code at a younger age.
With that comes more TV money, and more government spending into our code.
We are winning the war, you would not know it the way some clubs carry on, calling events micky mouse, and complaining about injuries at these events.
I mean to say, they get injuries in trial games. Not wanting to play in other events for cash just does not make sense.
Putting the code down that feeds you dont make sense either.
Maybe 27 to 28 years old might become a cut off age for players in our code. Who knows the future.
I know our code is very fast, for the super-fit.
I have heard no complaints from the games so far about the speed of the game.
It all seems good. The only one complaining is Bennett. I think he is complaining to keep the refs on the boil. They seem to drop the ball every year if they dont stay on top of the problem.
It was the refs who allowed wrestling to take hold. They become complacent, and should be rotated through the nsw and qld cups so they dont become complacent.
